Another Sick Day

On the way to day care this morning, Gabriela decided to spew a slimy concoction of strawberries, onions, rice, and soy milk. Oddly enough, she enjoys eating cooked onions and had fished quite a few of them from Mima's Escabeche yesterday. Escabeche is an onion and chicken soup that Mima serves over rice. Mima is Carmen's mother, Maria.

Anyway, since the day care does not accept vomitous children, I had to cover my morning meetings and get back home to clean her up. She vomited once more and then illustrated her upset stomach in the second manner, twice. Since then, she has been fine, though. Now she is napping in her room, which I darkened with blankets over the blinds so that she will get a solid nap. The picture is her standing by the door this morning after her bout with vomiting and the other thing. Notice that she has the car keys in her right hand. She wanted to go out shopping or something.

First Beach Trip 2009

This is us at Jorge's house after our first trip to the beach in 2009. We were having a really good time at Huguenot Park. In fact, we actually packed food and drinks so we could stay for a long time. Unfortunately, we got kicked out of the park because we are a family of wild and crazy hooligans. The picture of Joseph and his cousin, Nicholas, below illustrates why we were ejected. You will notice a yellow rope in between them. Apparently, it was more of a boundary, per se, as opposed to a paddle ball net. As the park ranger indicated, there is some sort of bird species under the protection of the Audobon Society. According to him, the large signs that read something to the effect of "NO GOING PAST THIS ROPE" were enough of a warning, so we had to pack our things and go. "One strike and you're out" at Huguenot, when it comes to infringing on the liberties of birds. This was kind of like a "red card" for the whole family (inside joke for Mom and Dad).

Other weekend happenings: Joseph's team won their first soccer game of the season, 6-0. Joseph scored two goals and displayed great leadership. I missed the game because of a company meeting in Orlando, so I'm anxious to see him play next weekend. The boy is good!