Topic Archives: family
family 12 Nov 2008
We’ll miss you Vindia
vindia toby and caleb, originally uploaded by swoodie.
Vindia Espinoza Stransky, daughter of Sonya Resk and José Ángel Espinoza “Ferrusquilla,” the mother of Juliana and Yuridia, the sister of John, Angelica Aragon and Jackie, Caleb, Tobias and Maria’s aunt, died in a car crash in Mexico City early Monday morning. She was with her partner of 20 years, Margarita and Margarita’s mother and sister. Margarita was the only survivor of the accident.
She was a beautiful, generous, patient person and we’ll miss having her in our lives.
Friends
[as i was teaching him to dive through the waves]
caleb: “mama, you have been looking and looking and looking for a friend, right? well, i’m your friend now! life is good.”
family 03 Jul 2008
Family reunions
Or, “why my weekend sucked”
Traveling with 2 toddlers with flight changes = Pain in the ass.
Grogreen fell down, busted her head, went briefly unconscious, went to hospital via ambulance from Pawhuska to Bartlesville (Osage and oil country - Northern Oklahoma), she fell again the next day, her eyes are still tracking sideways and she is bloody and bruised all over. She is 90, so these things don’t heal very fast either.
The reunion happened, crazy relatives got in fights, told inappropriate stories, got drunk, etc. A number of us caught a nasty and painful stomach bug, had to get meds and stay in bed.
We missed our flight home, had to buy new tickets.
Meanwhile Rosy had her baby 3 weeks early (Her name is Mariana, she is gorgeous. Photos to come shortly) while we were gone so Bodhi & Clio were stuck in the house for two days alone. Had to scramble to find day care for the week until 3 relatives (Angelica, Maria and cousin Callie) arriving on Thursday to help out (we do not have enough beds).
Was SO ready to be back at work. Not kidding at all.
Rabbit at the breakfast table
Yesterday I came up and Rosy was feeding the boys breakfast. Caleb had on bunny ears and I said “look! there is a rabbit eating breakfast.” He pulled an ear down very seriously and said, “But it is just me! Caleb! I am on only PRETENDING to be a rabbit.” He was afraid I thought he really was a rabbit.
Schooled by a two-year old
(alternate title: “What Diego teaches my kids, part two“)
Tonight during bed time stories…
Me: “Point to the parrot Tobias… [points], point to the sloth… [points], point to the leopard…[does not point], the l-e-o-p-a-r-d (spoken slowly)… [does not point], here is the leopard! [I point].”
Tobias: “That is not a leopard, that is a jaguar.”
Guess he told me.
