Friday, March 30, 2012
SUYL- Moms of Multiples
I'm a SAHM of fraternal twin girls. They are 5 years old and are in kindergarten.
Being a mom is an unique experience, no matter if is one or multiple kids.
Please, feel free to leave a comment I'm anxious to visit your blog, too.
Happy Friday
Annie
Semana 12 / Week 12 Kinder
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Itinerario / Schedule
Diariamente:
* barro toda la casa
* limpio los topes de la cocina
* organizo aquellas cosas que por alguna razón fueron a parar a otro sitio
* frego todo lo que se usa en el momento y es a mano, aquí no existe una lavadora de platos, bueno sí, nosotros mismos ja!
* reviso los bultos de la escuela y hacemos las asignaciones
Cada dos o tres días:
* lavo ropa y la guardo (si acumulas la ropa tanto para lavar como para guardar no te darán ánimos de hacer nada con ella)
* mapeo toda la casa
* lavado y secado de mi pelo
Semanalmente:
* limpieza total de la casa
* plancho la ropa a usar en la semana
* hacemos compra (les había comentado que no me gusta ir al supermercado)
* pedicura y facial
Cada dos semanas:
* cambio y lavado de sabanas
Cada dos o tres meses:
* lavado de ventanas
Fines de semana:
* tiempo en familia
* vamos a la iglesia
Nada elaborado pero sí muy funcional para mí.
Annie
This is my work routine that up to now has been very useful for me.
Daily:
* sweep all the house
* clean all kitchen tops
* I organize those things that for some reason are misplaced
* I wash everything at the moment and is by hand, we do not have a dishwasher,
* I revise the school books and we do the assigments
Every two or three days
* I do laundry and put all clothes in it's place (if you accumulate to much clothes, it will make you feel like not doing it)
* I mop all the house
* wash and blowdry my hair
Weekly:
* total cleaning of the house
* I iron the clothes to be used during the week
* grocery shopping (I had commented that i do not like to go to the supermarket)
* pedicure and facial
Every other week:
* change and wash bedspreads
Each two or three months:
* window washing
End of week:
* time in family
* we go to church
Not to elaborate but it is very functional for me.
Annie
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Ejercicios / Exercises
Por eso, aprovecho la independencia que las niñas han adquirido en este tiempo para hacer algo productivo con mi tiempo.
Annie
PS: Próximo tema: Manejo del tiempo mientras las niñas están en la escuela y mi esposo trabaja.
As the years go by, things change and we should adjust to those changes. In the past my girls were completely dependent of me and now they are completely independent and this at the same time gives me the opportunity to do things that I like and for some reason they were left in the past. Having that in mind I decided that it was important to start to exercise again. Obviously my first option was to revive Jillian Michaels, jaja. Now I'm on my third week of exercises and is going very well. The next thing that I am planning to do weekly is a pedicure, a facial and two times a week blowdry my hair (all this at the comfort and tranquility of my home). Thee are simple things but after all they help me strengthen my spirit and rise my self-esteem.
Therefore, I take advantage of the independence that the girls have acquired in this time to do something productive with my time.
Annie
PS: Next post: Time management while the girls are in school and my husband is at work.
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Random
* reforzar la lectura y escritura
* jugar, jugar y jugar
* resucitar las películas de Barney
* asistir a un zumbatón (no participé solo fuimos a "trabajar")
* ir a la iglesia
* hornear
Ciertamente unos días de relajación no vienieron nada mal. Olvide decir que hoy fue el primer día totalmente soleado en muchos días. Dios mediante esperamos tener una semana maravillosa.
Annie
Our days of peace and tranquility in which the alarm did not went on at 5:30 am consisted of:
* practice reading and writing
* play, play and play
* reborn of the old Barney movies
* attended a zumba marathon (I did not participated, we went to "work")
* went to church
* baked
Certainly some days of relaxation were really needed. Did I forgot to say that today was the first completely sunny day in many days. We hope God will let us have a marvelous week.
