Halloween Cuties

We Are Learning Spanish

Not only do we have the best babysitter in the world, she is helping our kids to learn Spanish. Jonah is being shy in this video, but he know how to count to three in English and Spanish. He'll be two the end of the month.

My Little Party Boy

Jonah is my little party boy. Ever since he was a baby he has had rhythem. You can even see it in his little strides as he walks. He started walking at nine months and was running by 10 1/2 months... Papi is always really good at making a beat and sometimes beat boxes for us. Jonah not only tries to do it, but he dances to the beat. He is my baby, and he knows a great beat when he hears it.


In this video Jonah is dancing to his favorite song at the moment. This was the tail end of our little dance party. At the end he runs up to me asking for food. All that dancing made him hungry. He's my little jitterbug and I love him so much. Jonah always brings a smile to our faces.

Fun at the Children's Museum

The Crazy Rocha House

If you've ever wondered what our house is like in the evenings, here's a little sample. You'd think that we would be winding out, and some nights it is... other nights it is a little bit crazy -- like you see in this little video. But its all in fun and it is what keeps our home exciting... Never a dull moment in the Rocha home.

Soccer Saturdays!

Kasiana has been playing on a 4/5 year old soccer team this Spring. As one of the other mom's on the team said, "I drive a mini van and we play soccer... I have arrived" We are now soccer moms. She definitely does better at practices that games. She runs with her team during games, but won't touch the ball.

Everyone is playing... And my little one is posing.

Team huddle

Snacks

Best part of the game

Sugar Land 2 4/5 year old Soccer Players

Its like a primary activity almost every week

Kasiana is Learning to Read and Write

We are so proud of our sweet little Kasiana. She is so bright and she starts preschool this coming fall. We can hardly believe how fast she is growing up. We are so grateful for "The Letter Factory" and the tools that are out there to help our kids learn. A couple of years ago when we bought our mini-van we also had a DVD player installed in it. Kasiana got to the point where she wanted to watch her "shows" everytime we got into the van. I decided awhile back that each time the kids are in the van that if they watch something it should be educational. I purchased the Leap Frog videos as a box set and I know that is what really helped Kasiana with her letters. She is an amazing little girl and I am so proud to be her mommy.


The kids love to play in the van. One afternoon after I got home from work Kasiana wanted to watch The Letter Factory in the van. I set up the personal DVD player for her and rolled down the windows while Jonah, Kaelin, and I hung out on the front porch. Kasiana called me over to ask for paper and pencil to practice writing. I'm so proud of my little one.


In this video Kasiana had just gotten her first pet, a fish that she name "Fishy Friend" For awhile she was on a kick where she wanted to practice writing everyone's names. Normally I have to tell her the letters to write or help her sound the words out. In this video Kasiana writes the word "fish" all by herself by sounding it out on her own.

Father's Day was the first time that she really signed her name by herself to all of the Father's Day cards we sent. What a gift!