tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10704261Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:23:45 +0000SummerBaptismFreedomSickFamilyFelipecar repairFriendsPhotosFundraisingQuiz/MemeDancingUltrasound PicturePoolgiftsCharityMilestonesCelebrationMiscellaneousTravesurasSchoolBaby ShowerHolidaysWalkingUpdatesToysHolidayBaby NurseryChristmasPregnancy UpdatesConcertPhotographyBirthdayBreastfeedingCrawlingDisclosure PolicyBaby NewsMotherly LoveFrancescaBeachStandingBabymoonLoveFluPicturesAnniversaryOB AppointmentSportsBelly PhotoBaby PoolSadnessHaircutThis is a family blog that will keep you updated on any family news and our life in general.http://thesimos.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Lilli)Blogger240125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10704261.post-8011632389449514289Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:52:00 +00002012-01-04T19:47:19.597-05:00FamilyFrancescaFelipeMiscellaneousI’m participating in Smarty Pants Mama’s SmartMamaLUTION. SmartMama-Lution #1 is a do-it-yourself memory box.  I loved the box she used but since I couldn't find it I chose a CD storage case.  I decided on the storage box because when I went to Target and the only one that I liked was actually the same one my friend was using.  I ended up buying mine at Walmart along with 5x7 index cards.  I http://thesimos.blogspot.com/2012/01/diy-memory-box.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lilli)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10704261.post-3087246845900372164Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:51:00 +00002011-11-23T15:24:09.570-05:00SchoolFriendsFelipeCelebration Today they had a small Thanksgiving feast at Felipe's school.  I attended just because I like to be an involved parent but I was not aware that the kids had prepared a small presentation for the parents.  They sang 10 little indians and Mr Turkey.  Some were dressed like indians and others like pilgrims.  My little one was an indian. Video of Felipe and his classmates singinghttp://thesimos.blogspot.com/2011/11/thanksgiving-at-felipes-school.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lilli)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10704261.post-205723975769134375Sun, 13 Nov 2011 13:10:00 +00002011-11-13T08:13:22.871-05:00FamilyAnniversaryToday we celebrate our 7 year wedding anniversary with the same love that we shared on our wedding day.We have been there for each other through thick and thin. That is what marriage and love are meant to be.Baby, Thank you for all the happiness we have shared throughout the years and the two beautiful kids you have given me.I love you!http://thesimos.blogspot.com/2011/11/happy-anniversary-to-us.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lilli)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10704261.post-826229650973142116Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:47:00 +00002011-11-13T10:01:25.221-05:00FelipeA conversation that took place on my way to pick up Adrian at work... Felipe: Why we pick up daddy? Me:  Because daddy's car is broken... Felipe: Why? Me:  His window doesn't close. Felipe:  Why? Me:  I think the motor that closes the window is broken. Felipe:  OH!  I know what happened.... The crocodiles ate motor... Once we got to the shopping center where Adrian works... Me: I http://thesimos.blogspot.com/2011/11/felipe-mechanic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lilli)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10704261.post-8680977174204358023Mon, 07 Nov 2011 02:31:00 +00002011-11-13T10:15:49.151-05:00FriendsFelipeCelebrationBirthday Today Felipe attended his classmates birthday party... The first of many to come.  It was really nice to see him interact with his classmates.  They all had lots of fun running around and jumping in the bounce house, they got even more excited when the pony rides and petting zoo arrived.  Felipe immediately rushed over to stand in line for the pony rides.  After his pony ride he feed some of http://thesimos.blogspot.com/2011/11/emilys-birthday-party.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lilli)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10704261.post-6348534692808131348Sun, 06 Nov 2011 02:03:00 +00002011-11-13T10:15:49.154-05:00FrancescaFelipeMiscellaneous Yesterday we saw in the weekend section of the newspaper that the Goldcoast Railroad Museum had free admission the first Saturday of every month so we decided to take the kids. When we first got there the kids seemed a bit bored but they quickly started seeming a bit more curious about all the trains. They really enjoyed the model train room. Once we finished walking around we rode on the http://thesimos.blogspot.com/2011/11/trip-to-train-museum.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lilli)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10704261.post-2978651243837560574Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:18:00 +00002011-11-18T11:29:05.000-05:00SportsFelipe Today while driving around with the kids I noticed a Miami Heat Flag at a school we past. As I kept on driving I also saw a firetruck with the Heat logo so curiosity got the best of me and I made a U-turn. I parked in front of the school and got off the car with camera in hand. I took a few photos of Felipe with the truck and then spoke to a guy who was picking up.  He informed me that it http://thesimos.blogspot.com/2011/11/fireball-express.