Trastesitos

Did you have any trastesitos de barro when you were little?  These were mine.  I took them out for them to play with the other day.  They loved them. 

Looking at them brought back so many beautiful memories.

Memories of my carefree childhood days.  Memories of my abuelita, Mama Lisa (because she considered her self too young to be called abuela.)  Memories of warm summer days spent by the beach tasting the sweet warm salt in the air.  Memories of Christmases filled with piñatas, villancicos, ponche and lots of familia.  Memories of a younger sister and I, dressed alike pretending to be twins (she's a fair skin redhead, I'm not.)  Memories of tias and tios, primas and primos.  Memories of long trips across the Mexican country side and the clickity clack sound of a train rocking me to sleep.  Memories.  Beautiful, wonderful, memories that I don't ever want to forget.

Happy Thursday.  May your memories live on.

friday favorita: to be a kid

Where I share with you photos new and old.  Photos that inspire me, photos that make me smile or cry, photos that bring out memories, photos that I LOVE!
 
Donde comparto contigo mis fotos favoritas nuevas y viejitas.  Fotografías que me inspiran, me hacen reír o llorar, fotografías que me traen recuerdos, fotos que ¡ME ENCANTAN!

to be a kid...

is a whole lot of fun!

If you would like to share some of your favorite photos with me and everyone else to see, you can join my Flickr group FRIDAY FAVORITAS, post your favorite photo on your blog or on your Facebook page and link it to this blog.  I would love to see what you love.

Si tu tambien quieres compartir tus fotos favoritas conmigo y los demás, puedes ser parte de mi grupo Flickr FRIDAY FAVORITAS, compartirlas en tu blog o pagina de Facebook y hacerlas link a este blog.  Me encantaría ver tus fotos.

 

 

Happy Weekend!

 

Inquisitive mind :: Mente Curiosa

While working in my studio I hear a little voice calling me, "Mami come see!"  So I do as I am told and walk my busy self downstairs to see what my little boy needs.  

Mientras trabajaba en el estudio el otro día, una vocesita me llamaba, "¡Mami, ven a ver!" Dejo lo que estoy haciendo y bajo a ver que es lo que necesita mi nene.   

"Look mami!"  I look.  And then the tour begins.

"¡Mira Mami!"  Veo.  Y pronto empieza el tour. 

I am guided to my floor lamp where I notice there is a toy magnet bar attached to it.  Then I am shown the one attached on the table lamp.  Then the one attached to the fireplace, and the antique trunk and the trash can...the tour continues until he has showed me every single place he has discovered that the magnet bar will attach to, or so I think.

Mi nene me guía hacia la lampara de piso, donde noto que hay un barra de imán de juego conectada en ella.  Luego me enseña la que conecto en la lampara de mesa.  Después la que esta conectada en la chimenea, en el baúl antiguo, en el basurero...y así continua enseñándome todos los lugares donde las barras de imán se puede conectar.  Bueno eso es lo que creo.

"Now look here mami."  He takes a few magnet bars, climbs up the stairs a bit,  stretches his little body as far as possible, and then begins to line them up on the ceiling.  "Wow!" I tell him. "I didn't know we had metal there."  He smiles a big smile.

"Ahora mira a qui, mami."  Toma en sus manos unas cuantas barras de imán, sube unos cuantos escalones, estira su cuerpesito lo mas que puede y empieza a conectar una por una en el techo.  "Wow!"  Le digo.  "Yo no sabia que teníamos metal ahí."  Con orgullo me da una sonrisa de oreja a oreja.  

I love his inquisitive mind!

¡Me encanta su mentesita curiosa!

♥ He created this (with his papi's help) the other day. :: Esto lo  hizo hace días con la ayuda de papi. ♥