Nikolas loves music! He loves to listen to music, sing, and dance! Here he is singing "Twinkle, twinkle little star."

A Nikolas le encanta la musica! Le encanta escuchar musica, cantar y bailar! Abajo hay un video de el cantando.

"Oh, man"

Nikolas has become obsessed with Dora and Diego. He started out really liking Dora, especially Swiper, the fox. If you've never seen the show, Swiper is a fox that tries to "swipe" things. So, when you spot him you have to say, "Swiper, no swiping" three times. And then Swiper says, "Oh, man." Anyway, he loves that part and imitates it often in a normal voice. I have no idea where he picked it up, but after a while, he started saying "Swiper, no swiping" and then "Oh, man" but in a rather interesting and almost scary voice. Watch the video below. . .

A Nikolas le encanta el programa de tele de Dora y de Diego. Al prinicipio le gustaba mas Dora pero ahora es fanatico de Diego. Bueno, en el programa de Dora hay un zorro que se llama Swiper que roba las cosas de Dora y sus amigos. Entonces cuando alguien ve al zorro Swiper, tiene que decir, "Swiper no swiping" tres veces. Y entonces Swiper dice, "Oh, man" Le encanta esa parte y lo repite todo el tiempo. Pero hace rato no se donde lo aprendio empezo a repetirlo con una voz bien fuerte que casi da miedo. Vean el video abajo. . .

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.

Nikolas' Birthday Party

We had a birthday party for Nikolas with family and friends a few days after Nikolas' birthday. Our friend Manuel made pork tacos (super yummy). Dillon played "Happy Birthday" on his guitar. With a little influence from his Papi, Nikolas picked out a Sponge Bob cake. This last year we have been to a TON of birthday parties, mostly for the kids in our branch, but it seems that everyone always has a pinata. Nikolas has become a pinata fanatic. Whenever I would tell him we were going to a birthday party he would say, "pam, pam...candies" (referring to the pinata). He never dares hit them, but he loves when everyone else does and he LOVES getting candy. At first he would run and grab one or two pieces (whatever he could fit in his two little hands). But over time he has learned to grab "muchos candies" and shove them in his bag and run for more. Anyway, Cristian made Niko a really cool Sponge Bob pinata! He really did a good job! (see pics below) Niko still didn't dare hit it, but he enjoyed watching everyone, even his aunts, take a swing at it and especially loved filling his bag with candy, with a lot of help from Uncle Nate!
Tuvimos un cumpleanos para Nikolas con unos amigos y mi familia algunos dias despues de su cumple. Nuestro amigo, Manuel hizo unos tacos de chancho bien ricos! Y Dillon toco "Feliz cumpleanos" con su guitarra. Con un poco de influencia de su Papi, Niko eligio una torta de Sponge Bob. Ultimamente hemos ido a un monton de fiestas de cumpleanos de nenes de nuestra rama. Pero siempre en cada una hay una pinata. Niko se hizo fanatico de las pinatas! Cada vez que le decia que ibamos a una fiesta de cumpleanos siempre decia "pam, pam...candies" (refiriendose a las pinatas). No le gusta pegarlas, pero le gusta ver como todos los otros la pegan y correr a traer caramelos! Al principio corria y traeia lo que le entraba en las dos manitos. Pero despues aprendio a agarrar "muchos candies," ponerlos en su bolsa y correr por mas. Cristian le hizo una pinata muy buena de Sponge Bob! Le salio de 10! Niko todavia no se animaba pegarla, pero le gusto verlos a todos los otros, aun sus tias, tratar de pegarla y le encanto llenar su bolsa de caramelos, con mucha ayuda del tio Nate!