Matt in his Studio

So far in this blog I don't think I have mentioned poor Matt yet. We are both so busy with things sometimes I forget he is even here. He has been working nonstop in his new studio , it is actually a recording studio called Audiogenia, where they are in the process of building him his own mini studio. It is in Alicante about 15 minutes from Playa San Juan, where we live. So he goes in to work around 10 am and doesn't come back until past midnight...

He is currently working on two projects. The first is with a young singer called Estefania, she is amazing and the second is on a show with Bocelli in the Teatro del Silenzio in Italy on July 5th. we are actually all going with him so we can see a little of Italy.

So, there you have it a quick Matt overview. I'm actually going to start a blog just for him and his music stuff, because there is a lot to share there.

School IQ test

Since it looks like I'm always writing to brag about my beautiful kids, I think many of you think I only write about all the great things they do and achieve but we all know in life nothing is perfect, specially us or our children.

Today we had a meeting along with all the other parents of Marco's class so they could prepare us a little bit for what it to become of our little ones, once they start 1st grade in September. One of the things they presented us with was a sort on mini writing and vocabulary skill IQ test which was given to them some weeks ago and showed a graph with the median score of the entire class and where our children fell. Once I heard handwriting test I knew we were in for a bad report and boy was I right.. Poor little thing.. the graph was struggling to get to the median and never quite reached it. Looking around all the other proud moms flashed their children's report which showed how off the charts they were.

I'm not sure if handwriting is something hereditary but I should have been a doctor with the handwriting I was blessed with so if I passed that on to my children, I'm sorry, I'm sure someone passed it on to me..

OK, so what do you think about IQ tests? Should I worry?\

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Bella's new haircut

Ok, so its not a great picture, she doesn't stand still for more than 2.3 seconds so its hard. The haircut itself was actually painless, I thought it would be much worse..She stood as still as she possible could...Afterwards, she told every person she saw on the street that she had gotten a hair cut and that she was very "guapa" (the word for pretty here)..

I actually liked her long hair but the detangling part of it was not much fun. She is a screamer and I think the neighbors will be much happier now..after all, summer is here and she will be in the pool all day long, I'm not detangling chlorine hair daily.. thank you very much.

Another day, another story.. A lot of you have emailed me letting me know you enjoying reading my blog but are afraid to comment.. I promise I wont bite..

June Gloom

So the kids started their half day at school, getting out at 1 pm (usually 5pm) and they are very excited that summer vacation (all of July and August) is almost here (me, not so much). I love hanging out with them, but with work and household stuff, it is very difficult to get things done.

I'm a multitasker but somethings gotta give..so, if anyone out there has any suggestions on how to make the long summer, not so long, please, please leave me a comment and let me know......

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Marco is reading up a storm

Marco will start first grade in September but he already knows how to read in Spanish, English will come next year, they say it is better to do it one language at a time so there is so confusion, so when he is fluent in reading comprehension in Spanish, we will jump into teaching him to read in English.

He loves books and wants to read everything he could get his hands on, it is great to see. Isabella imitates him and pretends she knows how to read, which kind of annoys Marco and the daily fights start.

Ok, that is it for now...

Marco's first piano recital

I know I'm a proud mother but today was just overwhelming. Marco had his first piano recital and I have to say he did it the best..not because he is my son, because I'm very critical and realistic, he was the only one who did not make a mistake or stop or ask for help or cry because he didn't want to do it...He was brave and had no fear, he just walked right up to the piano with his sheet music (which he didn't even use, because he memorizes the music) and started to play.

His song was short but was flawless, you can see a video here

My dad created his own blog

My dad was the first to jump on the band wagon and create a new blog. I'm so proud of him, he left his fear behind (which I wish a lot of you would) and just went for it. His blog looks great and his content even better. I think he has found a new career or at least something to keep him occupied during his retirement years.

His new blog is called tonypmiamibeach , check it out!!