Spring Friends -- Why push alpha color numb????

Today we had lots of fun as well as yesterday is being a busy beginning of the week. Samia and Gamila you guys enjoy going out to see friends and mami too today and yesterday has being Latino fun.

Yesterday we went to see our friend Jazmin most likely by the time I finish writing this she must have a newborn in her arms....I love that feeling and sometimes I get melancholic that maybe Milo was the last time I hold my own newborn...but I am afraid of having more...between my age and my hide and seek pre clampsia I rather not.

I think it would be irresponsible of me as a mom to play hide and seek with my health and the welfare of my nenas. So I guess no more nenes for mami..okey let me get back to my fun.

Today we cooked with my friend and the girls just had plain fun, running brushing their hair, fighting, playing with the flowers etc. Seeing this makes me think why do we push so many things in our children why do we want them to learn the alphabet when they are 2 or the colors or the shapes, why do we push them with the puzzles... I have tried this with Samia going online and cutting them and trying and she has not interest for them...Samia I wonder why! Come on when I was growing up my mom did not sit with me and teach me the alphabet she let me be myself I always ask Abuela what she used to do with us and it was mainly play and play..of course all of these at the age my nenas are now-- she allow me to learn at my own pace...is sad how us as parents push are children so much....we want them to grow up so fast WHY?

Samia you are so excited about your birthday and the party..I being working on some stuff nothing major I am more excited about the cake I am going to make for you -- I know you are going to enjoy seeing all of your little playmates around. Inshallah you have lots and lots of fun

Gamila you have started to talk lots and lots --- you sound something like this

Samiaaaa --- Gaga for Guido -- Dadddddy ------ Baba ---- Mami ---- Abi for Abuela --- you can not say Zetu ---- Coockie -- Ako for eating! You are becoming such a girly girly with those earrings you are driving baba crazy! You also love dancing !!! you have a very nice rhythm

Nenas Guido and Zetu would be going to Mecca soon Inshallah everything goes well, also baba and mami have being a little down lately this next couple of weeks would be a little hard because Mio allot of things happen those two months prior to her saying Salam!!! Is hard specially on baba since he does not talk much about it but I know is in his mind...Nenas she was a great person, full of live, funny, silly, and with lots and lots for the two of you!!! Even though she did not get to see you guys her room was full of you two!

On another note the tulip got a new friend Mini Roses - when I try to get my pink tulips they did not have any more so I opted for the mini roses hopefully the would get pretty.

Indian Cuisine - Flower fever

So today we had an Indian meal at home it was fun making it and not having to go to the Indian restaurant.. the girls love it and so we did! And to make it a theme dinner mami even decided to play some Indian music it was awesome!!!!

We made Tandoori chicken and the Palak Paneer

Tandoori Chicken

Chicken - 6 pieces I used dark meat with some cubes of white meat

Yogurt Plain - 1 1/2 cups, well beaten

Ginger Paste - 1 tbsp

Garlic Paste - 1 tbsp

Red Chili Powder - 1/4 tsp

Paprika - 1/2 tsp

Tandoori Masala- 1 tbsp

Coriander Powder - 1 tsp

Lemon Juice - 1 tbsp

Red Food Color - 2 drops, optional

Green Chili - to taste, ground

Lemon Juice - 1/2 cup

Salt to taste

Take the chicken wash it and mix it with the lemon.

On the side prepare the mixture mixing all the ingredients with the yogurt.

After mixing everything let it marinate for 8 hours.

Then put the oven on 450 it would be great to do in the barbecue. If you do it in the oven flip it every 25 minutes we flip it two times.

Wallah ready to be eaten

Palak Paneer

Spinach - 1, 16oz pkt chopped, frozen

Panner (which is cheese homemade) also can be purchase at the international store- 7 oz or 200 g
Oil - 3 tbsp
Onions - 2 med, minced
Ginger - 1″ pc, minced
Garlic - 4 cloves, minced
Water - 1/2 cup
Tomatoes - 2 large or 1, 14oz can diced (pureed)
Garam Masala (purchase at the international store) - 2 tsp
Cumin Powder- 1 tsp
Coriander Powder - 2 tsp
Red Chili powder- to taste
Salt - to taste

Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp

Heavy Whip Cream - (I used evaporated milk) 8 tbsp or to taste
Milk - to taste (optional)

Take the spinach put it in the microwave with the water till is a bit cook

Put 2 of the tablespoons of the oil in a pot once is warm throw the onion and let it cook.

If the spinach is ready take it out and chop it.

