Ghetto Gates and Ribbon Festivals!

(March 6th, 2007, Isaac - 11 months old and

Jordan 3 1/2 years old)

(Behind their "Ghetto Gate")

Not too long after I first started blogging I titled a post "Ghetto Gates." I talked about how some people in our town live in gated communities and our children, well, they are no different. Their gates are just what we call "ghetto gates." What I do is lay down two of our dining room chairs to block them into the living room. For Isaac, these gates worked for a couple of months before he figured out that he could just push the chair out of the way and go where he wanted. Well, tonight I pulled the "ghetto gate card" and was very excited that I had remembered this handy trick that worked so well with Isaac. Unfortunately for me, after about 20 minutes Sydney figured out that she could just push the chairs out of her way and squeeze through the open space. I caught this picture of her right before she made her big "breakout." The picture above is one of Isaac when he was 11 months old and the picture below is one of Sydney and she is just 11 months old. The top one is a little small but I couldn't figure out how to make it any bigger.

And Jordan is doing well. Today she had a Music Ribbon Festival and she did great! She played her music perfectly and we are all very proud of her. She got this beautiful ribbon for her participation and she was very excited. After she finished her performance we went to church and she wore her ribbon very proudly. I caught this picture when we got home. I put her ribbon on her bulletin board at the end of the evening and she was very upset because she wanted to wear it every day this next week. I told her we would just wear it on special occasions or when people come over. (So, I am just warning you: if you come over any time soon you may get the honor of seeing her new piano ribbon.) But, as you can see, she is very excited and we are all very proud of her.

If you would like to check out our old blog the address is http://gallegosfamily.blog.com/. I have been blogging for a little over 2 years now and it is fun to see how much the kids have grown. It is so hard to believe how fast they grow.
Love Ya and God Bless, Tara G.