Nurse City Island and wine

Kip and I watched this some time ago...
somehow I came upon it again doing nurse searches...  remember nurse Carol Hathaway (ER)?

It's a collection of quite some characters.  It's like 1000 times your average dysfunctional family.  Crazy.

And even so, I really enjoyed it.  And love where they live.  And think the acting was great.

It's something to watch over the weekend.  With a glass of wine.

Have you watched?

Novela Spoof

This novela spoof helps reinforce the reason I never hardly ever watch novelas ( :





Friends from Pura Miel (the honey people) sent this over to me to share with you.  I have mentioned before how much I love their support of local farmers.


*no compensation was given for this post.  Just a laugh.  And a laugh is a good thing. 

welcome little one

Over the weekend we visited a brand new family member.


A small tiny one.

It kind of gave me that itch.  You know.  The one for another baby. 

Audrey is used to being center.  So the extra cheesy smiles came out every time we wanted to photograph baby.  And I obliged, to her photo requests. 

And as I held baby, Audrey asked me to hold her and breastfeed her.  I gave baby back to mom and held her in my arms and whispered...your my baby. 

This makes me wonder... is Audrey ready to be big sister?

maybe?  

We took mom two bags full of groceries.  Fresh and Easy dinners, fruit, organic whole fruit juice, dessert and flowers.  

I filled her fridge while she breastfed, and shared advice on why it's not good to supplement with formula, and how important it is to hold baby (like all the time), 

and asked if she had a sling.... 

and the more I talked, and the more I write 

the more I itch. 

How many kids do you have?  Do you plan to have more?

*I wasn't compensated for shopping and mentioning Fresh and Easy.  It was my choice and my money ( :

Headband Giveaway winner!

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Yay! Random.org picked a winner!  Shay (Potter Mama) won the headband giveaway!

Thanks to all you of you beautiful ladies who entered!

You are the reason I enjoy blogging so much!

Please choose handmade/homemade/local/small business shopping this Holiday season!

.... if you are looking for something perfect for a mama runner or mama that likes to work out ...I know she would love a lovely headband from Paula's shop!

Marta Gómez- La Ronda

As I visited Tania's blog this morning, this beautiful song filled my ears.  And the images compliment perfectly.

It is one to share.  Marta Gómez is an incredible Colombian singer.  Enjoy.

Day of the Dead

 The kids and I decorated our Day of the Dead altar.  All little goodies I won from this very lovely blog.

Banners, pictures, candy, candles, small Day of the Dead trinkets. 

and Pan de Muerto (Bread of the Dead).  

Friends from our block admired our altar, used to scary Halloween decorations...this was very different for most.  

Today, after school, we took a trip to Olvera street.

Admired all the beautiful decorations. 

and toys. 

Enjoyed taquitos with beans. 

Ate yummy Mexican candy.

Learned a whole lot about a most colorful culture.

And fell in love with all the beautiful faces.

Wishing all of your loved ones who have past away lots and lots of peace....

Happy Dia de los Muertos!

*Interested in learning more about Day of the Dead... Spanglish Baby has a full week of posts on this colorful festive day!

Treats

 We visited all our neighbors, and they gave us treats.  

They visited us too.  And everytime she heard the door knock she leaped out of her seat.  Yelled with delight when she saw kids dressed up and gave them little hands full of goodies. 

We all cuddled on the sofa as we watched It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown.

I hope all of you had as much fun with your loved ones.