A childs creativity is priceless......

  When I was a kid I was creative...I will take my grandma's pots and pan and made it into a drum set...or took any object that resemble a microphone, sang to an audience of stuffed animals and dolls....well the other day I had to do some chores around the house and decided to let Ethan watch some television...he is either into dinosaurs or robots....I put on transformer cartoon on Netflix and after a while I came to a living room and found this.

So as per Ethan:
  The lightning McQueen tricycle plays the role of Optimus Prime
  The Lion face mobile plays the role of Bumble Bee
  The Bus face mobile plays the role of Ratchet
 The Giraffe plays the role of Ironhide
 The Piano plays the role of Jazz (Go figure,ha)...

In a voice of Optimus Prime...Autobot Rolllll out! as I sip my coffee...

Oh what a weekend....

  We have been watching the news Saturday night wondering to our self if we should head to a water park on Sunday since the weather man was mentioning 60 % rain the entire week; but we went to sleep and depending how the sky looked in the morning we will decide to take the trip or not. Sunday came and we woke up to a clear blue sky, did not waste any time packed towels, prepared my cooler with refreshment, fruits and snacks, prepare the kiddos, and off to Aquatica before mother nature changes her mind and turns the clear sky into a grey gloomy one.

As we arrived the water park was packed, but we had a blast...rode the lazy river, came down the kiddie slides and played with the sands a bit when the clear blue sky was not looking so clear not blue...it was showing sign of rain so we packed quickly and walked quickly out of the park and across the parking lot and as soon as we got inside the car...that is when mother nature delivered, it poured.

Ethan was not happy he was having so much fun but mother nature rained on his parade....

On our drive home, I was wondering what to cook and so forth I really wanted to do a BBQ on our new BBQ grill but with the rain how...and then i had an AHA moment... we will BBQ with the garage door open, many Floridians done it....and we will be part of that group.  So grilled some burgers, hot dog and chicken kabobs and we had a feast eating inside the garage, seeing the rain fall and after an awesome meal...sipping on a delicious cup of coffee.

Why I changed my blog name....

I changed my blog name from Music, Pray and Shining little stars to Lets Chat Over Coffee because the former name was not inspiring me to write...I could not relate to the title although I love all type of music and I do pray A LOT, and i love my two shining little stars( Ethan and Amalia) but the name was just NOT ME in full effect. I came up with the NEW name Lets Chat Over Coffee when I was chatting with my sister over the phone the other day..she was talking about how her biology final went (she is studying to be a nurse) and for some reason each time I talk with her or my awesome friends (Margaret, Karen, Julia to name a few) I am always sipping on a nice cup of coffee....Think about it guys every conversation goes well with a cup of coffee..You have a meeting or a conference call you have your cup of coffee right beside you....you have not seen someone for such a long time and want to catch up on each other life you talk it over a cup of coffee...you go to someones house they offer you a cup of coffee...you come to my house you bet your bottom dollar I am going to offer a nice cup of coffee...ok.ok.ok you get my point....So grab you favorite mug fill it with your choice of delicious coffee, come on over to my blog and chat with me over coffee as I talk about life, motherhood, my kids and other great topic that will pop in my head..

A Day To Celebrate Life..

           We celebrated Amalia's health on Saturday. March 10, 2012 made one year Amalia had her open heart surgery and for more celebration we attended a special clinic for special people. The Developmental Center in Orlando creates a once a year special clinic for special people, and on Saturday it was an all Down Syndrome Day. The clinic had professional doctors, therapists, counselor that specialises with individual with Down Syndrome. It was our first time in such great event and I felt as if I was attending a blind date, I was nervous had butterflies in my stomach. I had my notebook with all the questions I wanted to ask the specialist and I had my camera because I wanted to take picture of every moment that I had.  We walked inside the clinic and it was a fairy land. Stars where hanging from the ceiling, a gazebo in the center of the place, a big, huge bronze statue of Mickey mouse riding a horse. I saw so many parents with delicious looking babies and adults of all ages. My first doctor I saw was the geneticist, and he said something very interesting..."Down Syndrome is a genetic disorder NOT hereditary, it does not mean the same. I commented  to the doctor I have a cousin with Down Syndrome who is 29 years old, and he said that was coincidence because it is not HEREDITARY but GENETIC. After the geneticist doctor we went to see, a dentist because my little diva is 19 months have no teeth...he advice, to give her time, it is typical to have no teeth and she probably get her first one when she turns two. We continue walking around, and she had her ear checks and she did great. We had so much fun that I forgot to take pictures of each doctors she saw, so I took some. By the way, they had a playroom with two volunteers, and Ethan had so much fun he did not want to leave. Cookie the Clown made cool animals out of balloons and did cool art with face painting...Ethan requested a shark on his left arm. It was an amazing day and seeing the other children and the milestone they reached, it made me excited to know Amalia would be getting there at her pace, but she will get there.

