Happy Mother's Day

So, for Mother's Day, I gave Deb the gift of flying to LA with Antonio on her own. What isn't that what every mother wants, to travel alone with their toddler?



Luckily, this toddler is a super star traveler...of course upgrading to First Class on Alaska Airlines makes it a bit easier.

After the flight, they got to come see where I've been camping out these past months in LA and meet all the family. He immediately took to Christine, who is long, tall princess, just like Havana -- except for the "long, tall" part.Antonio's arrival in Toluca Lake coincided with the arrival of Wally and Charlie, two new additions to the family.

He's helping to train the puppies to share their food. They think he's one of them. He thinks he's one of them, too.

It's been rough for Antonio. The weather's been beautiful and the pool's been perfect. It's a tough life for the kid.
But Antonio's favorite time of the day is when he wakes up from his nap and Tsegaye and Danny are home from school. He loves playing with the big kids, and they have been so great with him.

When Antonio's not swimming himself, he still enjoys the water activities.

It' hasn't been all fun and games. He's learning some valuable things as well. For example, Zoe's teaching him how to set the table.

And he's learning that when he uses utensils correctly, he gets a lot of encouragement and praise. So he's been doing that consistently for the first time as well.

Antonio has made himself right at home here. It'll actually be hard for him to leave tomorrow.