Luca & Azul go to Mars.: Christmas

Happy late holidays! sorry for the lack of posts over here but I decided to take a little Christmas break so I could enjoy the whole Christmas thing with my family. We had a lovely Christmas and I really can't believe how quickly it came and went.

We spend Noche Buena (Christmas eve) at my my mom's like we always do, my mom loves to go over the top for dinner, this was the first time I got to help I made a honey-mustard glazed ham and everybody love it so I was very proud of myself.

We ate, we drink, we talk, we saw my brother Diego dancing to 90's Spanish rock and my mom singing to the lyrics, it was just a super awesome night. Around 3:00 am the grown ups went to bed except me because like a good Mexican that I am I hadn't wrap up the kids presents so I grab myself a beer and I stay up until 4:30 am wrapping presents. There was a point while I was writing a card for my brother Angel that I felt my heart ache for a minute, everything was so quiet and this wave of happiness just took over my body, I am one lucky human I told myself.

Next I will show you some pictures, I warn you we kind of suck at getting serious pictures and Luca is on pajamas because he had a little accident and his mom didn't pack an extra outfit :/ what a bad mom!

Christmas morning started too early, Bella was the first one to wake up and she quickly woke the twins up and then Azul took over and went to wake up my mom and brother's, Angel didn't wanted to get up so she told him "GET UP, RIGHT NOW!" with her sassy attitude and you know what he got up, the kids got everything they wanted and more! we are not the parents that get them 20 presents for each kid, but I know what we got them made them happy because I saw it on their face, I am not sure who's reaction was my favorite, Luca's when he open the two sets of hot wheels we got him, Diego's face when he open my mom's present and he saw his first Chanel cologne or my stupid face when Amner gave me a present that I wasn't expecting because we promise each other NO PRESENTS because it wasn't on our budget! good thing is that I also broke my promise and got him something. Everybody was happy with their presents but I think I was happier because I kind of got spoiled by everybody, I even got a waffle maker!!

I hope every single one of you out there that takes the time to read our blog, had a wonderful Christmas or whatever you celebrate! We are so thankful for all of you who read and support our little blog, you guys are seriously super awesome and we send you lots of hugs and kisses and we wish you a lot of happiness and peace for you and your families! now let's get ready to kick some booty on 2014 should we??

Laura.

P.s: my brothers may kill me for posting those photos of them but that's what happens when you take them with my camera.

Hola people, sorry for the little absence. I had a couple of weird days thanks to the freezing weather, snow and no sun! I been in Iowa for ten years and the first snow always puts me in a very negative and sad mood. Winter you suck! C'mon I am Mexican I need a patio and a margarita on my hand all year around. I'm feeling a lot better now, we even venture into the cold yesterday and drove around neighborhoods looking for the best Christmas lights, Amner and I had some delicious coffee and we all share donuts, the kids were very excited with all the lights and they couldn't stop saying WOOW! I sat there not saying much, just trying to take it all in, their excitement and the look on their face is something that I don't think am ever going to forget. I told Amner the other day that the reason why I love Christmas movies is because they make me feel like anything is possible, their magical right? Well after yesterday I realized that Luca and Azul are the ones that make me feel like anything is possible, they are the ones that put the magic touch on everything.

So, in the name of Christmas we bring you a little cute and super easy project, I first saw it here, but then decided to change ours a little bit adding some pom poms. This was so far the best DIY we have done together, there was no mess, they love that they pretty much did everything on their own and we use that time to also learn our colors in Spanish. This is how we made ours.