Last night we went downstairs to give Jadyel his birthday present that we bought in San Jose. When we came back upstairs the following convo took place:

Sophie: Momma, I got a present today too!

Me: Oh yea, what did you get?

Sophie: The best family.

Me: (puddle on the floor)

Where does she come from. Oooooh how i adore her.

Today when cleaning out storage I found the picture that I was thinking of that reminds me of Sabs. Here we are side by side (me @ 2 1/2 yrs old and Sabs at almost 2). If you ignore my pitiful haircut and bit of coo coo eye, you can see the strong resemblance to the beauty by my side. Safe to say she’s got a good dose of her mama in her.

Yup, little miss Flobo lost her first tooth and Sophie was so excited b/c this was her first experience with the tooth fairy. We left a little note for the doggy tooth fairy and taped Flobo’s tooth on it. She came and got Flo’s tooth and in return left a bag of coins and a sea shell. She left a note as well that told Flo to go to the store and pick out a little treat with her money. Sophie jumped out of bed this morning and ran into the living room yelling to see if the doggie fairy came! She was super impressed.

To make things funnier, this morning after the family dropped me off at work out, Dada started to drive back home. Sophie said, “Dada why are we going back home?”. They usually go to the beach or get a treat or something. Dada said he had to go back home because he had to finish some work this morning. Sophie looked at him and said, ” Dada you don’t have to do any work today. The tooth fairy came. She left us money!”. Oh the innocence and simplicity of a child’s mind. I wish it would never disappear.

Today we celebrated all the great Dada’s and since we are not in the same country as our own Dada’s (who rocks as well) we put all the focus on our local Dada who does a kick butt job each day. I really lucked out to have found such an incredible man to spend the rest of my life with. I am even luckier that he is the standard set for our girls as they grow up.

He is insanely smart, handsome, caring, funny, adventurous and loving. He makes sure to tell us how much he loves us each day. He reminds us not to take days for granted and to really live in the moment. He works extra hard so he can hang out with us throughout the day and what most people think is impossible, he makes happen. He truly is my soulmate and though we may not get it right every time, we always work on bringing out the good in one another and encouraging each other to be the best we can be. What a beautiful life and family we have been blessed with and there is no one more deserving of this special day than our very own Dada. So let the celebrations begin.

The night before Father’s day, Sophie and I made 8 golden tickets that Dada could turn in for different rewards whenever he wanted. She thought of hers all on her own (help dada with laundry, help dada take dogs out, etc) mine involved (let dada sleep in, coffee in bed, etc). We hid them all around the house and Dada had to go search for all his golden tickets. After his search Sophie decided she wanted to make him breakfast in bed so her and Sabs got to preparing…

Sophie was so excited to give dada all his surprises. She is such a little sweet pea. Next we headed to the beach. I dont have any pics b/c i left my phone at home and we just enjoyed the beautiful day together. Here is one before we left.

When we came home Dada conked out (a nice fathers day nap) and we made some cupcakes (Sophie’s Dada’s day request)

Then as per Dada’s request…Sophie and Mama made some homemade pizza dough the night before and to wrap up Dada’s special day we made our pizzas and then sang Happy Dada’s day with a candle in the cupcakes. It was a brilliant day for a brilliant Dada! We love you so very much!!!!!!

Will caught this on camera b/c it was just too hilarious. While we were eating Sophie was watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on her ipad (the original), and ironically Sabi was watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on her ipad (the remake). They were both on the same exact scene of the same movie in different versions. So bizarre.

I can feel Nana smiling down at this dinner time sight. We have had a sick pookie twice, and sick sabi once in the past 3 weeks. It has been many o’ nights filled with broccoli soup, followed by mornings of broccoli soup, and afternoons as well. These girls just cant get enough. It has gotten to the point that i have to make two meals b/c Will and I can’t stomach another dinner of broccoli soup. Neither of them eat broccoli any other way but they both slurp up double bowls of soup. It is insanity. Thankfully everyone is healthy again in this house so we can hopefully go back to once a week for this soup.

My little lovies taking turns being sick this past week. First Pooks had a fever virus that knocked her out for two days and now the little Sabsy is rockin a bit of a fever since yesterday. She feels cooler this morning so it has gone down for now and she is barely affected by it but ah i will be ready for the sick cycle to exit this casa! Here they are this morning helping Momma make banana smoothies (batidos). Sabs has a major soft spot for her sissy lately. As soon as she wakes up she starts asking for her and then when Pooks comes out in the morning she lights up with a big smile and starts calling out SISSY! Sweet angels.

My class sent me some pics they snapped on diff days (apparently im wearing the same shirt) from workout). Here is Momma getting her sweat on. Yup i jump that high.

Different day – same shirt

Off we went for our San Jose birthday adventure! On the agenda was a big birthday gift of Sophie’s choice from the toy store, mini golf, playground time, a road trip into the mountains to visit La Paz animal sanctuary, lunch at Freddo Fresas, and a mission to consume enormous amounts of noodies and butter from the hotel (sophie’s favorite so she had it every night b/c well it is her birthday weekend)! We tackled it all and had a blast. The girls were incredible during all travels. They did not fuss at all and were a blast all along the way. This was them on the way to the ferry Friday morning. They were just sitting in the back seat riding along like this when i turned around.

On to the ferry they always get to pick a junk food snack of their choice. Friday it was potato chips!

