Hello, I'm back!

I know I've been on hiatus for little over a year now. The hustle and bustle of life just pulled me in so many directions, that by the time I REALLY wanted to blog, I chose to sleep. I was wondering why was I so exhausted? Was it teaching (it was a wild year for me)? Or was it my health? What was it? I seriously was running on fumes like a gas tank almost on empty. Then I come to find out I was anemic. Well heck, that explains EVERYTHING! And there were other medical issues were going on, which I fail to mention. It's a long story. We'll leave that topic for another time. But the important thing is...I'm back. I'm ready to take on life, eat well, be healthier, take photos, journal stories and dialogue, and share all things that give me inspiration in the bloggy blog world! Oh, how I've missed blogging. Stay tuned. Xoxo

Dream a Little Dream

Fiona: I just had a dream about sea turtles and I saved them!

Papa: How did you save them?

Fiona: I swam into the ocean and put them in my red wagon.
And I rescued them.

Papa: Rescue pack! Comin' to the rescue! (song from Go Diego!) Are you Fiona or Dora or Diego?

Fiona: I'm FIONA!!!

Little Miss ROCKSTAR

I wanted to try Ali's Weekend Creative, using the blank space on a picture to journal. She uses a magazine layout as inspiration. How simplistic is that? It's pure genius. So...There it is! I just had to try it. I'll be doing this more often. *smiling*

Week In The Life 2010

Monday

Morning Sunshine! Hello Bed Head!

Spices for Chicken Adobo.
Swinging at the park right before dinner.

Tuesday

Purple Play Doh nails! Oh, my!
Play Doh + Children = Good Times ( and a little mess)
Yes, we play lotto! You never know.

Wednesday

A Sotanghon kind of evening. Soup's on!
Making more felt clips.

Thursday

Picking up Grandma and Fiona from Irene's house.
Snails were everywhere!

Friday

Picking up Fiona at Grandma's house.

Dinner at Pho Hiep, The Village Walk in Otay Ranch

Feeding the koi fish.

Saturday

Buying cleaning products at Target.

Sporting my new hat that I bought at Target. Designer Eugenia Kim.

Using Fiona's easel as a Menu board, pretending we're at a restaurant. But we're making dinner at home.

Sunday

Attended 11:00 a.m. mass

One of her bedtime stories.

This was my first time participating in Ali E.'s Week In The Life. At first, I thought, "Geez, it's going to be a ton of work. I honestly wondered how much effort I could put into this since teaching all day pretty much drained me. But just the idea of documenting the little day to day routines in my life (at this very moment) would be something SPECTACULAR to look back on. And I thank Jenny for inviting me to do this. Keep it simple, she says. Any form of documenting is good enough. And that's so true.

First Dance Recital

My little ballerina eating jelly beans.

Check out Grandma A in her scrubs. She came straight from work. My mom definitley didn't want to miss her apo's first recital. Fiona was extremely fortunate to have both sets of grandparents and great-grandma watch her first performance. What a treat! Surrounded by bouquets of candy and flowers from her parents and grandparents. OMG!

Bunches of tulips for Emma's terrific performance!

Papa's so proud of his little ballerina.

Ms. Angela whispering to Fiona, how beautiful her hair looks.

This picture was taken at the rehearsal. I can't believe the girls were able to hold still for this long. Look at them all shine!

Bangs & Bun

Before the haircut. I'll miss her wispy baby hairs.
It only took one snip!

And voila! Bangs! Gosh, she looks older!

Getting ready for the Prima Ballerina dress rehearsal and photos.

The teeniest bun I've ever seen.

And they added sparkly pink glitter to jazz it up.

Easter Sunday 2010

Easter Sunday was quite eventful. We met up with the Estrellado's and the Lee's for 10:00 a.m. mass at the Mission de Alcala. We had a little family photo shoot in the beautiful garden area. Later that afternoon, we headed over to Bonita to celebrate sweet Lilikoi's 2nd birthday. Bubbles, sidewalk chalk hopscotch, delicious tres leches cake, and a spectacular egg hunt all perfectly planned by the Nierva's.

But to top things off, we had an earthquake. It was definitely one of the longest earthquakes I've ever felt. This all happened during the egg hunt which took place in the front yard. All you could see were the cars swaying from side to side like hydraulics on Highland. But I don't even think the kiddies noticed. They were too busy looking and running around for Easter eggs. All in all, we were safe. That's all that mattered. And I sincerely counted all my blessings, each and everyone one.