Once the onions are cook mix the garlic and ginger and let it brown

On the side with the reminder of the oil put it in pot

Cut the cheese in cubes and put it in the oil let it get brown like in the picture

Once the onion-garlic-ginger are brown add the tomatoes and let it cook - stir it occasionally

Take the cheese and put it in a paper towel to take some of the oil out, then put it in cold water so it becomes hard and the rest of oil is drain.

Then add the spinach to the masala mixture meaning the onion, garlic, ginger and tomato.

Mix it well and then start adding the dry ingredients the spices - let it cook for 5 minutes

Then add the whip cream or evaporated milk

Take the paneer out and squeeze it a little bit to take the water out and then put in the spinach

Let it cook in low for a while

Wallah

Acko time

After our feast mami is washing the dishes and then I come across my enemies in the kitchen the sippy cups..I hate them. Maybe because I am the only maniac that spends hours cleaning them literally I dissect them. First the straws I hate the stuff that gets inside of them (I can not believe there is not a tool that cleans them) so I take out my shish kabob sticks and start cleaning them, baba thinks I am insane. I try putting them in the dishwasher to try and see if is better than my manual routine. But no the residue still there. Then I try to clean the top with toothpicks. I know I know I am just a freak! is amazing how motherhood is such a great a job the only bad things are those little cleaning task.

Yesterday I got side tracked with my music memoirs so I did not have time to post some of the pictures of the party or better off in the way to the party. I also made Gamila the pants with the shirt, I really don't care for those big ruffles in her pants but I did not have enough fabric so I had to make them a bit longer, I know they are IN STYLE, but to me it looks more like a walking tiny midget clown with the ruffle in the pants, I hope I grow to love them.

The plant is getting helwa awy like Samia would say...is working our tulips are getting bigger Samia is very excited over it - I even have the flower fever I am going to buy one for me..is hard resisting those flowers -- Thanks to Target I don't have a garden again this spring so now baba has to live with my indoor garden!

Multi mix friday!I

So I watch Slumdog millionaire a couple of days ago and since that day I have watch it 3 times and the soundtrack I will not even go there I wake up to it and go to sleep with it. So today I was thinking there are certain things I don't understand like:

Why do we get hook in things?

Why do I go to the supermarket and sometimes the bill is 50 dollars and then I go again and for the same things or in my mind it seems like the same stuff I pay 100. I get the feeling that there are times I get more for my money.

Why my almost 3 year old is fixated with her poop, she has to look at it and the other day she even went as far as to naming them WHY?

Why my 1 year old beats up her sister?

Why is it so hard to say NO to our loved ones?

Why some people gives us an eerie feeling?

Why some other people we just fall in love with them?

Why do we walk next to people we know and we don't even say a lousy "Hi"?

Why do we use people?

Why do people drive like maniacs even though you can see the traffic to a full stop ahead?

Why do people brag so much about what they have?

Enough of my unknowns to a better note...

I finally decided to do a birthday party for Samiuta she helped me come up with the invitation and since we are in the world of technology why not make good use of it -- instead of wasting paper trying to be green here and save in some mula not using the postal service so we did Evite Great service they have. Her invitation looks like this

However Samia decided that her party had to be Wow Wow Wubbzy what a pain to find things with the theme but I will pull it through. I usually like to make their cakes so I will come up with an idea Inshallah!

Today we went to get her some gifts and it was a little stressful half of the stuff I like baba does not like or we are afraid Gamila is going to eat it, is funny how is so hard to buy gifts when you have a younger child and you are afraid she is going to choke with one of those tiny tiny pieces.

Another cocktail change of subject -

So my Samia loves flowers today I bought her a little plant and I told her every day she has to remind mami to water the plant.

The plant had being in the house for 4 hours and I think I got reminded every single hour. She climbs and grabs her and talks to her, she just love her plant and the flowers..I will try to keep on taking pictures of it so we can see how the plan grows.

Samia this is your first plant that has flores, flowers or wardas like you call them:

And here are my two characters before leaving the house today

I look at them and they have more style than mami specially the way they carry those glasses!!!

Another cocktail -

Samia today was the first time I ever left you alone with our friend Bonnie, I know maybe am an overprotective mom but I just can not help myself!

Final shot of the day --

Good news with my dolls my first 2 orders would be mail on Monday, also made contact with a
missionary organization in Brazil, and another in Guatemala so is getting bigger we will have many many more happy little girls soon!!!! And to all of those that volunteer, I might be contacting you soon!!!