Christmas at the Perez house..

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Santa was so great this year and the girls were absolutely thrilled with all their gifts...

They woke up around 10am and ran downstairs to see if Santa had stopped by...

Olivia was so excited when she noticed that Santa had eaten all the cookies we baked and started running around the house yelling "he liked the cookies, he ate them all!".. it was the cutest thing ever...

The girls then proceeded to open all of their gifts.. Olivia specially loved a Belle perfume she had asked for and Gaby's favorite was her baby stroller...

Seeing their faces light up when they saw their gifts was the highlight of my Christmas day.. so priceless!

Merry Christmas!!!

Merry Christmas... from our family to yours.....

We hope Santa was good to you this Christmas!!

Christmas eve...

Christmas Eve was so much fun this year... We were lucky to have a wonderful Venezuelan dinner at a friend's house and spend time with our lovely family...

The girls were dressed in their matching cute Christmas outfits and we were in a very festive mood...

Besides having a yummy meal, we also did a gift exchange and everyone was very happy about their gifts.. such a fun night...

Now we're ready for Santa!!!

Cookies for Santa

This year was our first time baking cookies for Santa; a tradition which I am hoping to start with the girls and keep it until they're too old to bake cookies with mommy... 

This time we baked two kinds of cookies; shortbread chocolate chip cookies and regular butter cookies... we had such a blast mixing, cutting and baking the cookies.. and of course eating them! yum!

Olivia thought it was so much fun to get her hands dirty and test out the cookies.. Gaby also thought it was hilarious.. it was such a great adventure....

We hope to bake cookies every year.. it is such a fun thing to do with the kids!

I hope Santa really loves our cookies! ;)

It has been 13 years!

It has been 13 years since my beautiful sister Erika left this earth..
I have been missing her for all of those 13 years and it feels like it was just yesterday when she left us to go to heaven!
That day I lost a sister, and the world lost the most beautiful and pure soul..
Not a day goes by that I don't think about my sister Erika...
She is the angel of my life and I will love her forever...
Here's a picture of my sister Erika and I in 1984...

My 30th birthday!

Today I celebrated my 30th birthday...and what a wonderful day it was!
Not only was I blessed with a bunch of messages, emails, calls and even gifts... but I was also surprised with a party that my friends and family managed to keep secret from me.. it was awesome!.. I had no idea I would have such an amazing day, and I am thankful for everyone that made it possible!
Thank you.. I am forever grateful and so happy!

Wordless Monday...

Dad's 60th birthday celebration

Yesterday we had a celebration for my dad's 60th birthday.  The party/luncheon was a surprise that we've been planning for months.  It was held at a local restaurant with close friends and families. 

My dad was so surprised when he walked in and so everyone gathered around waiting for him.. It was so awesome to see his face and his reaction...

On top of that, I ordered a Yellow Submarine cake (my dad is HUGE Beatles' fan), which he loved!

It was such a great party and my dad was over the moon with happiness!

I don't have many pictures since my friend Alex did them and he hasn't finished them yet. Here's a couple of pics!

Gaby is 29 months!

My littlest princess is 29 months day! Gosh, time flies!!  She is so adorable.. I can't say it enough... I love her so much!
Gaby is so much fun! She has really taken to pretend play and loves sharing time with her sister.. They make such intrinsic games and take on such funny roles! I love seeing them play together!
Gaby talks SO well, she has such an extensive vocabulary and has a great way of expressing herself..
She loves dancing, music, singing and all that fun stuff!
She also loves little princess crowns and girly stuff! So adorable!  Happy 29 months, Gaby... now, stop growing so fast, please!!!

Happy Birthday, Dad!

Happy 60th birthday to my amazing father! He is such a good man and I'm so proud to be his daughter!
We celebrated together and he thoroughly enjoyed his day. I was happy to be able to share this special day with him and thank God for giving me this great dad!
Happy Birthday, Daddy! I love you!

Wordless Monday...

Who is reading this blog?

I love writing a blog and of course I love reading other people's blogs...this is such a wonderful outlet for many things...
I started this blog over 3 years ago with the idea of some day printing it up and giving it to my girls as a gift.. as a matter of fact, I still plan on doing that and I can't wait for the day they can read and hear about the fun stuff we do now...
The other day, after reading a post on my friend Maggie's blog (one of my fav), I started wondering who reads this blog?  Who are you? Why do you read it?  What do you think of it? Is anyone really reading this blog?  I'd love to know... leave a comment for me, would you??
...oh..and if you do follow this blog.. thank you for doing so!

Hello, Santa Claus!

Here's this year's Santa picture, which came out cuter than I expected despite the cranky Santa!
The girls were thrilled to be on Santa's lap and both of them did surprisingly well with smiling for the camera!
Merry Christmas, everyone! It doesn't get better than this!

School Holiday Show

What's better than a bunch of adorable kids?...well.. a bunch of adorable kids on stage singing Christmas songs!  Gosh! How cute is that?.. INCREDIBLY CUTE!

Last night we attended the girls' school holiday show, where they performed a bunch of awesome Christmas carols and other songs... I was such a proud mom and I'll admit I shed a few tears... too cute!

Gaby did awesome jumping up on down and shaking to "Rocking Around the Christmas Tree" and Olivia was great in singing some of the most famous Christmas carols.. 

I took a few videos, which I plan to post on here within the next few days... I had such a great time!

..here's a picture of Gaby on stage with her classmates... too cute!

Happy Birthday, Sis!...and congrats on your graduation!!!

Today was such an eventful day for our family.. especially for my sister Claudia, who turned 28 years old AND celebrated her long awaited college graduation.. I was such a proud sister today and enjoyed her happiness so much...

She got her degree in Elementary Education and I'm confident she will be one of the most awesome teachers any school can have... 

The graduation ceremony was very uplifting and motivational...and I was glad to be part of it..

After the ceremony, we went to a restaurant to celebrate Claudia's birthday...I had a special cake made for her and she really enjoyed that...We had dinner with friends and family and Claudia thoroughly enjoyed her special day!!!

Congrats, Sis.. and Happy Birthday!  way to go!!

Sabrina's 2nd birthday

Happy Birthday to little Sabrina, who turned 2 years old today!  She is so adorable and such a sweetheart..She is the youngest daughter of my friend Emeris, who is such a great person!

We attended Sabrina's awesome birthday party today and it was so much fun.. It was Minnie Mouse themed with tons of sweets, snacks, games, etc...

Emeris made the cake from scratch and it came out so nice..

The girls had such a wonderful time playing around...

Thanks for having us!

..heres's the awesome cake she made...

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Disney at Christmas time..

Yeah, yeah, yeah...we LOVE Disney... but who doesn't, right???  It is literally THE happiest place on earth.. everything about it is awesome and the girls just love it so much.....

We're lucky to be annual pass holders AND to live only 3 hours away from this wonderful place.. so we go as much as we possibly can...

This weekend we visited Epcot Center and Magic Kingdom.. and let's just say I love Disney more and more every time we visit...it is such a magical place!

This time, both parks were magically decorated with Christmas stuff and everything was just perfect... Christmas trees, wreaths, lights, etc.. you name it.. they have it... On top of that, the weather was amazing and the crowds were decent...we enjoyed the rides, the parades, fireworks, etc..

We had a blast!!!! I just love Christmas.. Mickey style!