Annie
Friday, March 23, 2012
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Lluvia y Feriado / Rain and Holiday
En otros temas hoy era feriado aquí y mañana fue cedido así que estamos con un fin de semana largoooooooo, 4 días en los que no me preocuparé si llueve o no llueve.
Hoy en el primer día libre (feriado) Pablo tampoco tuvo trabajo así que nuestro día transcurrió en nuestra casa. Limpiamos la mini van (falta que le hacía la limpieza), lavamos ropa, planché los uniformes de la próxima semana, en fin, muy tranquilos pero, dejenme decirles que hoy también llovió y las nenas decidieron jugar con sus sombrillas en la lluvia. Fue un día fabuloso.
Annie
It's been almost a week of rainy days and not just simple rain, there has been flood warnings and all that. The most difficult part of when it rains during the afternoon is the moment of picking up the girls at school. It is hard to be sure that both girls have their raincoats, to carry their books, the lunchboxes and to spot the places with less water to walk. And another thing is to find a good parking, haha. The truth is that without those moments everything would be a routine and if only they do not get wet nor get sick, all is very well.
In other things, today was a holiday here and tomorrow is free too so we will be here in a looooong weekend, 4 days in which I will not have to worry if it rains or not.
Today in the first free day (holiday) Pablo did not have to work so our day was spent in our house. We cleaned the mini van (it really needed it), we made laundry, I ironed the uniforms for next week, in short, it was a very tranquil day but, let me tell you that today it also rained and the girls decided to play with their umbrellas in the rain. It was a fabulous day.
Annie
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Bizcochitos y Piscina / Cupcakes and Pool
Definitivamente, lo más importante es darle gracias a Dios por permitirnos disfrutar de un gran día juntos.
Annie
I love the days in which you only have to do light things at the house (there is always something to do like cooking, fixing the beds, dishwashing) but the best is not to invest all day cleaning or tiding up when Pablo and the girls are at home. Thanks to God it was another day in which we woke up after 9 (thus we reloaded energies), generally, on Sundays our breakfast consists of fried eggs, coffee (adults only) and bread. While they played I cleaned the kitchen and I looked all the ingredients to do cupcakes (that was the surprise of the day). We love to bake in family and we enjoy it a lot. In that interval in which the cupcakes were baked we started to do the laundry. Then we went to my mom's house to pick up some lunch she made and when we returned we filled the pool. While they were getting the pool ready I decided to do exercises (I've been doing them all week). Next we continued enjoying together, had dinner and ended up with a rich ice cream.
Finally, the most important thing is to give thanks to God for permitting us to enjoy a great day together .
Annie
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!!
Un grandioso día en compañía de las personas que más amo. Nuestro día comenzó durmiendo hasta casi las 10:00 (eso se llama suerte). Después panqueques para el desayuno. Luego, vino una persona a trabajar en el techo de la casa y por último arreglamos una goma de la guagua. Pero, lo mejor fue después por fuimos hasta la Feria Agrícola (antes de llegar tuvimos algunos pequeños contratiempos al punto de casi estar en el lugar y comenzar a llover). Las niñas disfrutaron mucho, le dieron comida a las cabritas, se montaron en los ponies, vimos distintos animales, bueno la pasamos muy bien. Gracias a Dios pudimos disfrutar juntos un rato de tranquilidad y alejarnos del ajetreo diario. Y para terminar nuestro día fuimos a la iglesia y luego a comer pizza.
Annie
A magnificent day in company of the people that I love. Our day began sleeping until 10:00 (this is called luck). Later pancakes for breakfast. Then, a construction worker showed up to work on our ceiling and we finally fixed a tire of the van. But the best part was later when we went to an agricultural festival (before arriving we had some small misfortunes to the point that before we arrived there it started to rain). The girls enjoyed a lot, they gave food to goats, they ride ponies, we saw different animals, we had a great time. Thanks to God we could enjoy together some good time of tranquility and to move away from the daily routine. To end our day we went to church and ate pizza.
Annie
Friday, March 16, 2012
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Ocurrencias / Occurrences
Sofía: ¿Porqué tú tienes eso así?
