I've been known to give my children a birthday week, not just a birthday day. Sometimes it's even felt like a birthday month. I wouldn't love on my husband any less, and he had a birthday week. All week he had special things prepared for him and such. So, a few days before his birthday, I had Jeff and Jamie over for a special pre-birthday dinner. When the boys arrived they both took notice that the house is starting to have a ... Read More

Parents went away, so Nana took the kids outside after dinner for ice cream cones! I couldn't stop laughing because if they had concentrated on the ice cream as much as they did everything else, more might have actually made it into their mouths! But it was fun for all, and I took a video (Below). They were all smiles (and mess) when mommy and daddy arrived home!   ... Read More

We've had a heatwave here in Maryland, and Silas got to have a treat after lunch, an ice cream cone! I took him on the back deck as that seemed the best place, in the end, it was... :) ... Read More

Today we celebrated Daniel's birthday. With some fun at the pool... Miranda walks baby Rubí around the pool... ...while Aiden does a dive belly flop into the water. Silas preferred to try out a new bike that Connor and Aiden brought. Bikes going down the hill seemed like a fun idea.... Miquel waited around for the birthday party to start. Next, to the tire swing! Then we had party time! Silas loves cake and ice cream! Yaya helps Silas with the last bite! ... Read More

Miquel has been the 'star' of the latest posts putting excerpts of our home videos on the web, but I thought to share the three I know of him that were food related, kind of together. So here is another Miquel moment, eating ice cream, or what he calls "eye cam". (He was close!) Seen here also are my mom and dad. Miquel had to be forceful early on, as mom is hard to tell NO regarding food, and she was insisting ... Read More

Laura's birthday party was a small gathering of family and friends. What wasn't expected was the HILARITY that made the meal and cake. Yaya made a funny and the laughter didn't stop all the rest of the night. We started the evening with one of Laura's favorites, Alaskan crab legs. Jenny was in from college and joined us for our family get-together. For her cake, Laura chose from Cold Stone Creamery, Strawberry Passion. Basically its a red velvet, strawberry ice-cream, with graham cracker crust ... Read More

Out of the two dozen or so pics taken with the webcam, I think I found two where John wasn't making a face or something funny. He is modeling one of the birthday presents I gave him, A Beatles shirt. Ice cream cake! ... Read More

According to Men's Health Men's Health magazine has released its list of the worst foods in America in 2009. In the top (most unhealthy) position: a large Chocolate Oreo Shake from ice cream retailer Baskin-Robbins. According to the popular publication, this drink contains an astonishing 2,600 calories, which breaks down as 135 grams of fat, of which 59 are saturated, 263 grams of sugar and 1,700 milligrams of sodium. For some perspective, consider that most adults need to consume between 2,000 and ... Read More

The weekend in pictures. Going to his favorite restaurant, Famous Daves Miquel opens presents after dinner. Went to Dairy Queen for ice cream. Sunday, Miquel requested his favorite dish of all, Fideus a la Casola Heather joined us, she liked the dinner! After dinner naptime. Ice cream cake! Showing off his present from his mama, The Ring ring ... Read More