Halloween and catchup

OK, time to play catchup on the pictures once again.

First up, Miss G helping mommy make some mini pumpkin cheesecakes. She was so excited to help me cook.





She had to show Tiggy how yummy it looked.



We went to a little art festival and Gabriella remembered having her picture taken by this fountain the last time we went to one here.





Fall Festival at Gabriella's school was last week.





Hayride - Florida style.



A little Hokey-Pokey action.



Some more pumpkin patch pictures.

















Halloween this year was so much fun with Miss G since she was so into it and got it! I walked with her to the first door, told her she had to ring the doorbell, say "Trick-or-Treat" and "Thank You". When we got to the next house, she told daddy and me "Wait here!" and wouldn't let us go with her to any more doors. By the time we got through about half of the neighborhood, her bag was so heavy she couldn't carry it any more.

The beautiful butterfly princess!







Showing off her wings.





She was so excited to have sparkly eye shadow and lip gloss!











I still need to post pics from our day at Downtown Disney with lots of Guatetots and friends. I'll save those for a separate post.

Wordless Wednesday - Pumpkins

Shamu and Princesses with Guate Friends

This past weekend was spent in the HOT, HUMID Fall(hahahahaha) weather of Florida. We broke records several days in the past week for record highs and high heat indexes(over 100). I have lived in Florida all of my life and can't remember many times being as hot as I was. That being said, we had a BLAST with our friends! Leslie and her sweetie Abby were in town from Ohio(nothing like leaving weather in the 40s and having the 90s hit you when you step off the plane) and we were so excited to finally meet them!

On Saturday we went to SeaWorld to see Shamu. We also met Shelby, Amy and Corey and their kids(10 kids, all but one from Guatemala, between all of us). Unfortunately, we neglected to get all the kids together and get a picture. Sigh.

Leslie and I met for Breakfast with Elmo and Friends and the girls loved it.



















They were having their Halloween Spooktacular and had trick-or-treating and special characters which Gabriella really had fun with.







Cooper is such a good big brother and endured 2 days of Gabriella dragging him around and demanding that he push the stroller, hold her hand and take her on rides.









Sunday was spent at the Magic Kingdom. This was Gabriella's first trip(and my first trip in probably 15 years if you can believe it!). She LOVED it.

I made the girls matching Mickey zebra shirts. They looked so adorable!











Her favorite was seeing the princesses up close and personal. She's sneaking a peak at them while waiting her turn.

Visit with Titi Karen

We had a short-but-sweet visit with Titi Karen and her fiance Carlos. We went to Animal Kingdom and Gabriella had the best time! She said her favorite was the Cali River Rapids ride. As soon as we got off she said she wanted to do it again(but, the lines were long).





Checking out Goofy's whiskers.



Making sure Mickey doesn't have any cavities.





















She loved the frozen chocolate-covered banana. Her shirt? Not so much. Oxiclean didn't even touch the mess! Oh well, she had fun.





Ready for her wedding! She is very excited because she gets to be in Titi Karen's wedding in April in Puerto Rico (her mommy and daddy are pretty excited too!).






Some pool time on Tuesday.

Wordless Wednesday - Blue!

Wordless Wednesday - Happy Birthday Ferdy!

Favorite Foto Friday - Family

Since I've been neglecting the blog, Favorite Foto Friday will have lots of pics today.

Ferdy's mom and brother were in town last weekend and Gabriella thoroughly enjoyed their visit.

Abuela brought Miss G a tutu set with butterfly wings, a tiara, shoes and magic wand. Every waking moment that we are home, Gabriella has to wear it. She literally strips off whatever bottoms she has on the minute she wakes or walks in the house and puts it all on.

Our 3rd Forever Family Day was Monday. We kept it low-key this year and took Gabriella to the splash pad and had cupcakes at lunch to celebrate. It hardly seems possible that it's been 3 years already.