the little composer

Pepe and Chris drove me to the train station this am, per usual. On the way, we saw a few police cars stopped at the sight of an accident. The scene was not pretty. Chris and I commented a bit about it, and then drifted the conversation. All of a sudden, we hear in the back of the car, in the form of a song:

P: "There was an accident,
The man broke his foot
The police came
Blue lights were flashing
Oh yeah, oh yeah!"

My little composer....always looking for his muse..

Chris's Second Entry!!!

Hi all...day after Christmas and A-M and I are in Arlington now while Pepe stays in NH with Grandma (and Luke and Paca Jim)...hopefully he's being nice to Paca - he recently told him (in no uncertain terms) to stop playing his (Pepe's) guitar and that his (Paca's) dancing was "not too good".

Our Christmas was fun, just a few gifts for Pepe and while he doesn't lack in any way materially, A-M and I felt a little sad when he was out of presents and he asked if there were any more for him under the tree. He had fun looking over the labels and finding his name. There were lots of nice things: trains and cars and a toboggan from Papi's family, a crossing gate and cars and puzzles from Grandma, a big puzzle from Jim's mother (a 25 piecer which he did 3 times in succession). We also had a walk on the beach where a teenage boy with his family claimed to see oysters. Pepe also wanted to find oysters (perhaps because they sound like "toy stores"?) and we toddled over and around the rocks and skipped stones into the grey sea (just like a summer day!).

So I hope everyone reading had a great holiday. I hope to blog more and post lots of pictures (A-M and I received a new digital camera from my mom - thanks Mom!).

Winter is here!!!

We've had a lot of snow for the past few days. This afternoon Pepe and I got ourselves boundled up with 3 pairs of pants, winter coats, boots, hats and gloves and ventured on the back porch. We made a snowman, we went sledding in the neighbours' yard. We made snowangels. We ate snowflakes. We laughed. We screamed. We had the best time!

the tree is up

Pepe was playing the guitar while I was taking the pictures...thus, the blurriness...The new trend is that Pepe likes to play the acoustic guitar; Christmas beads from the tree attached to his guitar = acoustic guitar!

conversation with a friend

I picked Pepe up from school today, per usual. He was engrossed into his legos and did not want to go.
Me: Pepe, one more minute and then we have to go.
P: Noooooooooooooooooo (loud)
C (Pepe's friend): Pepe, this is not how you talk to your mother.
P: Hey, don't tell me what to do, you are not my mother. You worry about C, and I worry about Pepe.

Ahm....what's going to come out of his mouth in a couple more years....................

watching TV with Rowan and Rosie

This is how Pepe likes to wear his hat...