HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MEMA AND GRANDPA!!!!

Today is Mema and Grandpa's 61st Wedding Anniversary!!! Congratulations!!!! We love you a lot.

Tennis - Sony Ericsson Open

Last night we went to the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne. Larry and Laura were there too. It was a beautiful night and we had a great time. Mimi stayed with Carlos and Titi. She is an incredible sister!! We had tickets and hospitality suite passes curtesy of Bulova and we were able to have dinner there. It was very good food. They also had drinks and dessert. We could not have asked for more.

We wanted Rafael Nadal to win but he lost to Novak Djokovic, who played a much better game. We also saw Serena Williams play. Our seats were very good and we enjoyed our time there a lot.

Asian Festival

Yesterday Titi and I went to the Asian Festival, to see Mimi dance. It was a wonderful show, with lots of performers and of course our favorite was Mimi's group. The girls looked beautiful in their costumes and the organizers asked them to perform a second time. We were very proud of them. Titi had a great time, she took pictures and clapped a lot. Her favorite acts were the Chinese acrobats, a man that made sounds with his throat and the dragon dance.

I liked all the performers. Their costumes were incredible, so colorful and with the most beautiful fabrics. Lots of people came with their traditional clothing and it was so nice to see so many colors around. I don't know why we don't wear more vivid colors

Animal lovers

Last week we went to a children's festival and there was a booth with some animals. Carlos and Titi spent a lot of time there, holding the animals and wishing they could have them as pets. I did not get close because they had a rat. I am not afraid of snakes, spiders or most insects but I cannot get close to a rat even if it is in a cage.

Carlos was ecstatic because he got to hold a tarantula. He always says he wants a tarantula as a pet but he had never been able to actually hold one. He even held a giant roach! I told him he could get one when he was in college and living on his own. Titi loved the skunk and all the furry animals. Don liked the snakes and the other reptiles.

Luke's birthday

We had a great time at Luke's birthday party. Mimi said it was going to be a small party but it was not small at all. They bought lots of food from Lucille's Bad to the Bone BBQ and we ate a lot. It was very good. Vicki made a red velvet cake with a happy face. It was good too.

Carlos and Titi had a lot of fun and it was great seeing little Mario, he is getting so big.

Cows

On Saturday we went to Parkland and we saw some cows on the side of the road so we stopped to take some pictures. They were very friendly and I guess people feed them because as soon as Don and Carlos got close to the fence, the cows came from the middle of the field to be close to them. They were dissapointed when they saw that we didn't have any food and one of them yelled at us with a big Moooo! There was also a nice horse and he kept licking Titi. I was afraid she was going to get bitten but she loves animals and she was not afraid at all. Seeing the cows made our day! We spent the rest of the day close to home. Don took the kids to swim at the clubhouse and I worked in the garden for a while. It is very neglected.

Mana

Yesterday, Luke and Mimi gave me an early birthday present. They took me to see the Mexican group Mana!!! The concert was at the American Airlines arena in Miami and Mario, Tere, Mario Alberto and Elizabeth came with us too. We drove in my mini van and it was fun. We even had a Mexican snack. Mimi brought some chips and salsa!

It felt good to be among so many Latinamerican people. I think Luke was the only "gringo" in the whole arena. There were lots of Cubans, Colombians, Venezuelans and of course Mexicans. It was good to sing and dance to "Rock en Espanol".

Don stayed home with the kids. What a good husband!! I got home at 1:30 a.m. but I was able to sleep enough because I went back to bed after the kids went to school.

Lunar Eclipse

Last Saturday we went to the beach to watch the lunar eclipse. We got there around 5 p.m. and Carlos and Titi decided to get wet. I kept telling them they were going to be freezing but they didn't care. Actually, the water was pretty warm and they had a lot of fun.

There were Portuguese Man-o-War (a type of jellyfish) on the beach and the kids were careful not to step on them but once it got dark, they could not see them and Titi got stung by one. She cried for a while but I put some hydrocortisone and she was fine.

We were able to see the eclipse well. It was not as pretty as in some other parts of the world but we could see it perfectly.

The funny part is that Mimi went to the beach to watch it too but we didn't know. She was only a half block away from us but we only knew when we were leaving and she called us on the phone.