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Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Eight plus Eight

$142.24 for Polio-fighting vaccines (that's 710 vaccines!).

That's a new purple coat.

Kidz Bop 30 leads with a cover of Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood."

Highlights: The arrival of Grandmother, Grandaddy, and Aunt Carolyn, birthday serenade videos with cake and candles from Rita and Uxue and trans-Atlantic text, Facebook, Skype, and Whassup birthday greetings from Tio Gerardo, Tia Gimena, abuela y abuelo.

Eats:
Special school snacks for the class: Goldfish (Pablo's class); Cupcakes (Nina's class)
Dinner: At Chili's (thank you, Aunt Carolyn!), featuring two Molten Lava cakes and a wait-staff serenade.

Treasures:
Pablo: Not For Parents Travel Book (Not for Parents Lonely Planet), a first watch, a Star Wars t-shirt, a Philadelphia Eagles punching bag, a blue winter coat from Lands End, The Force Awakens sticker book, Star Wars Classic trivia game, Obsessed with Star Wars: Test Your Knowledge of a Galaxy Far, Far Away , The One and Only Ivan, The Wishing Spell (Land of Stories), The Far Side Gallery, an Avengers Fact-ivity book, a folded flyers book, and a green-and-gray soccer ball hoodie.

Nina: Zita the Spacegirl, Frozen in graphic novel form, a short-sleeved blue shirt with a Native American pattern, purple leggings with stars, a purple dress with stars, blue tights, an art set, a knitting kit, a stereo/CD player, two Kidz Bop CDs (29 and 30), a purple winter coat from Lands End, and a custom-made, two CD-set: "Eight plus Eight," featuring songs by sixteen women (technically seventeen)--Adele, Ann Wilson, Aretha, Bev Bivens, Bonnie Raitt, Corinne Bailey Rae, Dusty Springfield, Elle Goulding, Grace Slick, The Indigo Girls, Julieta Venegas, Kelly Clarkson, Norah Jones, Sarah Bareilles, Sheryl Crow, and Taylor Swift--with custom-made collectible cards for each singer (plus one of Nina).

Sunday, November 08, 2015

A Birthday Pool Party Extravaganza!

Maria, the master party planner, orchestrated a flawless fiesta on Saturday.

And we raised more than $142 to fight polio. With a double match from the Bill Gates Foundation, that's enough for 710 vaccines that can be given to children in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the last two countries in the world where polio is still doing its evil business. Watch out, polio: this generation just may take you down.

Saturday, November 07, 2015

Game Seven: Orange Juice Remix

Tricky goal kick with the left, defending the net, taking charge of the ball, hustling through traffic, playing through conflict, showing concern for a downed opponent ... this Pablo play was thrilling.