Back to our Roots!!!

Okay, I don't know what got into us this week, but out of nowhere, Mom decided to make Menudo and I finally got the courage to try making homemade flour tortillas. (I had tried it once when we were first married; my tortillas came out looking like the 50 states, not one a complete circle!) Many times since I have helped Gma Flores make hers in CC but never attempted to do it on my own....Chris has been bugging me for years. Anyways, we were having a guest over and Chris wanted to eat Enchiladas, rice and beans. So I figured this would be a perfect time. I didn't even mention it to Chris in case I messed up. I would simply trash them and he would never know...but they actually came out pretty good. No, nowhere near grandmas and a bit hard after the first warm up, but the masa tasted yummy. He freaked out when he got home. Not only was there the menu, but tortillas and menudo to go with it. He said he would have guests over more often if this was to come out of it....don't press your luck babe!!! lol
but I am definitely more confident and I know what I need to do to soften up the masa...can't wait til next time...hopefully it will be sooner than later!



there's the masa and my little circles, ready to be pressed!

who would have ever thought that picture would be taken in my kitchen!
Grandma would be so proud!!!

and there's mr. Jalepeno, my tortilla holder. I ended up making 30+ tortillas...CRAZY!!

and MiaLuz was the tester...she loved them! but then again, what doesn't she love!?!

WHEN I GROW UP....

This week Chris has been really busy getting ready to take his soldiers to the field this coming week. He pretty much lives in his fatigues and is working 15 hour days. So when Daddy gets home lil' Chris is all over him...Last night he brought in his helmet to fix the chin strap on it and Chris was just loving it. He wanted to wear it the rest of the night. It is a very heavy helmet but that didn't stop Chris from dragging it all over the house.


It took a while for him to get the hang of putting it on his head without hurting himself. It's so heavy it would just plop on top of his head.

I didn't know why he kept asking me to find his speed racer helmet but it turned out that he wanted Daddy to wear it and play with him...

Daddy finally gave in and sat down with him...He showed him how to salute...

pretty good huh...so the rest of the night when Daddy would salute Chris, he would stand up real straight and salute right back...what a soldier!

Updates of the week!

Just some pictures of the past week. We had a busy week. Chris' new job is very demanding and until he gets settled into it he's basically a visitor here at home. lol But we are doing great. He's adjusting well at work and the kids are keeping me so busy I hardly have time for myself. (what's new!) MiaLuz is standing alone but still takes only 1 step and slowly falls to the floor for speed. Chris is growing into such a little man and assists Mia in anything she needs which is probably why she won't start walking...he is at her beck and call! ENJOY!!!

In the Flores household Smallville is a big deal. We literally set our schedules around that episode every Thursday night. So Chris knows all about Superman and LOVES to wear this all day everyday!

he even has the little curl in the front (not planned, I promise!)

yes, we are still waiting for Clark to FLY!!!

no, I'm not sleepy! lol

I don't know how MiaLuz got herself into this LEGO box but she stayed in there for a good 30 min. Then couldn't get herself out!




But here she is as always, posing for the camera!

One of Mia's favorite things to do is climb on Chris chair, by herself, and pretend she is reading. Soooo cute, I love it!

Chris new rain boots...they are so adorable on him and he wears them as much as he can.

One of the parks on base...I love this place...and so do the kids!

While Chris was playing Mia decided to start chowing down on all his snacks!

Her mouth is full of pretzel and is still looking at Chris for more!
She's a little piggy.

This is one of Meemaw's bday dresses for MiaLuz. I promised her I'd send pictures in each outfit...so here's numero uno!!!

HALLOWEEN NIGHT

So we started off the night going to the Ward Trunk or Treat. We were excited to go and be apart of it for the first time. The plan was to go there and make it back in time to walk the neighborhood with Chris for a bit. Here are the pictures of the nights' festivities.


GOOO Longhorns!!! She's the cutest Cheerleader isn't she!?!
Meemaw sent the matching bow for her birthday.

And there's our BATMAN showing his muscles!!!

There's the view of the cars...we had a great turn out!
And under is our friends. They won best costume. She made them both (Fred and Wilma Flintstone) This picture doesn't do them justice. It was adorable!

And there's our Trunk...yeah, kinda shabby compared to the others but we tried.
Next year will be better.

Bishop Strickland and our soldier...

Once Chris found batman #2 that was it; they were inseperable the rest of the night.
They just kept holding hands and would stop occasionally, look at each other and giggle. It was so cute.

And you can't forget their friend, Incredible Hulk! Too funny I thought.

There's Chris dancing to the Thriller song that was playing on the porch...
and Abuela playing along...

And there's Abuela standing outside giving away the candy.

So we were all set to take Chris around the neighborhood so he could experience "trick or treating". He was so excited to go and headed out the door first. All of a sudden he ran back inside panting...I looked out the glass door and these two ugly faces were right at our doorstep. It even freaked me out because we hadn't heard them come up the stairs...well, Chris jumped into my arms and squeezed me the tightest he ever has. He kept saying, "MONSTERS, MONSTERS!!! I don't want to see them! " They took their masks off so he could see that they were just boys but it was too late; the damage had been done and that was the end of the night for Christopher. He made me take him to his room, take his costume off and just wanted to lay down. I left him there while I went back downstairs for a bit and when I went back to check on him he was completely covered with his blanket, curled up in a ball sitting on his chair. Poor baby! He slept with Abuela and she said he was up all night asking where the monsters were...and it's the first thing he said to me in the morning... better luck next year huh!

So of course MiaLuz took advantage of Chris not being around and was in his candy bucket all night long...

Too Curious To Wait!

So we received a comment on the birthday blog from someone, but I'm not too sure who it is. There's no name on it and the title they go under doesn't help me figure it out either. This is the second comment from them and although I love to receive comments from everyone, I would love to know who is sending them! All I know is that it is a family member, I think...please write me and let me know who you are...the suspense is killing me! lol and as always, thank you for checking out our blog and writing to us. Take care everyone~