Vacation Quotes

Getting of the plane: "Papa, aqui no hace frio!" (It's not cold here.)

Asking for the evening Novenas..each evening the nine days before Christmas, a short service and singing in front of the nativity scene. "We have to cantar a (sing to) baby Jesus."


Conversation with one of the staff at the hotel:
D: "Yo soy de Cartegena" (I'm from Cartegena)
S: "Tu no eres de Cartegena"
D: "Yo soy de Cartegena"
S: "Tu no eres de Cartegena"
D: .. pregnant pause... "Yo soy de Canada. Alla hace mucho mucho frio" (It's cold there.)

Just before nap: "Juan David can have Oso y Mari can have Nana" (sharing comfort items spells total cousin love)

In A&W - after having tried to race into the parking garage after me, being held back by grandma, crying for Papa, hungry, in the bathroom, congratulated for NOT peeing in his pull-up despite 4 clogged bathrooms in the airplane and no bathroom in site in the baggage pick-up.... "I was sad with Grandma but now I am happy with chi-chi!"

He's a champion traveler.

A conversation with Diego

This one is really only funny in Spanish - but if you've got some time it's worth running through babblefish.

....while taking out the Nativity scene....

Mama: Diego, estos son los reyes magos.

Diego: Malos mama?

Mama: No Diego - magos.

Diego: Porque son malos mama?

Mama: Diego, no malos, son reyes magos.

Diego: Mangos?

Mama: Magos, Diego, magos.

Diego: Oh....

I think the details and ttheology was mostly lost on him... it's a process.

More quotes

Diego: "Mama, what you talking?" (always when we are talking about something you shouldn't be listening to)

at 7:08 in the morning, screamed from your room: "I want to go downstairs and play with superheros!" Good morning Diego

Halloween

Happy Halloween - thanks to some returns I had to do at Old Navy and a real lucky find at the Salvation Army we had a really easy costume prep - and the price was right as well. I present to you - my two little monsters...

We had a successful trick or treat and then headed back to the house to pass out candy (Diego: Ya mama! Sharing! For sure!)

We also sorted our candy (can eat and definitely not for little kids). Lucia was very interested in the 'not for little kids' bag.

Diego is now upstairs, trying to go to sleep. Despite the fact that we cut him off after trying only a few magical treats (he took this surprisingly well) After every stop he would ask
"Otra casa Mama?"
"Si Diego, otra casa" (Yes, another house)
"Why?"

Why indeed a strange tradition perhaps. But there you go... you can't not participate - not when I think back and remember what it was to participate - go from house to house and see you bag fill higher and higher to the brim with sugary goodness. Here's to marketing!

Favorite Quotes

In response to the question: Where is your Papa?  "In the big boy classroom."
After an accident in the journey of potty training... "I can't dance, I have poo-poo."

General favorites:
"That could be fun!"
"Can I help with you."
"Pechiche papa!"
"Tengo, como, hambre"