Luna's 5!

My little girl is growing so fast. A few days before her birthday she said that when she turns 5 she will lose a tooth and talk funny and that she will have a bone in her arm (as she pointed to her bicep) She also wanted to learn to tie her shoes before her birthday.

Here is the bat pinata that she requested for her birthday. It's homemade, in case you can't tell.

Luna is in Junior Kindergarden and goes to school in the AM. We like the schedule. She is learning sight words and all other great things. Her least favorite part of school is circle time b/c you just sit there and do nothing (not true) and her favorite is playing in the centers. She continues to be a great big sister. Their favorite game is still playing chase in the house, running around the couch and through the kitchen. Luna's favorite activities are playing dolls and pretend. We usually play with dolls or barbies and pretend their is a birthday and also that candy is healthy and one of the dolls usually has a baby and then the baby grows up. Oh and we also pretend (at Luna's request) that they dolls don't know spanish.

Luna is very good a drawing, she also continues to love catepillares, TV, cotton candy, baking cakes, and having stories read to her.

And the bat cake!

Luna asked me if I wanted to play with her and I said I have to clean the kitchen. She said you have 2 choices clean the kitchen or play with me, what do you choose. I said clean the kitchen. She said Ok, that' your choice.

What are the best elementry schools in Louisville?

Well in Louisville we don't have neighborhood schools. In Cincinnati where I grew up you simply went to the school closest to your house and you took the school bus, unless you were always turned around in your seat, up on your knees talking to the kids behind you, then you got kicked off the bus and your parents had to drive you. Obviously that never happened to me:)
So in Cincinnati, if you didn't like the school near you or you wanted to send your child to a better performing school you could either drive them to a private school or move to a different school district.
Anyways here in Louisville they want to create diverse schools by mixing up the students, therefore you can't just go to the school nearest to your house and your child might have to have a very long bus ride to a school across town. Basically you are asigned a cluster and within that cluster you get to chose 4 schools. A lot of people don't get their 1st or 2nd choice, sometimes they get their 3rd or 4th choice, but it might be very far from their house and not a school they wanted at all. Moving within the county doesn't guarentee you anything except a different cluster, so I that is not an option. In short it's kind of like luck of the draw here in Louisville.

My daughter is 5 and must go to kindergarden next year. We are hoping she can get a good education at a public school. I hear the Oldham County Public Schools are good but I would have to move to Oldham county and I don't want to move)

I visited Middletown and St, Matthews and I like them both. I hope Luna gets into one of them If she doesn't we will send her to Ascention, a Catholic elementary school near our house) but my husband is cringing at the idea of paying out so much money for pirvate education.

Do you like the Jefferstown Public School system? Is Oldam county really that good?

A surprise friendship

Ignacio, Luna, Me, Gabriel, and Myriam (Ignacio's mother)

Myriam and Ignacio's niece spent 7 weeks with us the summer and it was a wonderful time. I got to know these two wonderful people in a way that I never did before. I am so happy I had the opportunity to get to know them because they are really such wonderful women. I am so glad that I was able to put aside my issues, pride and ego and let them into my lives. I gave up trying to control the home, dinners, cleaning, order, childrens schedule and basically how things were done and that gave me the opportunity to enjoy my quests. I learned so much for her and she fell in love with my little boy,so much that she cried when she left. Oh, how wonderful to have someone love your children that much.

Thank you Jazmine and Myriam for being part of my life and my family. I hope we get to spend many more summers together.

Luna's Four!

Happy Birthday Luna!

Everytime we go to the grocery store we have to look at the birthday cakes on display in the bakery. There is a Tinklebell cake, Diego, Noah's Ark, princess castle, and more. Luna has been looking at them for about a year. So, for her birthday I asked her which one she wanted. Here she is with her barbie birthday cake. She was so excited and I am so grateful that I could give her it.
Aside from a cake, and small party she received at Cinderella doll from her parents, and lots of other lovely gifts from friends an family. She is so excited to be 4, but she keeps asking me what comes after 4 and is already telling me what she wants for her next birthday.

What 4 year olds can do (really what Luna does):
-Play dolls for hours
-Asks me to play with her
-Recall events from when they were three.
-Stick there tongue out at their baby brother when they think mom is not looking.
-Write their name, cut glue, dress, brush teeth and cleanup when they want to.

Craigslist, Xterra ad

Craigslist Post: NINJA HAULER: 2005 Nissan Xterra - $12900 (Ronan / Lake County)
Date: 2008-11-19, 10:04PM MST
OK, let me start off by saying this Xterra is only available for purchase by the manliest of men (or women). My friend, if it was possible for a vehicle to sprout chest hair and a five o'clock shadow, this Nissan would look like Tom Selleck. It is just that manly.
It was never intended to drive to the mall so you can pick up that adorable shirt at Abercrombie & Fitch that you had your eye on. It wasn't meant to transport you to yoga class or Linens & Things. No, that's what your Prius is for. If that's the kind of car you're looking for, then just do us all a favor and stop reading right now. I mean it. Just stop.
This car was engineered by 3rd degree ninja super-warriors in the highest mountains of Japan to serve the needs of the man that cheats death on a daily basis. They didn't even consider superfluous nancy boy amenities like navigation systems (real men don't get lost), heated leather seats (a real man doesn't let anything warm his butt), or On Star (real men don't even know what the hell On Star is).
No, this brute comes with the things us testosterone-fueled super action junkies need. It has a 265 HP engine to outrun the cops. It's got special blood/gore resistant upholstery. It even has a first-aid kit in the back. You know what the first aid kit has in it? A pint of whiskey, a stitch-your-own-wound kit and a hunk of leather to bite down on when you're operating on yourself. The Xterraalso has an automatic transmission so if you're being chased by Libyan terrorists, you'll still be able to shoot your machine gun out the window and drive at the same time. It's saved my bacon more than once.
It has room for you and the four hotties you picked up on the way to the gym to blast your pecs and hammer your glutes. There's a tow hitch to pull your 50 caliber anti-Taliban, self cooling machine gun. I also just put in a new windshield to replace the one that got shot out by The Man.
My price on this bad boy is an incredibly low $12,900, but I'll entertain reasonable offers. And by reasonable, I mean don't walk up and tell me you'll give me $5,000 for it. That's liable to earn you a Burmese-roundhouse-sphincter-kick with a follow up three fingered eye-jab. Would it hurt? Hell yeah. Let's just say you won't be the prettiest guy at the Coldplay concert anymore.
There's only 69,000 miles on this four-wheeled hellcat from Planet Kickass. Trust me, it will outlive you and the offspring that will carry your name. It will live on as a monument to your machismo.
Now, go look in the mirror and tell me what you see. If it's a rugged, no holds barred, super brute he-man macho Chuck Norris stunt double, then contact me. I might be out hang-gliding or BASE jumping or just chilling with my ladies, but I'll get back to you. And when I do, we'll talk about a price over a nice glass of Schmidt while we listen to Johnny Cash.
To sweeten the deal a little, I'm throwing in this pair of MC Hammer pants for the man with rippling quads that can't fit into regular pants. Yeah, you heard me. FREE MC Hammer pants.
Rock on.

5 months