Feliz Noche Buena!!!

Christmas Eve is a really big deal in Latin family culture. Today, we roast a pig, have moros (black beans and rice cooked together), boiled yuca with plenty of mojo (garlic sauce) and the famous "platanitos maduros" or sweet plantains. Yes, we already sat down, give thanks to God for a wonderful year and ate like there was no end.

My day started a little lets say less than perfect. Alexis fell off her "ripstick" on Sunday and hurt her arm. She kept complaining about it and saying she couldn't move it. I took her to the pediatrician's office on Monday, they decided to give us a script to have an xray taken of her arm and elbow. They gave us an appointment for xrays on Tues, picked up the xrays today only to find out she had an acute fracture of the elbow! Ouch!!!! So we had to find an orthopedic specialist to take us in today and set her arm. We found one in Boca Raton who was wonderful. Her arm was set in a "baby blue" cast which she will be sporting for the next three weeks.... "Hint to all concerned parents 1) skip on buying your kid a ripstick, they are DANGEROUS! 2) When your child says their arm hurts after a fall, just take them to the Emergency room and forgo the pediatrician's office!!!

Ok, the tots are now in bed and the cookies where placed next to the fireplace waiting for Santa to arrive. By the way, Santa is going GREEN this year so nothing is being wrapped. All the gifts will have name tags and bows! LOL... I will be posting pictures of our Christmas morning tomorrow!