Rewind

It's time to play a little catch up. I didn't blog about anything that happened in March and as I was looking at our pictures I realized there were some things that went on. :) So here's the scoop.

Animal in the house

One morning while I was eating breakfast I heard this strange noise from the laundry room area. It sounded like an animal of some sort so Udine's mom and I carefully made are way to that area. Sure enough! An animal had come in the hole from the house to the dryer!! Our part was broken on the outside, so it was just a wide hole any small animal could get in. At first we didn't know what animal, but were finally able to figure out it was a bird. We heard it chirping and struggling to get out. It freaked me out! I called Udine to tell him about it, and had I been there alone, I would have left the bird there until Udine got home to take care of it. But Udine told me to give the phone to his mom and sure enough, she was able to get the bird unstuck and out. It was quite the ordeal. Those kinds of things freak me out!!

This is the hole the bird flew in. It looks like it had been coming for a while because there were lots of seeds in here and in the tube.

Udine's mom trying to find where in the tube it is.

Acting
Diego took some acting classes and put on a couple small skits for the parents and families. He absolutely loved it! We have always wondered what it is that Diego would just love to do and we just might have found it. He was great. The first skit was a narrative play, so there was no talking, just the narrator (teacher). Diego was the main character in this and did awesome. He just has such good facial expressions, it cracks me up. He really did do good. The second skit was one with 3 other boys and they each had speaking parts. He did great in this also. It was a little hard to hear him, but it was hard to hear all of them except one in the group, so I'm sure that will come with experience. It was fun to watch him. I think I am so amazed because that is something that scares me to death. Just the thought of being infront of people puts me in a panic, so I think it's fun to watch him and see him enjoy it. I wish I were more like that.

This was the narrative skit. The pictures didn't really turn out, so I don't have many.
The boys in black were in his skit, one is missing.
Andrew is in our neighborhood and I think they were both pleasantly surprised to see eachother there on the first day. It always makes it a little easier when you know someone. Andrew is a couple years older, so they don't really hang out or anything, but they both knew who the other was, so they had a nice familiar person to be with. I was glad.

Abuelita

Udine's mom came to visit for a few weeks. It has been a long time since she has been here. She had never even met Luca or Mia, so it was nice to have her here and have the kids get to know her. The older boys loved the extra attention. The younger two were a little unsure...but started to warm up to her by the time it was time for her to go home. Why does it always happen that way? :) The first week she was here she cooked all the dinners. Udine was in heaven; he misses the food. I have to admit, I loved having her cook! It gave me more time to get things done, play with the kids, etc. I wish I could hire a cook! Wouldn't that be nice. :) The whole time she was here, someone seemed to be sick. I felt bad, even she got sick. :( It was a nice visit.

Award

Diego received a "Sense of Accomplishment" award at school. The criteria for this award was to be able to accomplish something that was difficult for you. His teacher gave it to him because he has so many challenges, but he is still excelling and doing well in school. It is hard for him and he works hard at it, but he doesn't give up and it is paying off. His teacher has told me on more than one occasion how proud she is of him. Way to go Diego! We're proud of you too!

Las Vegas

Udine and I went to Las Vegas for 3 days with no kids! Woohoo! It was wonderful! The weather was beautiful and it was so relaxing! We left on Monday and that night went to go see The Blueman Group. It was very entertaining. The next day we went to the outlet malls and walked around all morning. In the afternoon I went to the pool while Udine finished some essays and studied for the GMAT. Something he hadn't had time for at home because his mom was here and because there are 4 noisy kids around all the time. He said he got more accomplished that afternoon than he did in two weeks at home. :) On Wed we drove back home. It was so nice to be able to talk, or listen to music or whatever we wanted without tears or screams or needs from the backseat. :) We had a great time. It was wonderful to have a break, but we still missed the kids and it was nice to get back home to them. Even if they didn't want to leave their cousins house to come home with us. :)

We failed to take pictures, so this is the best I've got.