Sofia's smiles/Las sonrisas de Sofia

Easter Sunday/Domingo de Pascua

Today we celebrated Easter Sunday at Tia's house. All the usual people were there. Tia Norma grilled steaks out in the back yard. They were delicious. Sofia and her cousins had a great time hanging out in the hammock, blowing bubbles, and looking for Easter eggs. Poor Little Rene didn't find as many!

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Hoy celebramos el Domingo de Resurreccion (o de Pascua como dicen por aqui) en casa de las Tias de Rudy. El grupito de siempre estaba alli. Tia Norma hizo una parrilla en el patio de atras. Le quedo deliciosa. Sofia y sus primas la pasaron de lo mejor meciendose en la hamaca (que mi mama le trajo de Venezuela a las tias), haciendo burbujas de jabon, y buscando los huevitos de pascua. Pobre Renecito no encontro tantos como sus primas!

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Scary night

Sofia was under the weather. On Wednesday, she had an infection in both ears and also of the upper respiratory system. Early this morning around 3 a.m. she had an attack of croup. It is not the first time it's happened, but it is still scary and very stressful for both her and for us. We went in the bathroom and closed the door and ran the hot water to steam up the room, even though I saw or read something about that not really helping. The main thing is we tried to keep her calm. After about 25 minutes in there, we went out to the living room to try to keep her calm because she kept asking for the "doctors" to come and cure her. The "doctors" she was refering to were the paramedics who came the first time she had croup. We kept telling her they were on their way to keep her calm, and I turned on the t.v. and put it on The Disney Channel to distract her. She calmed down watching cartoons, and eventually fell asleep sometime around 4:30 a.m. She had a little bit of a cough to go along with her ear infection, so I stayed home with her. She woke up again before 7, and we watched a movie, played in her room, "read" a book, and seperated the junk mail from the stuff that has to be filed or shredded. All that by 11 a.m.

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Sofia estuvo un poquito enferma. El miercoles descubrimos que tenia una infeccion en los dos oidos y en las vias respiratorias. La lleve a el doctor el jueves y le dieron medicinas. Hoy como a las tres de la mañana le dio un ataque de laringitis infantil (croup). No es la primera vez que le da, pero aun asi es bien estresante para los tres. Nos metimos en el baño y prendimos el agua caliente para que el vapor la ayudara a respirar. Lo mas importante es tratar de calmarla. Nos quedamos en el baño como por 25 minutos y despues nos fuimos a la sala. Ella preguntaba por los doctores y pedia que vinieran a curarla. Los "doctores" son los paramedicos que vinieron la otra vez que le dio un ataque. Le dijimos que estaban en camino para que se calmara y le prendimos la tele y le pusimos comiquitas. Con eso se calmo mas y se quedo dormida como a eso de las 4:30 AM. En la mañana todavia tenia tos entonces Rudy se quedo con ella en la casa. Cuando desperto como a las 7, vieron una pelicula, jugaron en su cuarto, leyeron un libro y separaron el correo. Todo eso antes de el medio dia. Que productivos!

Opening Day April 3rd 2006

Going to Opening Day is a tradition in our family. We have gone to every Opening Day except one since 1999. Sofia has been to 3 out of 4. On Monday, we went to this year's Opening Day. We went to the ballpark early to enjoy the pre-game festivities. We had hot dogs and french fries at the Home Plate Bar and Grill across the street. Sofia loves hot dogs, but she loves french fries even more. We then entered the stadium about two hours before game time and went to the gift shop. Sofia wanted a pink mini-bat, and she also got a pink Astros pennant for her room. She cheered during the player introductions and the raising of the National League pennant, then promptly fell asleep. She took a nice nap, about 4 innings long, then woke up in time to get some more french fries and cheer the team to victory. She was so excited! In the middle of the Astros' rally, with the whole stadium yelling and screaming and going crazy, she turned to her mommy and said "I love this".

Price of tickets: $117.00
Price of parking: $10.00
Price of lunch, souvenirs, snacks, refreshments and dinner: $87.00
Having your daughter yell "I love this!" in the middle of the game: PRICELESS

What a great time we had, a day we'll remember forever.

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Ir al primer juego de la temporada de beisbol es una tradicion en nuestra familia. Hemos asistido a cada juego de apertura de temporada desde el 1999 excepto uno. Sofia a ido a 3 de los ultimos 4! Ayer lunes, fuimos al primer juego de esta temporada. Llegamos temprano a el estadio para disfrutar de los festejos antes de que empezara el juego. Comimos perros calientes y papas fritas en el Home Plate Bar and Grill que esta en frente de el estadio. A Sofia le encantan los perros calientes pero las papas fritas le gustan aun mas. Luego entramos al estadio, como dos horas antes de que comenzara el juego y fuimos al la tienda de souveniers. Sofia quiso un mini-bate rosado y un banderin rosado de los Astros para su cuarto. La Sofi hizo muchas porras durante la introduccion de los jugadores y cuando izaron el banderin de la Liga Nacional e inmediatamente se quedo dormida. Se tomo una buena siesta, como de 4 entradas, y luego se desperto a tiempo para buscar mas papitas fritas y ver al equipo ganar. Estaba tan entusiasmada! Cuando el estadio estaba a reventar, en medio del vitoreo y los gritos, Sofia se voltea y le dice a su mami " me encanta esto".

Precio de las entradas: $117
Precio de el estacionamiento: $10
Precio de el almuerzo, souvenirs, chucherias, bebidas y cena: $87
Que tu hija, en medio de el juego, grite "Me encanta esto!": NO TIENE PRECIO

Que bien la pasamos, un dia que nunca olvidaremos.

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