A thousand thanks!

The turkey came and left but we got the chance to spend a wonderful day with friends and family and to sit down for a few minutes and think of all the blessings we have being giving.  We should not make a special day to be thankful but living hectic lives we sometimes take for granted the things around us.

We started our day early so baba could rest for tomorrow his big day, today I was thinking I will love to go shopping just to feel the rush, I can not wait till las nenas get bigger and they become my shopping companion.  That would be awesome and I am definatly looking foward it to it, although I have many years to wait but oh well I know when it comes it is going to be lots and lots of fun!!!!

Feathers, pilgrims, bows and arrows!

Today was Samia's thanksgiving play and meal.  I volunteer to go and help the teachers serve the food for the children.  It was so nice seeing her walk in with her class to the auditorium then sit down with all her classmates and eat her meal on top of the beautiful placemat she made and her little Indian hat.

After eating they had to sit in their lines in the hall to get ready for the presentation she had not idea baba was going with Gamila to hear sign.  The whole time she was in sitting down the only thing she did was funny or silly faces my little clown.

Samia I can tell you that the whole 15 minutes you were sitting down listening to the play the only thing you did was make faces.  Nena when mami was a little girl I was known for making faces I still do not as much Samia you love to that.

Yesterday while the girls nap I realize she had nothing fall looking to wear so I being reading allot about using ruffles to decorate shirts, so I took a few scraps and did the ruffles then when Samia woke up she position them in her shirt.  I moved them just a bit when I was sewing them but overall is her own design.

Oh Samia today when I went to your school your teacher came up to me asking me if I was having a boy, apparently you have being mentioning at school that you have a baby boy coming. I love the fact that you are already acknowledging the baby.


On a complete different note look at this baby I want to eat him my Charlie...
I can not wait to see him againg.

Love, Laughter, Giving, Sharing = Thanksgiving

I love Thanksgiving I find it to be the best holiday because is not based on religion, color of the skin is just a plain day to thank God for everything we have.  Today we spend time in company of the family and friends, nenas you are too small to know what Thanksgving is but always remember is a day to enjoy with the family and friends and always say a prayer that day to Thank God for what we have and to help others.

Last night I finally finish my little Christamas Village, I started collecting the Lemax houses when we were in South Carolina, I love creating this villages every year, Inshallah Samia and Gamila would start sharing this activity in a couple of years with mami.

Samia today we baked some pumpkin cheesecakes here you are wearing your apron and hat my little chef.

This morning when I was reading the newspaper I came across a recepi for a cake with almonds and baba loves almonds so mami and Samia went on a baking spree....well I should clarify we just crush the almonds since we were going to our Thanksgiving dinner and I did not want to be leave the cake half way.

Nenas poor Abuela I guess she is not use to dealing with my home terrors and this is how she was feeling today

So Abuela made this beautiful vest for the girls for Thanksgiving and they love it, here we are in our way to our friends house for dinner.

THANKSGIVING FUN