Day care - this week.

Maya's 1st day at preschool. Maya en su primer dia en la guarderia.
El Martes 17 empece a ir a una guarderia. Aqui hay una foto mia comiendo cereal (cheerios).

Ese dia mami y papi compraron una torta de chocolate para celebrar. Me encanto la torta, lo que no me gusto mucho fue que me dejaran en la guarderia. Al principio llore un poco como se podran imaginar, pero poco a poco me voy acostumbrando.

Happy Valentine's Day!


The Rookie Parents Valentine's Day party at our house.





Maya building a house.

And this is what she did. She said: mami this is Emma's house.

I have been adjusting to life back in California. It is strange to speak English again, but Mami and Papi are trying to keep speaking to me in Spanish. I want to learn both languages!

The weather was great today after many days of rain and cold weather. It almost felt like Spring. I went to Healdsburg with Papi to see the Wild Steelhead Festival. I had a good time jumping and bumping into this giant steelhead. I imagined swimming in the Russian River with this mighty fishy.

My friend Emory and I each got our own butterflies painted on our cheeks. She wanted pink and I chose green.


Emory liked to fish for steelhead...

While I prefered to dance to the great live music...


I have been hanging out a lot with my dear friend Ronan...he's so cute.

I got a new jungle coloring book with stickers. All right!

...and I've been trying out my potty again. I think that I'm ready. It's all about timing.

And I have been practicing my rock n' roll dance moves with Mami and Papi. I am deeply and madly in love with Elvis -- who isn't?

A picture of our farewell in the airport in Buenos Aires -- Mami, Papi, Abu, Gerardo and Andres.

Tia Carla!

Here is a photo of me with Mami, Abu, Carla and Alina.

We got to visit Tio Baby and Tia Silvia in their new apartment in Buenos Aires.


We traveled from Tucuman to Mendoza and then from Mendoza to Buenos Aires in a huge double-decker bus. These buses are made for long-distance travel. They have seats that recline into beds and a stewardess that served us dinner and breakfast. Mami and Papi even got to drink wine while I watched Baby Einstein on my portable DVD player.



Here is papi in the Andes at Paso Libertadores, also called Cristo Redentor (12, 500 ft - 3835 m) near the highest mountain in South America, Aconcagua. The pass separates Chile and Argentina.



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A view of Aconcagua -- peak at 6,962 meters (22,841 ft)

Puente del Inca... on the road to Cristo Redentor.

Hanging out at Plaza de Hispana in Mendoza, Argentina


I got to drink a lot of licuados in the many cafes in Mendoza.

We went to the Zoo in Mendoza. It was a sad place. The large cats were confined to very small cages and the people harassed the animals.

This is a great park in Mendoza, entrance at Ave del Libertador.

Running in the park


Awesome merry-go-round, aka la calecita


Making friends...

Ave Bartolome Mitre


I really enjoyed all the music in Mendoza. Here I am listening to folk music from the region. The band was called Sin Fronteras.

Rockin' out at the Mendo Rock concert in Mendoza.

Watching tango in the park, Mendoza.

Today Mami and Papi say that we are going to a new city in Argentina for a little vacation before we head back to Buenos Aires and then to California. I am going to miss my Abuelos, aunt Ceci, uncle Luis and Hugo and all the cats and dogs in the house. This has been a great trip. Mi castellano es increible.

We stayed a couple of days in my friend Paula´s house. Here I am getting a ride on a bike on a bike. I want a seat like this when I get back to California!


Paula had a shopping cart. Her I am pretending to go shopping at the new Walmart down the street (no kidding -- there is a Walmart here!)

Hanging out with gato Lotriz

Going for a ride with Tia Clara and Tio Roberto

Serving yerba mate, just like Abu Hugo.


We went to a wedding of a family friend, Carlos. Mami and Papi then left me with my abuelos, and they went out to party with Tia Ceci, Tio Hugito and Tio Luis.