Friday, May 25, 2012

The Coolest Night

Last night was an amazing night! Guillermo's baseball team got to run out on the field with the Durham Bulls! The amazing wife of one of Guillermo's coaches arranged for the evening.

All of the players were teamed up with a player in the position they typically played. Guillermo ran out onto the field with catcher Jose Lobaton and stood behind home plate during the National Anthem. It was quite a sight to see all those little players standing on the field.

Later, in the third inning, the team got to chase Wool E. Bull from left field to right field in a Running of the Bulls scene. They didn't catch him, but it was so fun to watch them try.





Unfortunately, it started raining before the fourth inning and we went home, but boy, was it a fun night!

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

My Birthday, Mother's Day

Will, Guillermo and Maya really did it up for my birthday. I woke up and went for a run and read the paper at a coffee shop and when I came home I found the house decorated with streamers, a chair decorated as a throne and a table full of gifts. The kids even put on outfits they thought I would like the most. After gifts, we went out for lunch and then on a hike and when we came back home, Maya and put the finishing touches on a beautiful and incredible chocolate sour cream cake with peanut butter frosting and topped with chocolate ganache from Sky High Irresistible Triple-Layer Cakes. Sooo good. It was a great day!

Surprise!
 
Guillermo showing me his Lego figure.
Maya and I showing off our cake.


Monday, May 21, 2012

Wedding

I can't believe I have waited this long to post about the big event of the year: Tia's Wedding. Tia and James were married last month in St. Louis. We had such a fun week, filled with pretty dresses, good food, fun family (Big Papa and Ya Ya and Grandpa!) and lots of baseball.

The wedding ceremony was beautiful, overlooking the Mississippi River in a gorgeous house. Maya had been so excited for weeks and had a ball the day of the ceremony. Guillermo was a bit more apprehensive about the idea of being in a wedding, as most 8 year olds would be, but he had a great time. Will says it was because he taught Guillermo how to order a drink at the bar. I can't imagine how many Sprites he drank that night. He loved his baseball uniform, too.



Coming down the aisle
Handsome Ring Bearer
Maya and Addy
One of my favorite pictures of the week.
Showing off his Replica World Series Ring

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Guillermo's Last game of the season





Nationals finished their season. It was a good time and thanks for the great coaches!

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Mother's Day Prep

Guillermo and Maya are in undercover prep mode for Mother's Day. For the past week, they've had numerous secret Mother's Day meetings that end with something like this "Mom, how long do you want go for a jog on Mother's Day and are you going to take the car?" I've been hinting that I will need a really BIG celebration because Mother's Day and my birthday are on the same day this year. It seems like they have picked up on the hints.

Today, Guillermo was listening to the radio and came to find me. "Mom, you just missed a Mother's Day commercial. You can get a GPS for Mother's Day. You can do a lot of things with it, like Twitter." "Do you want it?" Maya called from the other room.

I hope the next commercial is from Nordstrom!