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We had a fun time today as we finished our homeschooling quickly without fuss to surprise Papa for his birthday. The girls insisted that we have balloons for him, which forced me to get into the never ending closet and clean it out (good thing there's no pics of it!). We found balloons, silver ribbons for streamers, and a roll of paper to make him a birthday banner. I then quickly got the girls situated with lunch, popped in the cupcakes they were supposed to make, continued to rearrange the closet and put it back together, then finished the icing off with a crushed Skor bar (one of his favorites) and blue glitter sprinkles. Oh the things you find and come up with at the last minute for the ones you love! After this we rushed upstairs and got ready, and the girls yelled out "HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAPA" as he entered the door from work. He's loved and he knows it! Thank you babe for being such a wonderful husband and papa. We are all very blessed to have a man like you in our lives to lead us, provide for us, protect us, and most of all...love us. We admire you and love you munto, munto! Enjoy the pics of them being silly like always!

Down at the LA Fair

We love the fair and try to go as much as possible when it's here. Although they suck the life out of you money wise, there are still lots of fun things to do and see that don't take the shirt off your back as payment! :)The girls sporting the Halloween clothes Nana brought them the night before...they can't wait for Halloween (just like their mama!)

Since this would be our last chance to go this year, we headed out on Friday with not only free tickets from my dad, but we dropped his name and we had free parking in the nice lot too! It happened to be Chino Hills Day at the fair, and my sister was singing so we were granted a few privileges...haha!

After my sister did an awesome job of singing the National Anthem and Hero, we took off and shopped around. We didn't buy anything but food which is ridiculously priced, but we did come home with an awesome garden gnome that we've had our eye on...thank you mom and dad!

After our looking around, we took Symph and Bella to the Winter Wonderland and Symph got to sit on Santa's lap and take a picture. I could just choke this Santa because apparently he told Symph that he would bring her a Vintage Hot Rod Barbie that is in the Museum there at the fair as long as she cleaned her room and listened to me. Great! He promised her something that won't ever possibly happen!

Aside from that, Symph had a blast sledding over and over again on the little snow hill they had in the exhibit. I told her to keep going, hey it was free and was one of the funnest "rides" she had been on, not to mention it was snow! Symph and Bella went and played in the snow afterwards, and then the building closed. It was perfect, because no money had to be spent on rides this time, and they still had a blast!Shortly after that we left the fair for 2008....we'll be back next year all 5 of us!

Simply loved....or , uh spoiled?

My mom and dad decided to stop by and see the girls tonight. My mom had already told me that she had bought the girls little Halloween clothes that she wanted to bring for them after she got off work, so we were excited for her arrival. My mom's clothes were loved by the girls and they couldn't wait to put them on. They love Halloween and can't wait for it's arrival!

Little did we know that my dad would be coming, which makes it even nicer to have them visit together! My mom had told my dad about how she had bought them some clothes, so of course my dad made a quick shopping trip. :) He came to our house with toys for the girls that they instantly fell in love with. He got Bella this little dog set that came with two dogs, a dog bed, to dog carriers, and a dog stroller, she was in love, and so was Symph! Symph got a cool cupcake baking set that she loved as well as Bella. These girls were in heaven and couldn't keep there hands off of there new little possessions!

It was a really nice evening because a few minutes later we had a knock on our door and it was my brother and Jess. All of the familia except for Krysten :( We ended up going out to Casa Sanchez's together here in Fontana, and had a very nice night together. I miss our family nights....

Ilikeybigoff

I love to cuddle with my girls before they go to sleep, and pray with them before they enter dream land. It is a blessing to have them "remind" me each night that "we need to talk to Jesus," and I love that bedtime has it's routine.

As I laid with my sweet little Bella, I held her close, kissed, ok and hugged her tightly saying "I don't want you to get big!" (she is growing so quickly, ok maybe not in stature, but her little mind is quickly maturing) . Immediately she wiped her little chest and said "Ilikeybigoff" and totally threw me for a loop because she may wipe some people's kisses off, but no her mamas. I said "why are you wiping my kisses off " and as she repeated it again, I understood what she was saying a bit more clearly. She was telling me that she wiped the big off....how stinkin' cute is that? She told me she would stay little and "wipe the big off."

Ahh, little heartbreakers I tell you. Anything to make me happy, even if it means staying little forever! :) I am blessed beyond measure with my family and am so very thankful that God has given me such joy with all of them!

"Papa Get Me Down"

Uh yeah, that's what I heard tonight as I sat here updating my online boutique that has been so neglected due to "busi-ness". I realized Dom wasn't on his way to help her, so I went in to find my kid standing in the second drawer of her dresser turning off the light. What in the world? How long has this been going on for? She stood there as if it was normal to do this, and she just needed to get down from doing her business.

Please don't mind the chonie shots, it's night time and that's what they do!

uh huh, this is the pose I get whenever I ask her to take a picture...lately!
I just had to get it again...

Scratch That...

So, I think I will be listing some hot mod prints in my Etsy shop, or creating some funky retro looking dresses (probably the latter, since I have few vintage dress patterns set for arrival this week!).

One of my customers was so kind as to send me some fabric that she wasn't going to really have the time to use, and it happened to be one of my super favs right now from Alexander Henry...Los Novios! Thank you Mariana!

I have been wanting to decorate some place in our house with a Dia de Los Muertos theme and bright festive colors for years but to no avail. After discussing our Mod theme with Dom tonight and a Dia de Los Muertos room for the little guy, we came to a sweet compromise....a Kustom Hot Rod room! So, with that, we get to incorporate so much of his papa's love as well as so much of mine, and baby Dom will have a rockin' kustom room! Now it's off to sketchity-sketchland and overflowing ideas, but I love this idea so much more than the mod room!

A bit of inspiration and ideas of what we want to use, not to mention lots of other hot rod culture to be infused!

Pinstriping done by his papa (this isn't his papa's work!)


Bright festive zarape blankets, what Kustom car is complete without one?

Glitter vinyl with either tuck & roll or diamond pleating, gotta have the infusion of upholstery somewhere!

And of course, some sweet little pinups of his own!

And so many more fun ideas! I can't wait to start, if I could only find the time to empty out my scary sewing room that I dread to lay a foot in right now to make a Kustom Hot Rod room for him!

Business has been booming and not leaving me much time to clean all the scraps and mess up, so I decided to camp out in the kitchen now until my new sewing area is finished! I guess I need to schedule that clean up party, Jess and Marisa...you did say you would help!

Such Love

These two are the best of friends and take care of each other like they are each other's mother. They encourage, they comfort, they laugh, and they play so sweetly together. I am so glad that I have been blessed to stay at home with them and watch them grow up together. I love my girls so much, and I love waking up to see this!

That's Off the Teeter Totter For You!

Ugh! Once more reason why I am so afraid to have a boy....

Bella decided to stand on the huge teeter totter we have in the backyard (on the cement, since we have no grass), and ate it forehead first, OUCH! You can't see it well but the kid had a good sized egg on her sweet little forehead that turned into a little bruise. Poor baby girl, she thinks she is so tough and can do anything her sister can. What's my son going to be like when she's already our feisty little dare devil?

If We Were Having a Girl...

I definitely would have made something similar to this for her, but we are super excited and blessed that God has given us our boy which we will be making one mod little room for!