an oldie

During the house remodel, Dad hired a guy to trim trees. Short, mexican, baseball cap. When elena saw him, she yelled "oh my God! Why is Handy Manny cutting my trees???" Then when she met the man at lunch, she kept talking to him "oh, and handy manny blah blah blah"...he is totally oblivious and says "que linda la nina, miren como me habla!" Elena completed the cuteness by asking "can I please meet the tools?"

Parsley

In order to decorate for Halloween, I purchased some LED candles that change colors. Elena is fascinated by them and Mom and I noticed her blowing at the candles. She explained that she has "magical breath" and when she blows on the candles, they change colors. I asked her why her breath was magical and she answered "because I ate parsley".

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In a word - Elena

Two short stories...

1. I told Elena to "get your tail in the car now!"...she immediately got agitated and said desperately, "but I really don't have a tail!!!!".

2. for my birthday, one of my gifts from Elena was a beauty-queen style sash that reads "World's Greatest Mom". Once I put it on, Elena comes up and says "look mama, it says 'I love you Mama'" all while running her fingers over the letters as if she's reading. all together now - awwwwww

Don't be fooled by the apparent bluntness of those teeth

Our little Dracula

the music difference

I really need to try to record her, because Elena now sings along with the Spanish radio station. She informs me that "in mama's car, we listen to spanish music, but in tata's car, we listen to the beatles". She then breaks into song, singing "strawberry fields forever" and "lucy in the sky with diamonds".

The weeping garden

So while Mom was in Greece, Dad came up to Austin for the weekend. While hanging out outside with Elena, she ran off from Dad to the flower garden in the back corner of our yard. Elena then informed Dad that "The flowers are crying because you didn't come visit Nonno" and she proceeded to wipe the flowers with a tissue, drying their tears. Talk about a guilt trip.

Hi everyone! Fyi Javis new address is the same but its now Striker instead of mahmudiyah.

hi everyone hope everyone is doing fine. we visited the parthenon and the acropolis today. we also ate some lamb stew with some sangria. they were both wonderful. it was a bitch to get here from the airport but we made it. it seems to be pretty laid back here so we are having a very good time. I love you guys very much. talk to you all soon. Make sure you tell everyone that I will try to post updates on this blog.. Love you mom

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