SIBLINGS caring for each other...

Hola familia,
Ayer Antonio se lastimo los pies. Se puso a jugar futbol sin calcetines y con los zapatos que no eran y se le hicieron dos ampollas. 
Esta mañana tenia que hacerle la curacion, pero como estaba retrasada para el cole, Sofia se la hizo. Aqui esta mi pichona ayudando a su hermano.... 
Bicos...

Sofia's meaning? Wisdom!

Finally the day came in which Life gave me one of the most beautiful gifts: my daughter, only 10, gave birth to her first philosophical quote!!:

;( ;( Some times you are goint to feel like  "eat me earth" "tragame tierra" but in the circuntances, you have to LIVE THE DAYS YOU ARE ALIVE. Maybe tomorrow you will die but today you are alive, Live The Day. (y) :D (rofl) . So "Viva la vida" :D

When I read it, I couldn't avoid thinking on Carpe Diem

also on one of her brother's favorite songs: Celebra la Vida

and above all, on one of our favorite songs-videos. We liked to watch the video together, humming that beautiful and immortal song: Singing in the Rain...

Teaching Love Sciences since Kindergarten...

Que sucedería si comenzásemos desde el principio a aprender el trabajo del amor que ha estado siempre hecho para nosotros?....

(Rainer Maria Rilke)

F A T H E R ' S D A Y !!!

Wonderful F-Day today: 

I was fully surprised by the gifts that my beloved ones made for me. They hided their intentions and preparations for quite some time...

My pichona painted a beautiful Still Life that reminds Giorgio Morandi's from 1960... 

and my Pichon sculpted a lively African Lion, with wonderful mane and tail. He conceptualized and designed the sculpture by himself...

We also took a walk through our lovely gardens and we stopped at our big neighbour: a huge Flamboyan tree...there I showed them the two functions we perform in our lives (day in, day out):

FLOWERS and LEAVES

(REPRODUCTION and MAINTENANCE -breathing like the leaves, eating, exercising, etc)

remember that REPRODUCTION is not only about your forthcoming kids...but about your actions, your words, your attitudes...they reproduce you every minute of your life...take the opportunity in those moments to do as the song says:

Y DEJA EN LA TIERRA, TU MEJOR SEMILLA...CELEBRA LA VIDAAAAA

New Year's Resolution

Guruji sent me a valuable B-day gift:


LA PERLA DE HOY
"Cada mañana es un nuevo comienzo. Cada día el mundo es hecho de nuevo. Hoy es un nuevo día. Hoy el mundo ha sido hecho nuevo. He vivido toda mi vida hasta este momento, para llegar a este día. Este momento, este día es tan bueno como cualquier momento de toda la eternidad. Voy a hacer de este día, cada momento de este día un cielo en la Tierra. Este es mi día de la oportunidad"
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
23.07.2012

...and based on that I solemnly resolve (among other things, like being a Heaven-maker) to invest my B-day from now on surrounded by Mother Nature.

This year is a beginning (I also resolve to take more pics in my B-day, including Pichona and Mama):

The Golden Rule

Yesterday some children were playing Police-and-Thiefs (I guess). In the meantime, Ariel was at the basketball court playing "basket-soccer" by his own. They didn't invite him to play at any time. Let's learn from that episode:

Let's remember the GOLDEN RULE: don't do unto others what you don't want others to do unto you...

It's one of the most important values: do GOOD whenever you can. And it will be more clear what is GOOD when you think about the action projected towards you.

Last day we talked about the importance of PASSION and DISCIPLINE.

         They are key to develop your

But are the key to develop your BEING.

Honor time!!

Today we went to the school for the Annual Award Ceremony for Outstanding Students. Like every year, Antonio and Sofia received their Honor Roll diploma. Like every year, they got some extras: Sofia in Art (how come only 2 students received the award for the whole 4th grade? what happened in that class?) and Antonio in Football (he loved the medal!!).

So for our Pichones, a noisy round of applause, a big hug and a huge smile. Your parents are very proud of you, not only because of the results you achieved, but MOSTLY because of your day-to-day effort with:


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