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lilli)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10704261.post-4786027698459341199Thu, 03 Nov 2011 01:33:00 +00002011-11-13T10:15:49.158-05:00Family Adrian's cousin Alegria was visit Miami this past week and today they went to the zoo... I was a short trip because Adrian had to go to work in the afternoon but they had lots of fun. Alegria had lots of fun taking pictures with my camera and she also fed a giraffe. Hopefully Felipe and I will be able to go to the zoo soon. We both missed this little trip because he was in school and I was http://thesimos.blogspot.com/2011/11/alegrias-visit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lilli)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10704261.post-6233329290648990574Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:27:00 +00002011-11-13T10:15:49.161-05:00HolidaySickFrancescaFelipeHope everyone had a safe and happy halloween.  This year we didn't do much because unfortunately Felipe had bronchitis and a double ear infection so we played it safe and stayed home considering it was drizzling. Eventhough we didn't go out I did dress them up in their costumes so my mom could see them.  She had bought them matching superhero costumes so I thought it was only fair for her to http://thesimos.blogspot.com/2011/10/happy-halloween.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lilli)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10704261.post-4237406422895126922Sun, 30 Oct 2011 22:00:00 +00002011-11-13T10:15:49.163-05:00FamilyCelebrationBirthdayMilestones Today I want to wish Maria, my mom's mother-in-law, a Happy 90th Birthday.  Eventhough her birthday was a few days ago today we had a big celebration for her with family and friends. It was a surprise party and it turned out great.  At first when she arrived she didn't realize it was for her...  She said hi to everyone and then when she finally sat down she looks at my mom and asks "Is this http://thesimos.blogspot.com/2011/10/happy-90th-birthday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lilli)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10704261.post-5874074879810635065Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:08:00 +00002011-11-13T10:15:49.166-05:00SchoolFundraisingFelipe Felipe and his friend Enrique I just dropped off Felipe at school and he was wearing his pajamas... No I did not forget to change him.  Today was Pajama Day at school and if you paid $1 to the United Way they could wear pajamas.  I didn't think many kids would do it but about 90% of the school were in their PJs including some teachers.http://thesimos.blogspot.com/2011/10/pajama-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lilli)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10704261.post-5294844967081806490Thu, 27 Oct 2011 03:19:00 +00002011-11-13T10:15:49.251-05:00Miscellaneous I have always liked the Addams Family movie and when I saw the Broadway show was coming to the Arsht Center I told Adrian I wanted to go see it.  At first he laughed at me and called me crazy because he thought I was kidding.  I was very serious about wanting to go see it but I knew we are on a budget so I didn't expect to go see it. One day while he is at work he called me to tell me that http://thesimos.blogspot.com/2011/10/addams-family.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lilli)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10704261.post-3439907433327169571Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:43:00 +00002011-11-13T10:15:49.254-05:00MiscellaneousTonight we will be sleeping in our brand new king size bed.  Yesterday we went to IKEA to buy ourselves a new bedroom set because for the past few nights we haven't had a bed. Now that I think back,  it seems like a funny story but it wasn't at first. This past Saturday we were having lunch when my mother-in-law calls and asks if we are still selling our bedroom set.  I tell that yes we are http://thesimos.blogspot.com/2011/10/new-bedroom-set.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lilli)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10704261.post-9217810675560699564Thu, 08 Sep 2011 01:00:00 +00002011-11-13T10:15:49.256-05:00FrancescaMilestones We finally gave up and got Francesca a toddler bed.  We wanted to wait a bit longer but realized that she already knew how to climb into her crib so there wasn't anything stopping her from trying to climb out of her crib.  As many of you know her crib is up on a platform above Felipe's bed so that last thing we wanted was her going head first onto the floor. So yesterday we went and got her ahttp://thesimos.blogspot.com/2011/09/francescas-new-bed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lilli)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10704261.post-5940206135512276176Sun, 04 Sep 2011 22:26:00 +00002011-11-13T10:15:49.259-05:00MiscellaneousCelebrationBirthday Today was Christian and Jordan's Toy Story birthday party... It started out as a very normal kid's birthday party, there was a bounce house, candy, and a clown doing face painting. You might ask yourself why I am saying these things... Well let me tell you the story of what happened a little while after singing Happy Birthday. It had started to rain so people were leaving but all of ahttp://thesimos.blogspot.com/2011/09/happy-birthday-chris-jordan.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lilli)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10704261.post-6588840568507789507Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:57:00 +00002011-11-13T10:15:49.261-05:00SchoolFriendsFelipePhotosI can't believe this day finally arrived... Today was Felipe's first day of school. He was very excited to finally be starting school. I thought it was going to be a difficult day for both of us but it went very smoothly. I think the person that was most affected was Francesca. She was asking for her brother the whole time that he was in school. He must have had an exhausting 1st day becausehttp://thesimos.blogspot.com/2011/08/felipes-1st-day-of-school.