Sunday, November 5, 2017

Halloween and fall leaves

The leaves are mostly gone now. Normally I would be sad for winter to come, but I like Oregon winters. They are still cold, but the air is clean and crisp and the mornings are foggy.  But while the leaves were here it was beautiful! Halloween weekend we walked around Ashland's Lithia Park where they have the monster dash. It was so warm we took off our jackets. Ben loved watching the costumes. Next year we will make it a priority. Then on Monday was pumpkin carving, and Tuesday Halloween. We went with some friends from Jacksonville, but Ben didn't really know their kids so he got left behind a little. And we felt a little left out for not knowing everyone. So next year we will probably stay around our neighborhood especially since it is growing with a lot of new houses with families. But we still got plenty of candy.

las hojas ya casi se cayeron todas. Normalemente Amy estaria triste que se acaba el invierno, pero los inviernos en Oregon no estan tan mal. Estan frios pero el aire esta fresco y limpio y las mananas tienen niebla y cuando las hojas estan cambiando de color se veian muy bien. El fin de semana de halloween fuimos a un parque en Ashland donde tubieron una carrera de mounstros. Estaba tan rico el clima que nos quitamos la chamarras. A Ben le encanto ver los disfrazes. El lunes fue cuando hicimos las calabazas el martes fue Halloween fuimos con unos amigos de Jacksonville pero Ben como era el mas pequeño para los otros niños lo dejaron atrás y nosotros nos sentimos un poquito fuera de lugar por que eramos los nuevos en la reunión. Así que el próximo año probablemente nos quedaremos y pasaremos el Halloween Cerca de nuestra casa especialmente ya que en nuestra ciudad esta creciendo con nuevas casas y familias. Pero Ben si agarró muchos dulces
a store owner gave Ben a balloon. He loved it.









running like a dinosaur

blurry, but I like how happy he is
ward party. Ben kept saying "oh no" when the spooky music played

I brought cupcakes for the party, but Ben had to try one in the car

count chocula for Halloween breakfasts.
getting the leaves off his swing


"helping" carve pumpkins

Butter knife for Ben


Jamir-jurrasic park dinosuar and me cat


giving Manolo a kiss

I made Ben a trick of treat bag by hand because my sewing machine died

I love the door that we chose. And decorating it now. 

I was cleaning out the garage and he sat in here for a good ten minutes. He even buckled himself in. So I took him for a cold (short) bike ride.

if he could wear these without falling off, he would. He also he loves his Buzz Lightyear baklava we found somewhere

leaves all gone...

I love watching the little birds on our tree

Ben was very excited about this at Walmart

Sunday, October 29, 2017

Jamir turns 29 and Salem trip

We went up to Salem on Friday for Jamir's PE exam. The weather has been gorgeous this year. The leaves are more vibrant than I have ever seen them. Jamir's birthday was on Wednesday where we had cake and presents and a dance party with glowing balloons. 
Then Jamir spent all day Thursday studying as we drove to Salem to stay the night. I didn't mind the drive though. The hills were beautiful with evergreens and pops of orange. We relaxed at the hotel and swam. Then on Friday we woke up early to eat breakfast and take Jamir to his exam. Ben and I stayed in the hotel until check out and then we headed to the riverfront park to play. First we saw the capitol where Ben climbed the stairs and trees. I wasn't going to go to the children's museum, but we drove by and it had a very fun looking outdoor play center so we stopped and it turned out to be pretty cheap. And it kept Ben entertained for a good 2.5 hours (or until he pooped his diaper and I had to go change it). It was three historic houses that had been restored so every room had beautiful molding and banisters. I enjoyed it as much as Ben I think. Luckily it wore him out so much that he fell asleep until Jamir finished his test.

Este viernes fuimos a Salem para tomar el examen de ingeniero professional. El clima este a~no estuvo increible. Las hojas de los arboles estan llenas de colores. El miercoles que fue el cumplea~nos de Jamir tuvimos pastel y una fiesta de baile con globos y luces. 
El jueves lo usamos para estudiar y para manejar a salem. El viaje estuvo de fotografia por todo el cambio de las hojas. en el hotel la noche antes del exames nos relajamos y nadamos. El la manana me dejaron en mi examen y Ben y Mama se fueron a explorar al parque, al museo de ninos y el capitolio. 
loves to ride his horse 

costume test run


our tree the brightest I've seen it


while doing crafts, Ben has his own agenda (making a mess)- cuando mama hace manualidades Benji hace regeros


sign I painted for fun

One day Ben was unusually quiet outside and I came out and found him squishing all the tomatoes...hence the seeds on his face- Ese dia benji planeo comerse los tomates del jardin y despegar la pintura del balcon.

felt nativity for Ben

fall morning-Una manana de oto~no



tombstones (Benji-left out his toys, Mama-tripped on Benjis toys, Manolo-squished by Mama, Papa-died of loneliness)


weird sleeping positions

glowing alien balloons






more studying...early mornings

the capitol








children's museum


petting the wolf









his favorite thing. And I didn't mind that he wanted to stay there a long time


wish he was like this on a real plane



he took very good care of the baby


now boarding to Mexico City. How convenient