Yo: ¿Qué cosa?
Sofía: Eso que se te ve grande, es por que te paras así.
Yo: De qué hablas
Sofía: (Dandome palmadas en las nalgas), esto se te puso así de grande por que ya crecistes. A mí también se me van a poner así.
Yo: (mirando a Pablo y riéndome le digo) Estas niñas hacen a uno pasar unas vergüenzas (obviamente yo podía sentir el rojo en mi cara).
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Todas las noches antes de cerrar la puerta de su cuarto ambas niñas me dicen cosas:
Sofía: Mami te ves linda. Mami que duermas bien. Te amo hasta el cielo. Te ves hermosa. Me encanta tu pelo. Me gusta como te vistes.
Paola: Mami te amo hasta un número que yo no sé por que es mucho. Que duermas bien. Mami acuerdate cambiarme esto (cualquier cosa). Ella termina tirandome muchos besos y en ocasiones dandome besos y abrazos.
Annie
The other day, at Walgreens this was a conversation of Sofía and me:
Sofía: Why you have that?
Me: What thing?
Sofía: These, they are large, is because the way you are standing?.
Me: What are you talking about?
Sofía: (Giving me a slap in the buttocks), did they became this big because you are a grown up. Will I get them bigger when I get older..
Me: Looking at Pablo and laughing I told him "These girls are making me blush (obviously I could not feel the red on my face).
Paola: Mommy I love you to a number that I do not know because is a lot. Sleep well. Mommy remember to change this (any thing). She finishes blowing me many kisses and from time to time giving me kisses and hugs.
Love my girls
Annie
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Domingo / Sunday
* Sofía nos despertó a las 9:45
* Tomó su leche.
* 9:55 despertó Paola.
* 10:20 Pablo salió de la cama por tercera vez y se fue a comprar las cosas del desayuno con Sofia.
* Paola y yo nos quedamos jugando con las princesas en mi cama.
* Preparamos el desayuno (huevo frito, pan y café (solo para nosotros dos).
* Pablo y Sofía limpiaron la cocina mientras Paola jugaba.
* Ellos tres jugaron un rato mientras yo hablaba con mi mamá por teléfono.
* Pablo limpió el patio.
* Las niñas jugaron en el patio por un rato mientras yo recogía las camas y barría la casa.
* Lavamos ropa.
* Recorté a Pablo.
* Nos bañamos y salir a hacer compras.
* Cenamos (sí, no hubo almuerzo por que el desayuno fue tarde).
* Planché la ropa de la semana.
En realidad el domingo no es mi día favorito por que el simple hecho de hacer compras hace que perdamos mucho tiempo. Pablo y yo estuvimos hablando de que necesitamos hacer ajustes en la semana para que sábado y domingo tengamos la oportunidad de hacer otras cosas juntos.
Annie
This is what we did today:
* Sofía woke up at 9:45 am
* Drink milk.
* 9:55 Paola wakes up .
* 10:20 Pablo left the bed by third time and went to buy bread and milk for breakfast with Sofia. * Paola and I stayed at bed playing with the princesses.
* We made breakfast (fried eggs, bread and coffee (just for the two of us).
* Pablo and Sofía cleaned the kitchen while Paola played.
* Pablo and the girls played while I talked with my mom by telephone.
* Pablo cleaned the patio.
* The girls played in the patio while I was making the beds and sweeping the house.
* We do some laundry.
* I cut Pablo's hair.
* We took a shower and went shopping.
* We had dinner (there was no lunch because the breakfast was late).
* I ironed the clothes of the week.
In reality Sunday is not my favorite day because the simple fact of going shopping for groceries takes a lot of time. Pablo and I were talking about making some adjustments in the week so that on Saturday and Sunday we may have the opportunity to do other things together.
Annie
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Sábado / Saturday
* Pablo tenía trabajo todo el día así que la casa era solo de chicas.
* Paola se levantó a las 9:25 y claro entre abrir y cerrar de ojos yo terminé levantándome a esa hora.
* Tiempo para estar a solas con Paola.