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lilli)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10704261.post-1533828847055743320Fri, 19 Aug 2011 23:00:00 +00002011-11-13T10:15:49.264-05:00FrancescaFelipeMiscellaneous Today was Target Free Friday at the Miami Children's Museum so I decided to take the kids to see the Bob the Builder exhibit. Since this was the last Friday before Felipe started school I thought it might be a nice treat.  Since they had never really played at this museum before, the few times we have gone they were too little to enjoy anything, I wasn't sure if they would actually enjoy it.  http://thesimos.blogspot.com/2011/08/bob-builder-we-can-build-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lilli)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10704261.post-7395308806748395507Tue, 09 Aug 2011 00:30:00 +00002011-11-18T11:25:55.040-05:00FrancescaToysFelipeMiscellaneous The full view of the room Truck and Tractor parking lot The kids finally have a playroom that can be a mess and we won't care.... As their birthday present we decided to convert the garage into a playroom for them. It took a bit to complete but now the kids have a room to play in and we have our sunken livingroom back. As you can see from the pictures we have foam tiles on the floor and http://thesimos.blogspot.com/2011/08/new-and-improved-playroom.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lilli)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10704261.post-3948571876573668769Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:00:00 +00002011-11-13T10:15:49.266-05:00SportsMiscellaneous Today I was out with the kids trying to get them to go to sleep when Adrian called me to let me know that "El Pibe" Valderrama was going to be at the T-Mobile next to his job. I immediately rushed over to see him. It wasn't anything special but at least we got to take a picture with him and get an autographed soccer ball.http://thesimos.blogspot.com/2011/07/el-pibe-valderrama.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lilli)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10704261.post-4151908693980726699Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:22:00 +00002011-11-13T10:01:25.201-05:00MiscellaneousUpdatesI am happy to announce that after 3 long months of not working I have finally found a job. It is part-time since I have to take care of my two little monsters in the afternoon. I will be the Technical Manager for an Event Planning company that is launching an online service. You can visit their site at: http://www.askirisfields.com. It is currently under construction but you can sign up to http://thesimos.blogspot.com/2011/06/new-job.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lilli)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10704261.post-8706795785774591084Wed, 22 Dec 2010 01:17:00 +00002011-11-10T18:26:15.323-05:00FrancescaFelipe http://thesimos.blogspot.com/2010/12/happy-holidays-from-simos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lilli)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10704261.post-3475192458636893021Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:28:00 +00002010-07-27T10:29:33.799-04:00FelipeBirthdayMy baby boy today you turn 3 and it is amazing how much you have changed in just one year. You now know your name even though you don't pronounce it correctly (Pipe Nato pillio Mimo), you take care of your little sister, and you try to do things on your own. Daddy and I are preparing ourselves for the new adventures that will come our way. We love you Pipe!!! --- Posted using BlogPress from http://thesimos.blogspot.com/2010/07/happy-birthday-pipe.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lilli)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10704261.post-9041773657478652217Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:34:00 +00002010-07-26T12:16:52.109-04:00FrancescaCelebrationBreastfeedingBirthdayBeachChristmasCrawlingA year ago today, at this exact time, Francesca joined our family. Dear Francesca, It's been a year of happiness not only for daddy and me but also for all those that have gotten to know you. For the past week all your daddy and I can say is "Can you believe it's been a year?". Although it seems like time has flown by, we can definitely say that we have enjoyed every minute that we have been http://thesimos.blogspot.com/2010/07/happy-first-birthday-princess.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lilli)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10704261.post-7618583579929608991Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:13:00 +00002011-11-12T00:29:27.701-05:00HolidayFrancescaPoolFelipeWe didn't have plans for Memorial day considering we were not sure if Adrian had to work so at the last minute we decided to have lunch at my mother-in-law's house. After lunch we headed over to the pool. We weren't there for very long because the kids hadn't napped so they were tired.http://thesimos.blogspot.com/2010/06/memorial-day-at-abuela-mali.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lilli)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10704261.post-6187976105437439452Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:17:00 +00002010-06-05T14:06:01.817-04:00car repairSummerAs many of you know back in December I upgraded to a minivan.  The weather was cold back then so I didn't use the AC as often but now that summer is upon us I have been using it more frequently. Well, the other day I noticed that my rug on the passanger's side had some white stains on them but I didn't fret because I actually thought it was dried up sand from our trip to the beach.  When I triedhttp://thesimos.blogspot.com/2010/06/summer-is-upon-us.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lilli)0