Sing, Sign, Laugh and Learn

The munchkin is sleeping right now, and I should be too, but I'm trying something new.  Since I haven't been sleeping well at night (not well at all) I decided to opt out of my nap today, even though I think I still need it.  Hopefully by tonight, me and my body will be so tired that we will zonk out as soon as we hit the bed.  (Cross your fingers!) My house has returned from the disaster state it has been all week.  Thanks to my mum for doing my dishes for me!  Yesterday was filled with laundry, cleaning, tidying, and disinfecting.  Today, I vacuum, finish some dishes, and all is back to normal.  (For a little while at least, then it all starts again). I feel like housework is already never ending, and wonder how the 3 of us can make such a mess all the time.  I then think about when there will be a lot more of us, and how things will roll then.  I guess we'll just wait and see.  Usually things are pretty well organized and pretty clean though! It's not so bad, just when I'm tired and not feeling well does this place get out of hand!

Yesterday was a very fun, busy day.  We had our ward corn bust where we ate lots of yummy corn, chili, and dessert.  After the corn bust we went to a friends birthday party.  We had so much fun.  They are originally from Mexico, and have a super fun birthday tradition with a Piñata.  Each child gets a turn to hit it, and while they are hitting it, everyone else sings this song:

Dale, dale, dale. 

No pierdas el tino. 

Porque si lo pierdes. 

Pierdes el camino.

Ya le diste una. 

Ya le diste dos. 

Ya le diste tres. 

Y tu tiempo se acabó.

All the kiddies checking out the Piñata

In English it means: 

Hit it, hit it, hit it (or "go, go, go")
Don't lose your aim
Because if you lose it (your aim)
You will lose the path.
You've already hit it once
You've already hit it twice
You've already hit it three times
And your time is over

It was a lot of fun to sing along and be a part of the festivities.  Camilla enjoyed watching and dancing as everyone sang the song.  The piñata was brought by the grandparents straight from Mexico!! It was way tougher than the cardboardy ones we get up here. Once it was broken, the kids went nuts gathering the loot into their treat bags.  Camilla was so cute, she ran around picking up chocolate bars and putting them into the OTHER KIDS' bags. Such a little helper!! Then, for fun, we put her inside the Piñata....Yeah, we're cool. 

This morning, Camilla slept in until 9:30am.  What a treat!! We then got up and ate and got dressed and ready really quickly and took off to the Library to meet some friends for Sing, Sign, Laugh and Learn.  It was fun.  We read stories, sang songs, played with drums and shakers and blew bubbles.