Dinosaurs and Turkey

Agustin created these dinosaurs today, all by himself. He made their cave, and even gave the green one a slab of meat to nibble on while we took the picture. It never ceases to amaze me how creative that kid is!

On another note, we did end up having our Thanksgiving meal today. We didn't get home to put the turkey in until about 3 pm, but I was really organized this year, and also used Amy's crockpot stuffing recipe, which helped free up pans and oven space, and we were eating by 7 pm. Too late for the Ecuadorians among us, but it was yummy anyways.

The menu:

• turkey
• stuffing
• mashed potatoes
• green bean casserole (I laughed at the 10-minute prep time on the recipe - I have to boil the beans, make the soup from scratch, then make the onion rings from scratch, so this was a two-day process!)
• deviled eggs (I didn't forget this year)
• corn
• jello pretzel "salad" (gotta have a salad ya know!)
• pumpkin pie

No pics. We were all so hungry that there was no time for that!

Another Lego Nut

Now Nicolas has been bitten by the Lego bug as well. He saw that some kids have been featured in the Lego magazine and now wants his picture in the magazine, alongside his invention. So we took a picture tonight that we will send off to the magazine, just like we did for ñaño. He is convinced that it will get into the magazine.

Been thinking about Hannah all day - happy third birthday, cutie!

The New Face of the Lego Magazine

There is a feature in the Lego magazine where kids send in a picture of themselves with an invention. Agustín decided tonight that his car was cool and original enough to send in, so we took a picture of him in front of it and will see if he gets his mug in the mag!

Waiting for the word

Agustin cannot wait to get at his new Legos. Daddy is torturing him, telling him to wait until things are put away a bit form the trip, but I don't know how much longer he will hold out.

The forbidden fruit.

More of the same

Did I say 10 hours of fun? Let's make that 14 hours, with a break in between.

New legos

New legos will keep this kid busy for at least 10 hours straight.

Peace.

Fighting robot

Agustin knows that we don't like him watching violent shows or cartoons. Nothing with fighting. We don't like them to play cops and robbers and all the other games boys like to play. They still play sometimes (boys will be boys), but they know it is something we don't condone so most of that kind of play is clandestine.

So, today Agustin made a robot and he was showing it to me, real excited. I asked him what it did, and he says, "It fights." I look at him and he realizes his mistake.

A moment passes... and then he says, "He fights...to save the world."

HA! He sure got me...

Airports and Spy Labs

Agustin is so creative with his Legos. This morning he was excited to show me the airport he made, and later in the day he made a spy lab. In the airport you can notice the planes, the main terminal, and the posts all over that let the planes now how to approach and sound alarms when there is an emergency. It looks really cool!

A million little pieces...of legos

There are Legos all over Agustin's room. He is a Lego whiz, and can make anything out of them. We step on them every day. It hurts. But I love how he'll put together a whole house or school, or a bunch of little dogs, or robots, or cars. He is so good at visualizing something to make. He can spend hours alone in his room, playing with his Legos. Until he realizes he might be alone. That is when he screams, "Mommy! Are you there?"