Spain Dad, a baby blog

Here’s some behind-the-scenes footage of Alleke’s reaction in the dressing room, waiting room, and in our hotel room soon after she met Xavi. Also, take a look at what Xavi wrote on Alleke’s Barça jersey… Also, Alleke in the news: Marca – most widely circulated newspaper in Spain ABC – Spanish newspaper Qué – Spanish [...]

Alleke met Xavi Hernández on TV last night at the Catalonian Sports Awards Ceremony. April took this video from the waiting room while Alleke and I were in the TV studio. Thanks to the great folks at Televisió de Catalunya for helping make Alleke’s dream a reality. More behind the scenes videos and photos from [...]

Alleke will be meeting Xavi Hernández tomorrow (Monday) night on TV3 (Televisió de Catalunya) at the Catalonian Sports Awards Ceremony at 8pm (Spain time). I’m hoping the ceremony will be broadcast online at this link: http://www.tv3.cat/directes Who’s Xavi anyway?

Alleke looks for her favorite player, Xavi, as Madrid welcomes home Spain’s World Cup Team. Who’s Xavi anyway?

I chose to do the Madrid Marathon differently than most people in two specific ways. First, my goal was to see if someone who hasn’t trained but walks every day can finish a marathon within the time limit. Secondly, I wanted to include you (my readers) in on the fun, so I was updating my [...]

I will be doing the Madrid Marathon tomorrow morning (Sunday) at 9am. For years I’ve been boasting to my friends that I could finish a marathon without running a single kilometer (or mile) beforehand. I’m sure April would tell you it’s because I’m not willing to let go of my youth, but I would say [...]

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 sat on the couch with a pen in my hand. I was supposed to be editing my book proposal, but instead I was watching April stand on a Wii balance board. The balance board is an accessory for Nintendo’s Wii video game system, and it’s a white slab that looks like a household weight [...]

TVE is broadcasting the Olympics online in Spain for free: www.rtve.es/deportes/juegos-olimpicos-invierno/vancouver-2010/ There are two channels to choose from, and in full-screen mode the quality is actually better than my TV (We don’t get great reception in our apartment). Updated: 15 February 2010

April waited for the flight attendant to pass, then leaned across the aisle and tapped her finger in the middle of the magazine she had pulled from the seat in front of her. “Did you see this?” she asked. I looked at the page. It was a full-page ad for the Spanish Men’s and Women’s [...]