Our family works really hard during the week with work, school, homework, and daily chores. So on the weekend we deserve to have fun. This past Saturday our family met with the Matutes to eat delicious pizza from The Pie Pizzeria and play at Dave and Buster's in downtown Salt Lake.
Now that the girls are older they like going to the arcades. I remember when they were little, they never wanted me to put coins into the rides to make them move. They were so scared.
My babies are growing.
Happy Thanksgiving!
I am grateful for a loving husband and beautiful children. They bring so much joy into my life. I am grateful for this wonderful country. I am proud to be a permanent resident of this great land.
I am thankful for my mom and my sister. They are my treasure on earth. I am also grateful for true friends in my life.
Heavenly Father loves me, and I feel His love and mercy every day.
This year I wasn’t able to celebrate Thanksgiving with the Matutes like we do every year. Since I was scheduled to work on Thanksgiving day, I asked if the Britos would like to have an early Thanksgiving feast.
I am so glad they said yes. It was so fun! Thanksgiving is one of my favorite times of the year.
Today we went to the movies to watch the premiere of Encanto, the new Disney movie.
Today was Turkey Trot at the girls’s school. Giovanna has never been a big fan of Turkey Trot, but she was okay with running this year since the school’s PTO announced that they were not going to make the run a competition.
This was Bianca’s first time participating in the turkey Trot. She wasn’t a big fan either, and complained a bit, but she ran/walked the eight laps. She did great!
After all grades had ran, the kids had snacks, then went back to class for a few more hours, before I picked them up to start on our Thanksgiving break.
For a long time I’ve been planning to take the girls to Color Me Mine. Since the girls have been so good at school, I decided to do something special for them and take them there.
The girls did a great job painting them. I am so excited to see how they will turn out when we pick them up at the end of this week!
SEP Conference was great. I am never worried about what I am going to hear because the girls love school, they are respectful, and they work hard to learn.
Both Giovanna and Bianca have good grades, and I just heard good things about them as usual. I am so proud!
This weekend I will make sure to do something fun with them. They deserve it. :)
Last summer Giovanna made a goal to learn how to do cartwheels. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to help her to much since I was never able to do it myself growing up.
Today while watching her at gymnastics I was so impressed by how well (and fast) she learned the cartwheels. She loves gymnastics, and she is so good at it!
Bianca wants to start gymnastics too. But first, she wants to go back to horseback riding. After Shauna, her instructor, left to Payson we couldn’t find anyone else to teach her.
Dear Bianca,
I just want you to know today you prepared snacks for me to take to work. I also want you to know you are so loving and you show it through simple actions of kindness.
I love your huggies, your kisses, your drawings, and your delicious snacks. I love absolutely everything about you, filha!
Love, mom.
Today was Giovi’s turn to have her teeth checked and cleaned. She has no cavities. Yay!
She also got x-rays done, and both of her canines are angled, which means she will have to visit the orthodontist again. Her dentist wants to make sure if it’s something that needs to be taken care of right away, or if it can wait.
Two years ago she had five baby teeth pulled out to free space for permanent ones to grow. With that being said, I really do hope the orthodontist will say her mouth has enough space for her canines to come into place.
Movie time and snuggles with my baby girl while big sissy is at a birthday party.
Have you watched the 2018 The Little Mermaid? Cute!
I found a little snack bag filled with treats in my bag I take to work. Giovanna had secretly put it in there for me to enjoy during my hard, long night shift at the hospital.
I love how thoughtful she is. What a big, beautiful heart she was born with! I am a lucky mama.
Then Bianca was sad because she hadn’t made a picture for me to take to work. I cheered her up by taking with me one of the thousands pictures she draws for me every day. I told her I would tape it on my station.
I am so grateful every day for my babies, and the family I have. Little things like this make life worth living.
Giovanna’s loving gymnastics and she looks forward to Thursday when she has class.
This week is Red Ribbon Week at the girls’s school. Today is crazy hair day. Giovanna asked for an octopus on her hair. I tried my best to turn her hair into an octopus, BUT I had no idea how to add the googly eyes.
Bianca wanted the same hair, but after my epic fail, I suggested her to have something else done on her hair. So I did a ponytail and I used several pipe cleaners of different colors and wrapped around her ponytail. It looked really cute, but I am not sure about crazy.
Last Saturday we had dinner at Seven Brothers, then we let the girls play at the Provo Beach. It was the first time I actually bought a pass for them to play there. They’d usually walk around, then leave.
With the pass they were able to pick two activities each to play. Giovanna wanted to try the ropes, while Bianca and Ale played . I watched Giovi as she slowly overcame her fears and started spontaneously move from one side to the other.
Then they played at the arcades and played a little more. After a couple of hours of fun we still left the place with credit to come back another time.
Jamba Juice on a Monday because we love it and deserve it!
Delicious!
We trick-and-treated with the Matute family as usual. Bianca was Uma from Descendants, and Giovanna was Hermione from Harry Potter. (Giovi is into Harry Potter now, and I love it!).
They got a whole year worth of candies. Then after trick-or-treating we surprised Giovanna with a party for her 11th birthday.
Last year Giovanna decided she didn’t want me to plan birthday parties for her anymore. She still wants to celebrate her birthday with a dine out with just the four of us.
BUT that doesn’t mean I can’t plan a surprise birthday party for her. Sooo, on Saturday we headed to Lehi to Trick or Treat with the Matutes, like we do every year.
While the kids were all out trick or treating, I decorated a Hogwarts themed cake table for Giovi. Then we made sure Ale and the girls stayed behind while the rest of the group rushed to the house to hide to surprise Giovanna.
When Giovi opened the door, everybody yelled Surprisee. It was so fun! She was so shy at first, but then she told me she loved it.
We love you princess!