Isabela grabbing her organic bananas before walking out in her jammies...
Sammy being silly, notice bananas on my head..
Dani's office transformed into an exceptional bedroom for a family of four...
Fresh towels and so much more waiting for us...
As the rain falls..the kids cuddle and play...
Along with the southeastern part of Texas, Houston, was preparing for a tropical storm yesterday. With Sammy's new, exciting job at his TV station, comes extreme responsibility. Although he loves the excitement and is more than willing to play his role in making sure that the viewers got the latest information via their home television set, I was left to whether the storm on my own. Of course, because, as previously mentioned, I have amazing friends, that was not even a possibility, for me to go through a potentially violent storm alone...
So, off we went, as Daniela presented a slumber party idea during our shopping escapade at the Houston outlets on Monday afternoon. After handling all the little and big preventative preparations at our house, I packed our clothes and toys and we left for their house. I love my friends and it's always so much fun to hang at their place, even when we go hours without saying much, but that's not the only reason we went. Sure, it was convenient for Sammy to drive down the street from the station to their house for a 4 hour nap, but that's not the reason we went. The main reason, the most important one, was for the girls. I want them to see what people or friends can do whenever there is a serious threat in our weather system. I want them to see how it's not just about protecting your own little family. It should, and can, extend to others, no matter how inconvenient it can be.
Sure, it was fun, the Garcias created a make-shift hotel stay, but best of all, there was so much love....there wasn't just comfy beds and crisp linens, there were specialty chocolates because Daniela knows Isabela loves chocolate, there were powdered donuts for me because Daniela knows it's a favorite splurge and then there were Mario's "Huevos Rancheros", because he knows it's a special treat for me, it was all premeditated, just because they wanted us to feel an incredible comfort in their home.
The Garcias presented so many valuable life lessons for my girls in a 24 hour period. I sat back and reaped all the joy!
Besos...