First stop was the toy store where we told Pooks she can pick out anything she wanted and can have multiple things as well. Basically we told her to go crazy and gather what her heart desires. What did she pick? This…

It was a little basket that had two little characters inside when you open it. It was $3.00. She wanted 3 of them. $9.00 total (oh and she wanted one for Sabs). This is what they look like from more of a distance. They are little things that are at the checkout as an impulse buy at the end of your splurge…not your splurge.

I said Pookie these are so small. You can pick out other things too. You can get a bunch of these in a big pack like this (see below) and then also get other things. She said “No, i just want this”. I said ok let’s walk down some more aisles b/c maybe you want some other things too. We showed her a bunch of bikes, a scooter, barbies, etc. She said no i just want this. I convinced her to walk down more aisles and i was pleading with her saying look how about this, or what about this too, etc. She wanted none of it. She was perfectly content with her little toy and my sales pitch was not convincing at all. It took me a minute to realize that i was trying to convince her to want more when she was super happy with what she had. Once i realized the situation i stopped and told her she picked out a great gift. We then went on to find a surprise gift for our neighbor who is turning 3 this month. His gift cost 3 times more than Sophie’s big birthday splurge. I am proud, confused and mainly just happy that she is so happy and doesn’t have an ounce of greediness in her bones. By the time they opened up their little baskets, Sabs ended up with equal amounts of Shopkins and Sophie didn’t even care that she was supposed to have 6 and Sabs was supposed to have 2 (they came two in a pack) She makes my heart smile.

During our shopping spree we bumped into a butterfly exhibit which was a bit sad b/c it was set up in a tent in a mall (where butterflies don’t belong). We went in but didnt stay very long and then went off to an Indian restaurant that has lemonade that Pookie loves, peacocks in the yard, and a playground for some fun!

Momma and Pooks San Jose selfie tradition

A day in the mountains! La Paz, Freddo Fresas, Hummingbird garden

I have videos that I will upload later as well. It was a super fun weekend! I didnt take any pics or video at mini golf b/c i didn’t bring my phone but it was hilarious b/c Sabs had a little plastic hockey stick golf club and she was having a blast screaming WOAH and Ooohh whenever someone missed the hole. She would walk her little butt and plop her ball in the hole each time. We also went to playground at night and played hide and seek in night…they loved it!

This was the ferry ride home. A little tica girl came behind Sophie and was watching her play her ipad. Sophie motioned for her to come sit next to her. She only spoke spanish. Sophie showed her how to play the games and they played together for the entire ferry ride (over an hour). She braided Sophie’s hair, put chapstick on her (pretending it was lipstick) and they played games on the ipad together. Sabs was trying her hardest to hang with the big girls. She handed the little girl her ipad too and the girl helped Sabs do a puzzle on her ipad. After a bit i took Sabs for a walk so Pooks could hang with her pal. At the end of the boat ride Pookie and i had the following convo:

Pookie: I thought she spoke english but she didn’t, only spanish.

Me: So what did you do?

Pookie: I spoke spanish to her.

Me: Oh really, what did you say?

Pookie: I said all the words i know…este, hola, bien, gracias, como estas, agua, ciao, and i learned leche.

Me: Oh very good pooks (secretly cracking up)

We came home to an amazing rain. The weather is cooler and horses were roaming in our yard at dinner time. Green season is here!! Oh and a bat visited us in the house last night…that was fun. Luckily she found her way back out.

Oooh these pics make my heart burst! Part of me wishes i was there to see her little face but I wanted her to have her own little special surprise and to be able to tell all of us about it later. She was so excited when she came in the car after class and told me that they all surprised her with cupcakes and singing happy birthday to her! Her two little buddies were there celebrating with her and they helped her paint her paper mache dog she made last week too.

She showed me the parts that the other girls painted and then I asked her what they all chatted about while painting (this class is like a little kids coffee hour). She said she was telling them about the nuns in italy and also about the people that dance around singing Hari Krishna and have long white beards. Oh my sweet little weirdo, i believe the other week she was informing them about Edward Scissorfingers and how he chops things. On the weirdo note (which is always the note Sophie is on) she has been talking about going to the bathroom in art class and telling the teacher she has to go to the bathroom like it is some grand event. The other day when i went to pick her up she was coming back from the bathroom outside with her two little buddies all holding hands and running. Today before class she said, “I’m going to tell the teacher I have to go to the bathroom again”. I was like Pookie you are so weird. Why do you love going to the bathroom (she likes to talk about how their toilet water is blue too). Anyway, after class i said, “So, did you ask the teacher to go to the bathroom?”. Pookie looked at me and said, “Um no, b/c you told me that is weird. So i didn’t go. I just didn’t. Just held in my pees the whole time”. Bahahahaha, sorry to hinder your freak flag! Go ahead wave it high! I told you I thought it was cute weird, not strange weird and that next time you should go as much as you want. You said ok.

Here are some pics your teacher sent me. When you arrive at class your little crew yells, Sophie!! You run up and give your teachers big hugs and then you’re off with your buds. Love you peanut!!! Oh you also told me that your friends weren’t in class last week b/c they got into a car crash. Thankfully, I think your little posse got that one wrong considering their mom told us they wouldn’t be able to make it in the morning. Unless she predicted a car crash that afternoon. Gossiping hens.