What a neat video don't you think? The lights, the colors, the graphics, the creativity, the music... I love it!
Have a great weekend!
And tomorrow is Joe and I's anniversary, and I have a special post scheduled to show. But you may want to grab a drink or snack before you read it because it's a bit long, and well, you may also want to turn your speakers up!
Yes, this is the second post of the day but it's so worth sharing that Anthony had a wonderful day at school.
I took a deep breath before I went into his classroom, only to find a sweet little boy running towards me with a big happy smile on his face and extended arms for me to hold him. I was SO happy to see him like that!
The teacher said he had a really good day, and Anthony told me the same. He also showed me around and told me he had talked to some girls :) He introduced me to his friend Jake and the girls he talked to.
I don't thing I've shared the boxes I made for the boys -about a year ago- to keep their little baby keepsakes. I wanted to make something simple in which I could keep safe some very special and meaningful items from when they were newborns. So I got a couple of dvd/cd storage boxes at Hobby Lobby, and I cover them with fabric- also from Hobby Lobby.
Take a look...
And I turned them into these...
What do you think? I love having these boxes. Every once in a while, I open them and go through them. Do you know what it is in them? Each box has:
1. Pj's they wore to leave the hospital, nothing fancy, just plain comfy pj's :)
2. The baby hat and blankie the hospital provides right after they are born.
3. Their baby toothbrushes that our dentist gave them engraved with each of their initials.
4. Their Christening candle and chest cloth
5. Baptism crosses
6. Keepsake boxes for their first hair strand and first tooth.
7. Monogrammed bibs.
My next project is to use another couple of boxes, decorate them and keep in them all their birthday party cards, baby shower cards, letters from us, family members or friends. Keepsake box for all written items. This is how they are now:
They don't have any cover or decoration outside them, but that's what I am working on now. I want something fun and boyish. We'll see how they turn out.
Well, now, we are updating on Anthony's progress in school and there are two words, NOT GOOD. Yesterday was the worst day. He cried before he even left the house. Yes, he cried none stop and Joe and I felt like crying as well. It is SO hard to see your little bird crying because he has to leave his comfy nest.
I confess, I was going to cheat and take him, but if he kept crying I was just going to take him back home with me. What's with making him suffer for a few days of kindermusik. It's not like he is going to Harvard I thought and I did tell Joe; however, even though he felt bad for him, he reminded me that this was an important stage for him and if it got worse then we would pick him up. He also suggested that he would take him to school, and that was the best decision made that morning, because Anthony grabbed onto my leg and crying with tears in his eyes he kept saying that he didn't want to leave mommy. He wanted to stay with me! And how do you think I felt? HORRIBLE! I began to hold my tears because I didn't want to make him more sad.
Joe got him in his car seat and kept crying. They drove away, while David and I stayed on the other side of the door sadly watching. It has been as hard for me to separate from my little guy, as it has been for his little brother. David heard the car leave and he started to cry because he wasn't going with them. He started knocking the door and the most painful part to watch was to see him KICK the door! That boy wanted to take the door down and run to his brother. My God, that made me cry even more!
Anyway, I held onto my phone all morning to make sure I didn't miss the call from school saying that I needed to pick him up. Part of me, wanted it to happen so I could go and get my boy, but part of me was hopeful that he was having a good time and that's why they hadn't called.
When I picked him up, he cried of emotion as he had the last couple of days, but I noticed something positive. He made a friend! And he was telling me all about his day-even though the teacher said he cried most of the time. He told me about the book they read and the playtime etc.
I hope today is a better day, but if it isn't, I told Joe to tell the teacher to just call me and I'll come and get him. He'll have plenty of school years ahead of him.
Please pray for our little monkey and for us to give us the strength and wisdom to go through this new stage we are going through because it hasn't been that easy.
And, one more thing, while I was writing this post, this song came on in my Pandora station. My heart cries for you By Serena Ryder. What are the odds of that?
Thank you for your thoughts and good energies, and for reading this blog! Have a lovely day :)
His first day was Monday and there have been tears from his side and my side. Changes are always hard because they get us off of our comfort zone and what we are used to, but even though sometimes they are painful, they are part of life and it is a perfectly fine way to evolve, learn and continue to receive the future experiences and blessings that await for us.
