I'm usually the one with a camera pointing AT me. Mami and papi snap away any chance they get.
When I do play with mami's phone it's to LOOK at the pictures she has taken of us.
But this weekend mami taught me how to do it myself!
First I hold the phone with one hand, then I look at what I want to take a picture of on the phone screen, then I just press the camera logo at the bottom and BOOM we've got the picture.
So easy!
Here are a few of the shots I took:
Then mami helped with this one, but I pressed the button
I managed to hold the phone steady a little bit! That's mami! Pretty good, right?
I was trying to get a picture of the tree
How do you like them?
I think I should be the one taking pictures for this blog from now on. As a matter of fact, I am going to add a camera to my Christmas list.
Watch out mami, you've got some competition coming your way!
Before leaving London one of the coolest kids clothing company called Oh Baby London sent me one of their new tops to show off here in the US.
Even before I was sent the Naughty Kid Sweatshirt (seen below), I had been wearing their "clothing for lucky kids" since I was born. My good friend S was even featured on their website!
Located on 162 Brick Lane in East London. Oh Baby London is a small and funky shop. Mami and I went when I was only 6 months old. She likes the edgy clothing and the original designs that creator Hannah McHalick has come up with.
Oh, did I mention I also have one of their tin/lunch boxes? Told you we love their stuff!
We can't shout enough about Oh Baby London. Really.
Here are a few tips when shopping with them:
We think their tops run a bit small so be sure to go up a size
The quality of their clothing is exceptional and feel as if they were made specially for you
They deliver WORLDWIDE, no extra charges just shipping
Right now many of their items are on sale starting at £4
Make sure to sign up for their newsletter to get 20% off your first order
So if you are looking to stand out, make a statement, or just add a bit of Brit fashion to your collection like me, then this is the place to go. Especially if you are looking for an item that has more character...why not go for a statement t-shirt like the I Rock top or even the Naughty Kid Sweatshirt I'm wearing.
Mami has been asked where I got that one lots of times. It really does make us kids look extra cool! We highly recommend you have a look at their site to see just how exclusive this range is.
Oh Baby London and Mummy's Busy World are teaming up to give one reader the chance to win any item of their choice worth £20 and FREE shipping anywhere in the world!
So if you want a rock a fresh new look, enter now!
One of the things we most miss about London are the cafés. Some are better than others, but we miss the atmosphere and being able to enjoy some yummy treats.
On Fridays mami and I would go to our local café called The Bread Shop and she would have her skinny latte and I would have my usual croissant and juice. We would sit outside and watch people walk by on Chiswick High Road. Most of the time we saw people we knew and would join us.
The only "café" we go to here in Virginia is Starbucks...don't get me wrong we like it for a quick coffee or babyccino, but it doesn't have that special feel to it. No yummy breads or pastries in sight!
But on Saint Nicholas Day, Omama took us to a place called The Swiss Bakery. It's location is nothing fancy. To be honest, it's very uninviting but if you can get past the fact that it is located in a strip mall then you are okay. Believe me, you are in for a treat!
Once you are inside it's decorations and delicious pastries make it worth while. They import cheese, sausages and meat from Germany and make have oven fresh bread. One of my favourites is their bread men called Grittibenz...they taste so good!
I think the Christmas season really brings out the German side of mami...even though she doesn't speak it, the traditions this time of year are very special to her.
This weekend they are having a party. Yes a SWISSMAS party! Live music, and even Santa Claus is coming by. They will have a special menu just for the day and all of their Christmas treats will be available. We already bought our German Stollen...that's a fruit bread with marzipan and covered with icing sugar...mmmmm!
So if you are in the Northern Virginia area, mami and I recommend you stop by. The Swiss Bakery is located in at the Ravensworth Shopping Center in Springfield and in Burke Town Plaza. You can also buy online and find them on Facebook for all the latest.
Okay so mami roped me into doing a post about clothes...ughhhh! But I know how much she loves all that girl stuff, so I let her talk about our fashion styles today.
Don't get me wrong, I have lots of clothes, I just don't like to talk about it too much. Well, some days I have to admit I do look very handsome - especially when mami combs my hair to the side like papi and I have on a polo shirt.
Anyway, here we are, telling you about what we've worn in the past week for Transatlantic Blonde'sWhat I Wore Wednesday link up. Mine is actually from a few weeks ago, but it's one of my favourites.
My style: Little M
T-shirts with robots, dinosaurs, skulls, you know, the cool stuff.
Polo shirts, cargo trousers, trainers and jeans.
Anything that is easy to move around in at the playground. Dark colours. Easy to wash off food, dirt, mocos (snot) caca, pipí and anything else that comes my way.
