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.
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| loves to ride his horse |
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| costume test run |
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| our tree the brightest I've seen it |
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| while doing crafts, Ben has his own agenda (making a mess)- cuando mama hace manualidades Benji hace regeros |
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| sign I painted for fun |
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| 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. |
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| felt nativity for Ben |
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| fall morning-Una manana de oto~no |
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| tombstones (Benji-left out his toys, Mama-tripped on Benjis toys, Manolo-squished by Mama, Papa-died of loneliness) |
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| weird sleeping positions |
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| glowing alien balloons |
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| more studying...early mornings |
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| the capitol |
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| children's museum |
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| petting the wolf |
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| his favorite thing. And I didn't mind that he wanted to stay there a long time |
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| wish he was like this on a real plane |
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| he took very good care of the baby |
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| now boarding to Mexico City. How convenient |