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Song of Solomon 4:7

You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you.

Genesis 1:27

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

I would not cry over spill milk, ok maybe a little.

   Some friends came over from out of town and they are staying with us for a week. Therefore a weekend of awesomeness was planned.  Before we head out to Downtown Orlando, we stopped to eat at a Dominican Restaurant. After great meal and great conversation I get up and take my handbag when milk was spilling all over the floor..I take a look inside my bag, one of Amalia's bottle with milk spilled all over my brand NEW hand bag. Everything got wet, diaper, wallet and all the goodies we as woman and mommy carry.. I ran to the bathroom to clean it....and as much as I wanted to "go back home and go no where, i was not going to let spilled milk ruin my day" I cleaned it, air dry every little thing and headed to the car. The good thing I had a Thermos with milk for Amalia just in case. As soon as I got in the car, i have a Victoria Secret, body splash and I moist a towel and put it inside my handbag because we all know milk is good for you but the smell of milk is not very pleasant.
    
      We arrived at Downtown Orlando and just seeing so many people and children makes me happy. I am from New York so being in a crowded place makes me happy, makes me feel alive. We went inside the Lego Store play with some Lego's and then we enter the Disney store and tried on some funny hats and mouse ears. After walking around we decided to head to Dave and Buster and have some more fun. Ethan had a blast pretending he was driving the cars...


Monday the weather was perfect for SEA WORLD..Yeahhh!!!! We arrived thinking it is Monday the park is not going to be packed, we were so wrong. We went in and had a blast. Many families go to the beach a lot or to a specific playground, we do Sea World A LOT...Ethan loves the dolphin and Shamu shows. Also, because he is quite tall for a three year old, he got to ride the Shamu roller coaster for kids, he rode the tea cup and he was just all smile. Amalia rode the carousel, she fell asleep, other than that we had a great great time.

What a cute little mouse

If I dye my hair this color you, my hair will be just like that.

Cute mouse

       

He is modeling his new mickey mouse goofy sunglasses

Love his smile.

Our guest from Colombia.

This is our " pucker up" look.

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Proverbs 17:22

A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Psalm 126:2

Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.”

Psalm 16:8-11

I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure. For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption. You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

I chased her down Walmart

 I was in Walmart on Thursday food shopping and house shopping. While I was in the towel section I saw an adorable boy that caught my eyes and from where I was standing he showed characteristics of having Down Syndrome, so I placed my towel back on the shelf and chased the woman with the boy down Walmart. I felt so strange doing such pursuit but once I saw she was heading to the electronic section and sort of yelled out " excuse me...excuse me" and she stopped and looked back. I kindly approached her with a smile just to make her comfortable. I asked her "does you son have..." and before me saying Down Syndrome she smiled and said yes.. I told her "My daughter has.. and before I finish the sentence she smiled and said I want to see her. Her son is a well speaking active six year old who loves babies...we exchanged number and will be calling her in the future to set up a play date.

I have read blogs about parents who have children with Down Syndrome who were at a shopping center and saw from a far a child with Down Syndrome and follow them through the place just to see how that particular child is or just because and I remember saying I would never NEVER do such a thing, but like Justin Bieber sings "Never say Never."

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2 Timothy 3:16

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness

 

 

Valentine table setting

 I have always been amazed at people who goes all out decorating their houses for the holidays, for any other special event or just because and I asked myself "do I have what it takes to decorate?". Therefore this Valentine day I decided to dress my dining room table. I have to say I am proud of myself for pulling it off. Most of the materials I already had at home.

After I was happy with my table decor I was inspired to make a delicious meal. The menu was yellow rice, red baked potatoes with sour cream on top and honey roast pork tenderloin. YUMMMS! my son does not

like meat but boy did he loved the tenderloins.

                           


Happy Valentine Days! and let it be everyday full of love and happiness!

String of hearts by Louise Docker

http://www.photographyblogger.net/25-pretty-pictures-of-pink/

Table Decor:
Table cloth - my own
Square vase- my own
Hydrangeas flower- bought at walmart from better homes.
Hearts: bought at walmart
Plates, utensils, glass- my own
Table runner: red tissue paper that I collect from gifts given to the children
Lace- my own
Candles and candle holder: my own
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1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

1 Corinthians 13:13

So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.