Wow! Its been a jam packed week of fun. Mommy was out on business for a few days this week, so I had fun at daycare and playing with Daddy after work. Daddy finally got my new tricycle out. I'm starting to learn how to ride it. It's a lot of fun, but I get frustrated with it sometimes when it won't turn the way I think it should turn. I'll teach it a lesson one of these days!

Esta semana estuvo lleno de eventos. Mi mami estubo de viaje de negocios esta semana, mientras tanto yo me diverti en la guarderia y con mi papa despues del trabajo. Papi finalmente armo mi triciclo. Yo estoy aprendiendo a usarlo. Me gusta mucho aunque a veces me frusto porque no gira hacia donde yo quiero. Ya vera quien es la jefa ese triciclo.

Ariana with her new tricycle/Ariana con triciclo

My daycare teachers held a family fun day this Saturday. Mommy and Daddy took me, so I could see some of my teachers over the weekend. I felt like a rock star when they put me down so I could walk around the place. Everyone started yelling my name and coming over to see me. My favorite part was the big blow up slide. I'm still not big enough to go down myself, but I had plenty of people to help.

Mis maestras de la guarderia organizaron un dia familiar este Sabado. Mi mama y papa me llevaron para que viera a mis maestras. Cuando llegue me senti como artista de novela, camine por todo lados. Todas las maestras gritaban mi nombre y me venian a ver. Lo mejor de la tarde fue el surra surra inflable. No pude hacerlo sola pero tube suficiente ayuda para surrarme.

Family Fun Day at PeaceKids

After the family fun day I went home to take a good, long nap. Then, when I woke up we went tailgating for a baseball game. Colgate sponsored a tailgate, so we played games and ate hamburgers. It was very hot, but it was a lot of fun. I got excited about watching the baseball game for oh....2 minutes. Then, I wanted to climb up and down the stairs...in and out of my seat...pretty much anything but watch the game. Mommy and Daddy decided to leave after the 2nd inning. I didn't care, b/c when we got home I got to dance in the driveway...just because. I made up this dance kind of like the M.C. Hammer dance for U Can't Touch This.

Despues del dia familiar me fui a casa y dormi por un buen rato. Cuando me levante fui a otro dia familiar esta vez del trabajo de mami. Colgate tubo un dia familiar antes del juego de beisbal. Alli comi hamburgesas. Aunque estuvo algo caliente me diverti mucho.

Blowing bubbles at the Colgate tailgate

Very interested in the baseball game...lasted 2 minutes

Dancing in the driveway is more fun than watching baseball.

Tantrums are here/Consentida

My first swimming pool.

Playing in front of the vacuum.

It is official Ariana is 16th months old. She has moved into the big bath tub. She is getting better at imitating sounds. She knows a lot of animal sounds. She is learning a couple sign language signals, and she is no longer laying on mommy's lap during her good night routine. She is also starting to be a little helper when it comes to putting away her toys and our tupperware containers. What a big girl!!!

I guess with growing up also comes tantrums. She has had a few episodes starting last weekend during Mass. So far they don't last too long, but she definatley lets us know what she wants.

Overall, it is a fun age. She loves to give us kisses. Sometimes she switches back and forth giving kisses to Nathan and then me. It is the best feeling.

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Ariana ya tiene 16 meses y ha progresado mucho. Ya se bana en la banera grande, tambien esta imitando sonidos, se sabe los sonidos de varios animales, esta aprendiendo a comunicarse por senas, y ya no tengo que mecerla para dormir. Ariana tambien esta empezando a ayudar a guardar sus juguetes y los upperware en la cocina. Como esta creciendo.

Pero al mismo tiempo tambien esta empezando la etapa de la malcreades. Ya a tendio algunos momentos donde se pone a llorar si le damos lo que pide. El fin de semana pasado tubo un episodio durante la misa. Por suerte no duran mucho tiempo, pero definitivamente nos dice que es lo que quiere.

Esta es una etapa bien divertida. A ella le gusta darnos besos. Y a veces se turna dandonos besos a primero a Nathan y luego a mi. Es super tierno.

Ariana at Tio Newton and Aunt Loraine's house.


Cousin Isabel and Ariana playing in the backyard.