He is still trying to adjust to this big change of being around people he doesn't know. He has always being with me or someone that loves him dearly. Never ever away, even from his brother. Yes, they are best friends in all the sense of the word.
I know we are not the only parents in the world that are going or have gone through this, yet I feel like we are.
I took a few shots of him the morning of this first day. Doesn't he look handsome? He is handsome! :)
I cried making his lunch, combing his hair and brushing his teeth. I was an emotional wreck! This was his lunch for his first day...
After we dropped off Anthony, David and I went to the playground for a little while and run some errands. Before we realized it, it was time to get A. And let me tell you D was super excited! He missed his big brother :)
* W E* L O V E * these two boys more than anyone would ever know or imagine. We are beyond blessed for being parents to these two amazing little boys.
Iba caminando por las calles empapadas en olvido. Iba por los parques con fantasmas y con angeles caidos. Iba sin luz, iba sin sol, iba sin un sentido, iba muriéndome. Iba volando sobre el mar con las alas rotas.
Ay amor apareciste en mi vida y me curaste las heridas. Ay amor eres mi luna, eres mi sol, eres mi pan de cada dia
Apareciste con tu luz. No, nunca te vayas, oh, no te vayas, no Tu eres la gloria de los dos hasta la muerte.
En un mundo de ilusión, yo estaba desahuciado, yo estaba abandonado. Vivia sin sentido, pero llegaste tu.
Ay, amor tu eres mi religión. Tu eres luz, tu eres mi sol. Abre el corazón, abre el corazón.
Hace tanto tiempo corazón, vivia en el dolor, en el olvido. Ay, amor eres mi bendición, mi religión, eres mi sol que cura el frio.
Apareciste con tu luz, no, no, no me abandones. No, nunca mi amor. Gloria de los dos, tu eres sol, tu eres mi todo toda tu eres bendición.
En un mundo de ilusión yo estaba desahuciado, yo estaba abandonado. Vivia sin sentido, pero llegaste tu.
Ay, amor tu eres mi religión. Tu eres luz, tu eres mi sol. Abre el corazón, abre el corazón.
Ay, amor tu eres mi bendición. Tu eres luz, tu eres mi sol. Abre el corazón, abre abre el corazón.
Viviré siempre a tu lado con tu luz. oh, oh, oh Moriré estando a tu lado, eres gloria y bendición,
oh, oh, oh Eres tu mi bendición. Eres tu mi religión, yee. oh, oh, oh
Eres tu mi eternidad, y hasta eres salvación. oh, oh, oh
No tenia nada. Y hoy te tengo con la gloria, con la gloria, con la gloria. amor, amor, amor, amor, amor
Eres tu mi bendición. Eres mi luz, eres mi sol.
You are my religion By Mana
I was walking on the oblivion-drenched streets I wandered through parks with ghosts and fallen angels I was without light, without sun(shine) I had no direction, I was dying I was flying over the sea With broken wings
Oh my love, you came into my life
And healed my wounds
Oh my love, you’re my moon, you’re my sun
You’re my daily bread
You appeared with your light
No, don’t ever go
Oh, don’t go, no
You’re the glory of the two of us
Till death
In an illusion world
I was a hopeless case
I was abandoned
My life made no sense
But then you arrived
Oh my love, you’re my religion
You’re light, you’re my sun
Open your heart, open your heart
A long time ago my sweetheart
I was living in pain, in oblivion
Oh my love, you’re a blessing, my religion
You’re the sun which cures from cold
You appeared with your light
No, no, no, don't leave me
No, never my darling
Glory of the two of us
You’re my sun, you’re my everything
All of you is a blessing
In an illusion world
I was a hopeless case
I was abandoned
My life made no sense, but then you arrived
Oh my love, you’re my religion
You’re light, you’re my sun
Open your heart, open your heart
Oh my love, you’re a blessing
You’re light, you’re my sun
Open your heart, open your heart
I’ll live by your side always, with your light
Oh oh oh
I’ll die next to you
You’re a glory and a blessing
Oh oh oh
You’re a blessing
You’re my religion, yee
Oh oh oh
You’re my eternity
And you’re even salvation
Oh oh oh
I had nothing
And now I have you with the glory
With the glory, with the glory
Love, love, love, love, love
