More Cooking

Nikolas got a wooden set of food for his birthday and loves "cooking." He'll "cut up" everything and then mix it all together. He loves to get the pans out and make all sorts of things. He makes meatballs, pancakes, soup, salad, turkey sandwiches and much more. Diego is always by his side to help out and to "taste test" the food. Le regalamos a Nikolas un set de cocina para su cumpleanos. Le encanta "cocinar!" El "corta" la comida y la mexcla. Saca todas las ollas y cocina de todo. Le gusta hacer albondigas, panqueques, sopa, ensalada, sandwiches y mucho mas. Diego (su muneco) siempre esta a su lado "ayudando" y probando la comida. Hay un video al final de las fotos tambien.

Making Meatballs

Recently Nikolas has loved helping me cook. He wants to dump in the ingredients or stir it up or do whatever he needs to be done. He will constantly say, "Mami, I do it." One day he helped me make meatballs. He dumped everything in and even rolled the meatballs in his little hands. A couple days later, he came in and told me that he was making meatballs. I went into the kitchen and found this! Ultimamente a Nikolas le encanta ayudarme a cocinar. Siempre quiere hechar todos los ingredientes o mexclar la comida. Siempre me dice, "Mami, I do it." (yo hago) Un dia me ayudo a hacer albondigas. El hecho todo y hasta se animo formarlas con sus manitos. Un par de dias despues, vino y me dijo que estaba haciendo albondigas. Fui a la cocina y encontre esto!

What a face! Que cara!

Don't look at my dirty oven, just observe Niko's "masterpiece" or "meatballs." Yes, those are screwdrivers. A little random, I know! Observan el "trabajito" de Nikolas o sea las albondigas. Si, esos son destornilladores! Un poco raro, no?

Valentine's Day

I know these posts are old, but I have to catch up sometime. Cristian had to work on Valentine's Day but Niko and I surprised him when he got home from work with a Valentine Dinner. We had shrimp alfredo over linguine with asparagus, strawberries, and cranapple juice. Cristian tuvo que trabajar el dia de San Valentin pero Niko y yo le sopredimos con una cena linda cuando llego del trabajo! Comimos pasta con salsa blanca y camarones, esparragos, frutillas, y jugo rojo.

What a funny kid! I just have to laugh at some of the funny faces he pulls! Que chico! Me rio tanto por las caritas que hace!

Just a couple random pictures of Niko in January. Mostly, so la Abuela Mari can see how he is growing. Dos fotos de Nikolas en enero mas que nada para que la abuela Mari puede ver como crece Niko.

A Niko le gusta "pintar." Generalmente le doy hojas blancas para que dibuje lo que el quiera pero le regalo Papa Noel este librito y le gusta pintar lo barcos, los autos, etc.