Spain Dad, a baby blog

Empty Bucket at Punta Del Este by longhorndave. Alleke stood at the entrance to the playground swinging her bucket of sand toys. “Where would you like to play?” I asked, pointing out the various groups of kids busy raking and scooping sand into buckets. Alleke hesitated, then ran across the playground and sat down in [...]

Alleke is a proud graduate of the Amy Swacina School of Dance in Madrid. In other words, we leave Alleke with Amy (our ballerina friend) while we go to Spanish class, and they twirl around together in her living room. Here are the results: Watch Alleke dancing ballet on Vimeo.

I’m not exactly clear on Alleke’s rules for the game, but we had fun anyway… Watch Hide and Seek on Vimeo.

This afternoon I asked Alleke if she wanted to go down to the park to play. She was sitting on the couch looking at a comic book. “Sorry daddy,” she said, “Alleke’s working.”

N by cursedthing. Alleke and I were jumping on the bed and playing balloon volleyball (which is what we do every day when April is gone) when Alleke noticed something on the bottom of her foot. She sat down on the bed to inspect it. I peered over her shoulder at the fuzzy blue spot [...]

Alleke picked up a bread crumb off the table, dropped it on the floor, and leaned over to see where it had fallen. “Here doggie,” she said, “food,” and pointed at the crumb. April and I looked at each other. We didn’t own a dog. I peered under the table and looked for something that [...]

this photo taken of Alleke at a friend’s house last year at this time At the one end of our living room that looks out over the street, we have two tall windows that stretch from the floor almost to the ceiling. We always leave them open, and when I say always, I mean even [...]

We spent two days at the beach last week, and apparently Alleke is a beach girl now because when I asked her if she wanted to go to the playground this morning, she shook her head and said, “No playground.” I gaped. “You don’t want to go to the playground?” I asked. “BEACH!” she screamed, [...]

On today’s show Alleke demonstrates how to make Saturday morning pancakes from scratch. Watch Alleke’s Cooking Show on Vimeo. Alleke’s Saturday Morning Pancake Recipe (stolen from Grandma) 1 cup buttermilk or natural yogurt1 egg1/2 tsp baking soda1/8 cup sugar1 cup flour1/8 cup vegetable oil Also, some tips on making pancakes in Spain and the next [...]

Alleke swims by herself for the first time. Watch Swim Tube on Vimeo.