Friendship Festival at ASD - March 7th

THIS PICTURE SAY IT ALL......

Doha Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Series - March 6th

Mommy and the kids spent another interesting evening in attendance of another of Doha's scheduled events: Gymnastics! This evening, we went to Aspire for our first time, and because we weren't familiar with the parking situation, we spent more time walking from our parking space to the front door, than at the actual event! So, we stopped and took some pictures along the way. The evening sky was so pretty and the weather was finally totally enjoyable.

Once inside, the kids were mesmerized! Gabrielle quickly announced that SHE wanted to be in gymnastics.....I told her we would need to start her in that now if she wanted to make a real career out of it. Nick, who normally is quick to copy whatever sister says, passed on the opportunity. He did say though that he too was strong, just like those guys! We bumped into another one of Gabrielle's friends, this one from Girl Scouts. The females that we were working the stands that night were mostly locals and were very nice and courteous with all the spectators. All in all, and aside from the walk back to our vehicle, it was another great evening!

Nick recites his ABC's!!! MARCH 13 @ 11 AM (Doha time)

OK, hold the phone here my friends. I know there are other things I could be writing about and sharing with you right now, but they ALL have to take a back seat to this: NICHOLAS LORENZO GARCIA (age 3) has just now recited the entire English alphabet to his Mommy and Daddy!!! Yes, yes, ALL OF IT, including the "next time won't you sing with me" part!

How truly adorable it was. He was SOOO proud of himself. Mommy started screaming, of course, and proceeded to pick him up and twirl him around. He totally knew he had done something special. He just didn't know that he was gonna be doing it for the next 5 MINUTES straight - at the request of his parents, of course!! English today, Spanish tomorrow...WHO KNOWS!! For today, my little Nick, you have have made us happier than you can imagine! I think we will celebrate with some ice cream and a trip to the Robot Zoo here in Doha.

To my family in Texas, just wanted to say that we did think about calling and WAKING YOU UP for this monumental event, but we decided to wait a few more hours and let you hear it when you're wide eyed and bushy tailed. Nick will be more than happy to say it a few hundred more times for you all!!!

WE LOVE YOU, BIG BOY!!!