Last Saturday I am proud to say that my husband, who knew less Spanish than me when we moved here, gave a complete presentation to the church youth group in Spanish! Bravo! I'll be giving my testimony and words of encouragment to the girls next Saturday and we'll see how much I will use the translator. Needless to say, I'm getting by, but not near as fluent as I should be. But, sigh, I'd rather be with my children than in Spanish class.
Adeline loves giving tea parties and I've been trying to break out an English accent for her. She and Darton just crack up laughing at me. Last week there really was a true tea in my home for an English girlfriend expecting her first child this summer. The hostesses of the party created the fun hat Adeline had on her head. All the guests has one to wear. We also made tuts at the tea and Adeline is wearing the one I made for her. I need to go buy more material to make it fuller.
Notice all her stuffed animals at her tea party. She loves serving us cookies. 
Matthias is 6months. He is sitting up and is getting his first tooth. He started eating aguacate (avacado) tonight and this is his second night in his own room. He's still trying to wake up 2 or 3 times a night, so hopefully being in his own room will fix that problem. In two weeks however, he'll be back in my room as wel stay with family and friends for 4 weeks. Maybe he'll get the hang of sleeping through the night in the next two weeks and won't regress once we are on vacation.Dominicans think I am crazy for feeding him avacado at six months instead of habichuelas (beans). I was told last week at church that at 2 months babies are fed cereal through a bottle and then by 5 months they are eating everything (including meat) after it's put in the blender. Seriously?! I've learned how to say politely, "What you do in your country is not what we do in ours."
Adeline finishes up another year in all-Spanish school next week. Darton will join her for the same two days next year and the other 2 or 3 we will be more dedicated to a true schooling schedule in the home (namely with phonics and math). She started asking this week how to write specific words to put on her paper. I call out the sound(s) of the letter (as opposed to the name of the letter) and then she writes it. She also started drawing flowers in the last two week. 
Here we are coloring the Red River that Moses and the Israelites crossed. After they painted, we tore off the masking tape to have a "path" through the river. (taken from Little Hands to Heaven)
Here we are coloring the Red River that Moses and the Israelites crossed. After they painted, we tore off the masking tape to have a "path" through the river. (taken from Little Hands to Heaven)Darton and I sat down 3 days last week with a shapes workbook. He LOVED it and insisted that he get to drink a cup of coffee while doing his work! 
On Monday Darton took a chunk out of Adeline's back when he bit her in anger. All you moms out there can imagine how furious I was. I'm praying for wisdom to know what to say in those moments instead of reacting in rage. Scott came home that night for dinner and with wisdom from above (seriously) he was able to talk to Darton about his actions. He reminded the kids of a National Geographic show they had watched recently with animals eating other animals (yes, they wanted to watch it while I had to close my eyes!). Scott told the kids that God made us and the animals, but God made us in His image which makes us different from the animals. Therefore, we don't eat each other like the animlas do. My mouth dropped open. I can easily spit out "Be kind to one another" Eph 4:32 when training the kids on how to treat each other, but Scott took the training to the next level which I think penatrated to their hearts. Praise God for a godly husband!
Our gordito having fun in the tub. He desparately wants out of his seat and into the water!
Adeline's Mother's Day celebration at her school. 
Not the best of pictures...and yes, they are swimming in their underware!
Since our friends moved up to the North Coast a year ago, we hadn't been back to a beach only 30 minutes out of the city. The North Coast beach isn't little kid friendly with the wind and waves, so although Adeline has been swimming by herself for 9 months, this was her first swim in the ocean by herself. It was also Matthias's first dip in the Caribbean. 
A couple of weeks ago I transformed our living room!
What do you think?
Adeline snapped this sweet moment when Darton fell asleep while I was reading 
We celebrated Labor Day here on Monday and enjoyed a Church family day. Tuesday morning I began administering a standardized test for my son's friend which puts me out of the house for 3 hours every morning this week. It's been a nice break from my everyday routine, but it also reaffirms that I enjoy and desire to be a full-time stay at home mom. Adeline has gone to school each day, willingly, and Darton and Matthias stay at home with Ana. 
Darton is always quite clueless to what's right in front of him, but he did pretty good with the hunt ;)
Abby found the egg with the cup representing the last supper Christ had with His disciples. 
Adeline was a champ and didn't whine once that she didn't find any resurrection eggs. She just listened and watched. She also did a great job pointing out candy to the small kids instead of taking it for herself. 
Hotdogs for dinner. 
Darton chasing butterflies among the baby pine trees. 
Daddy and his girl. He told her last night that one day boys are going to like her but not to worry because he will help her pick out the best one. I love my husband!