* Paola despertó a su hermana a las 9:45.
* Luego, ellas tomaron su leche y se fueron a ver su programa favorito (My little Pony). Mientras yo, cambié las sábanas y colchas de las tres camas.
* Desayuno: huevo hervido
* Limpieza de pisos (barrer y mapear) y lavar las sábanas.
* Las actividades favoritas de las niñas para el día fueron jugar, usar la computadora y ver algunos favoritos de televisión (obviamente, los que no ven mientras están en la escuela).
* Bañarnos, almorzar y salir a buscar a Pablo.
* Correr bicicleta frente a nuestra casa
* Fuimos a la iglesia.
* Comimos pizza.
* Vimos los fuegos artificiales y a unos músicos en la plaza del pueblo.
Fue bastante bueno y tranquilo.
Annie
Our day:
* Pablo had to work all day so the house was just for the girls.
* Paola woke up at 9:25 am and I end up getting up too.
* Time to be alone with Paola.
* Paola woke up her sister at 9:45 am.
* Then, they had their milk and they watched their favorite program (My little Pony). While I changed the sheets and bedspreads of the three beds.
* Breakfast: boiled eggs
* Cleaning floors (sweep and mop) and wshing the sheets.
* The favorite activities of the girls for the day were playing, using the computer and watching some television (obviously, the ones that do not see while thay are in the school).
* A shower, lunch and go out to get Pablo.
* Riding their bicycles in front of the house
* We went to church.
* We ate pizza.
* We saw the fireworks and some musicians at the town's plaza.
It was a very good and tranquil day.
Annie
Friday, March 9, 2012
Semana 9 / Week 9 Kinder
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Chiringas / Kites 2012
(Sorry, those pictures were from February and forgot to post it. And nope, no new photos because I don't have a credit card to buy more space, arrrrrrgggggg).
Annie
PS: Pictures from Feb. 7, almost one month, ha!
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Fin de Semana / Weekend
Viernes: No fuimos a la escuela ya que apenas estarían unas 3 horas y en realidad eso no ameritaba el levantarse a las 5:30 a.m Por lo tanto, las niñas y yo tuvimos un día muy relajado y cuando Pablo llegó nos trajo comida, así que fue mejor todavía.
Sábado: La mañana fue tranquila y la tarde la dedicamos a lavar y organizar el cuarto familiar (que siempre es el peor cuarto de la casa). Luego, a la iglesia y por último a comprar las meriendas de la escuela.
Domingo: Nuestro sueño se vio interrumpido debido a que se fue la electricidad y regreso a eso de las 8 am (horrible dormir sin el abanico). Cuando nos levantamos comenzamos a preparar el desayuno (las niñas pidieron hot dogs así que eso comimos) y luego a bañarnos y vestirnos para asistir al Festival del Café (actividad donde se elaboran recetas a base de café y para terminar hacen un desfile). La actividad estuvo chévere pero, fue agotador por que nosotros íbamos en una de las carrozas del desfile representando el banco en que Pablo trabaja. Pero, a pesar de todo tuvimos un buen fin de semana.
Annie
Our weekend was good.
Friday: We did not sent the girls to school since they would be there for just 3 hours and in reality that did not deserve to wake up at 5:30 am therefore, the girls and I we had a very relaxed day and when Pablo came back from work brought us food, so that was even better.
Saturday: The morning was tranquil and we dedicated the afternoon to clean and organize the family room (that is always the worst room of the house). Then, to church and finally to buy snacks for school.
Sunday: Our sleep was interrupted due to an electricity blackout, It didn't came back until 8 am (horrible to sleep without the fan). When we woke up we made breakfast (the girls asked for hot dogs so that we ate) and then to bathe and dress up to attend the Festival of the Coffee (activity where they show things made of coffee and at the end there is a parade). The activity was fun but also exhausting because we went in a float made by the bank in which Pablo works. But, in spite of all we had a good weekend.
Annie
Friday, March 2, 2012
Semana 8 / Week 8 Kinder
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Thanks
Annie