Benicio is three months!

August 22, 2014... I am officially a quarter of a year old!  I do a lot of the same things as last month, I just smile and babble a lot more.  I have a pretty strong grip with my hands these days, so if you have long hair, watch out!  I am getting more baby chubbs, which my mama loves.  She calls me her chunky monkey, her baba, and her sweetheart.  I love to explore Ireland along with my brother and sister, but I often fall asleep in the sling... who wouldn't? ;)  Today I am going on my first of many plane rides with my family to Majorca, Spain.  Stay tuned for pics!  Love, Benicio

Powerscourt Gardens and Waterfall

When we came to Ireland in 2009, we loved the Powerscourt Gardens so much that we went twice!  Of course Lina was only 9 months at the time, so she didn't remember going.  This time we had three kids in tow instead of one!  The kids had lots of fun exploring the gardens.  After the gardens, we went to the Powerscourt Waterfall.  Poor Isandro was asleep so he missed out on exploring the waterfall, but woke up when we were leaving so at least he got to see it from the car!

Making a wish in an old wishing well.

You cannot keep this monkey off a good climbing tree!

Rapunzel's tower! ;)

Fresh water flowing out of the rocks!

Lina trying to climb another tree, while Isandro's ready to head to the pets' cemetery.

Paying their respects at the pet cemetery! ;)

Powerscourt Waterfall

Wexford, Day 3

Our last day in Wexford, we spent way too much time trying to find Tintern Abbey, with Google Maps taking us through routes that clearly weren't meant for minivans!  I just imagined us getting stuck in mud and having to wait for a tow truck, but luckily that didn't happen!  Finally, the third time was the charm and we found the place.

The Dolls House... I've been wanting to see this place since I looked up things to do in Wexford on Pinterest (gotta love that Pinterest!), but man was I disappointed to see the state it was in.  You can't tell from the pictures (I did that on purpose), but there was trash (or "rubbish" as they call it in Ireland) everywhere on the ground, weeds growing everywhere too.  On the bright side though, it looks as though they are trying to fix it up, as there is evidence of fresh paint, and paint cans littering the ground.  Kind of a creepy place, but super cool, and I hope it gets fixed up before we leave Ireland, but who knows.  If it were me, I'd open it up as a cute little cafe/tea shop.  I'm not sure the history of this little house, but I'll be googling that later.  ;)

Definitely has been painted recently.