No trainers! Nope, she doesn't like them. Well, only Chuck Taylors. Other than that, trainers are for running. Skinny jeans, flats, loose tops with fitted blazers, scarves. Anything that is fitted but not tight. Easy to wash and move around in at the playground. When she goes out she likes dresses (papi and I think she looks very pretty when she wears them). Comfy Mamá Chic as she calls it.
When photo was taken
Before going to our (her) first blogger event here in the USA.
Here at our house we have a mix of traditions, a lot of them come from my Omama's side of the family who are German. This time of year, one of them is the celebration Saint Nicholas Day on the 6th of December.
Traditionally in Germany and other European countries Saint Nicholas is the one who brings the gifts, not Santa Claus, but really, he IS el viejito pascuero (Santa in Chilean Spanish).
How else would we get our toys and gifts to us?
On the night of the 5th, we leave our nicest shoes by the door or chimney with our Christmas lists. Mami and I worked on ours during the day. I looked at hers and it looked like this:
Car done!
Our own house
Chanel bag
Sleep
Good luck getting that bag mami!
Oh yeah, back to my story. Saint Nicholas comes at night, takes our lists and fills our shoes with yummy treats like nuts, raisins, chocolate and fruit!
Mami has been leaving her list since she was a little girl and it seems to work. She and my tío Tomás would wake up early get their shoes, then go back to bed and eat all of the treats! Nowadays, even papi doesn't miss out on this!
This year, we made special little bags to put the lists in (part of our Advent crafting), and we put them by our fireplace at Omama's house which is where we are living right now. She left hers too.
Of all the things mami makes me do, this has got to be one of my all time favorites. And I've been really good. All day. Every day. It's true. So I KNOW I am getting gifts!
Do you celebrate Saint Nicholas Day? We want to hear from others who do this too.
Now I'm off to crack open some of the peanuts I got.
Okay, so it's now December. I am about to turn three in January and since LAST Christmas lots of things have become more clear to me. I mean, mami and I can actually have a conversation.
FINALLY she understands me!
Anyway, I've discovered that I really like Christmas. No wait, I LOVE Christmas! When we were in Willliamsburg with my grandparents, we went to a place called Busch Gardens. It's a big theme park in Virginia with fast rides and games. I've never been in the summer, but since 2009 they started something new. Something magical especially for this time of year called, Christmas Town.
The park which is divided up by countries England, Germany, Italy and Ireland is decorated like Christmas with lots of lights, decorations and even snow!
We were invited to attend a special event this weekend, but since we were not able to make it, we went on our own. We, and by "we" I mean there were 11 of us total, went on the first night it opened on the 25th of December. For those in the UK, it's like the Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park. It's just amazing and gets you in the Christmas mood!
I managed to go on only one ride because there were mucha gente or lots of people as mami said and made me hold her hand very tight. The best part about the night was seeing a very special show, I couldn't believe when mami said that everyone from Sesame Street was going to be there. Yessssssss!
A Sesame Street Christmas is a 30 minute musical put on by Big Bird, Elmo, Cookie Monster, Ernie, Bert and the gang. I couldn't believe my eyes...they were actually there. Live on stage in front of me.
I rarely get star struck (okay, so I froze when I met Peppa Pig and George, but you get it) but it was a dream come true to see my amigo Elmo singing Jingle Bells and Cookie Monster and Big Bird dancing around.
Here's a little sneak peak at the show:
If you are in Virginia and near the Richmond/Norfolk/Williamsburg area we recommend you go to Christmas Town. The park will be open until the 31st of December. Tickets are $25 per person or $12.50 for pass holders and kids under 5 go free.
Other attractions and shows include:
Santa's Workshop Polar Pathway Mistletoe Marketplace Deck the Halls musical number at Das Festhaus Christmas markets for shopping And not forgetting a long list of cool rides. Mami only went on the swings but she got scared of being up so high!
It really is the best time of the year, isn't it?!
Today is the first Sunday of Advent. Well, no, it's actually the Second. Mami made a mistake. That's how busy and "out of it" we are. But who cares, we had so much fun and we will just have to catch up next week!
We lit the first of four candles on a wreath on the table and said a little prayer. After all, it is Jesus's birthday soon and "we can't forget that" mami says.
Each Sunday we light a new candle and when we light the fourth one it will be Christmas!
Afterwards we put on old t-shirts, sat around the kitchen table and we painted and made Christmas decorations!
We were like elves working away. Mami and Omama used glue guns to stick things on, cut up patterns to make viejito pasqueros or Santa's, and I painted pine cones to make a special center piece for the big day.
I even managed to make grandma and grandpa their gifts, but I can't tell you what it is just yet (they read the blog, so I don't want to give it away).
Phewwww! I ended up exhausted. Being an artist is hard work. But of all of us, I think mami had the best time, she was just coming up with all sorts of great things to make, I'd never seen her like this before.
And guess what?! We are going to make a barn next week. Well, it's the stable for Jesus..the Nativity.
What special things do you make this time of year?
