LITTLE STEPS: CONNECTED OUR IPAD TO THE TV!

LITTLE STEPS: CONNECTED OUR IPAD TO THE TV!: "We have decided to get rid of cable, not only because we think its expensive but also because we never use it. Maia is the only person to us..."

A VIDEO TO LEARN CONNECT YOUR IPAD TO YOUR TV

Things you need:

Apple Ipad Dock Connector to VGA cable, VGA monitor cable and Audio cable.

This goes in the PC in on your TV, to the apple VGA cable.
This one goes to the Ipad. That is your VIDEO stuff all connected
This is the cable for the audio. It looks like this on both ends. One goes into the audio headphone jack next to the PC in cable on your TV and into the headphone jack of the IPad. Put your tv on VGA and thats it!

Here is a short video to show you how.

CONNECTED OUR IPAD TO THE TV!

We have decided to get rid of cable, not only because we think its expensive but also because we never use it. Maia is the only person to use the cable in this house once a day for an hour. So it was decided that we should not have it. We have an ipad and thought maybe we can get some things online and have Maia watch it on the TV from the IPad. So we went to BEST BUY and got all the cables to make the connection. We bought an Audio cable and VGA cable. Followed the instructions and Voila! I will post a video in a little bit! It was so easy and such a success!

HALLACAS FOR DINNER

Hallacas are a traditional dish that venezuelans have a custom to eat during christmas. Usually families spend between two and three days preparing everything for the day that all the ingredients are put together. First you have to make the "relleno o sancocho" wish is a huge melting pot of all kinds of things from pork to beef and chicken, Vegetables, almonds, olives and the most important thing is the amazing "masa" which is the corn based dough that covers it all up. Families get together and the youngest ones are sat at the table so they can put almonds and olives in. everyone has a task. Also the "hojas de Platano" the plantain leaves are prepared in a way to make them cover up over the mas with the relleno, tied up with a string and boiled for the first time. Here is a picture of my last hallaca of this year until christmas 2011.

It was sooooo delicious!

WARM VACATION DAYS ARE OVER FOR NOW.

WE ARE BACK IN THE CITY AND ITS ALREADY SNOWING! MAIA WAS VERY EXCITED TO SEE THE SNOW FALLING AND COVERING OUR TERRACE IN WHITE! SHE CALLS THE SNOW SNOWMEN. JAJAJA SHE SAID TO ME TODAY CAN WE GO SLEDDING??? I SAID OF COURSE! LETS GO! HERE ARE SOME PICS OF US A FEW DAYS AGO AND TODAY! HUGE CHANGE OF WEATHER. ALSO I HAVE TO THINK OF SOMETHING NICE AND WARM TO COOK TONIGHT. MAYBE SOME RISOTTO? ILL LET YOU KNOW.

I BELIEVE....

THIS YEAR....

I BELIEVE I CAN BECOME A BETTER PERSON, I BELIEVE I CAN BE MORE SUCCESSFUL, I BELIEVE I CAN WORK HARDER, I BELIEVE IN BEING A BETTER MOTHER, I BELIEVE I CAN BE A BETTER WIFE, I BELIEVE ITS JUST TAKES SOME WANTING TO GET ANYWHERE, I BELIEVE IN MY DAUGHTER'S SMILES, I BELIEVE IN HER URGE TO HAVE MORE CONTROL OVER HER LIFE, I BELIEVE IN WANTING MORE CONTROL ON MY LIFE, I BELIEVE I WILL GROW MORE THIS YEAR, I BELIEVE IN SNOW, AND WHITE CHRISTMASES, AND BEAUTIFUL FIREWORKS THAT SING HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! I BELIEVE IN SILENCE AS A METHOD OF LETTING THINGS TALK BY THEMSELVES, I BELIEVE IN MORE LOVE, I BELIEVE IN MORE LAUGHTER, I BELIEVE IN MORE FAMILY CONNECTIONS, I BELIEVE IN FORGIVENESS, I BELIEVE IN FOREVERS, I BELIEVE IN A SHAKE OF A HAND, I BELIEVE IN THE MEANING OF A TEAR, I BELIEVE IN MYSELF, I BELIEVE IN MY COMPANY GROWING MORE, I BELIEVE IN MY CONFIDENCE TO DO MORE, I BELIEVE IN MY FAMILY, I BELIEVE IN THE JOY IT IS TO SEE MY DAUGHTER EVERY MORNING AND SAY GOOD MORNING, I BELIEVE IN LOUNGING, I BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF THE MOON, AND THE STARS, I BELIEVE IN GOOD PARTIES, I BELIEVE IN FRIENDSHIP, I BELIEVE IN MARRIAGE, I BELIEVE IN TENDERNESS, I BELIEVE A SMILE CAN SAY A MILLION WORDS, I BELIEVE IN " I LOVE YOU'S" I BELIEVE IN LOVE, AND MOST OF ALL I BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF HAVING LOVED ONES TO FALL BACK ON WHENEVER WE FEEL LOW. I BELIEVE IN FAIRIES AND THEIR FAIRY DUST. I BELIEVE IN FRIENDS.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!!!!!!!!!

A LITTLE ON OUR HOLIDAY IN MIAMI!

First of all I am so thankful that we totally missed that blizzard that hit NYC. We would have been stranded in our apt for at least 2 days. You know how that could be with a toddler! We are in warm Miami. We had a cold front...50-40 degrees... brrrrr.. imagine that. jajajajaj People here are wearing winter clothes big time even if its 60. Its kind of funny. We have been going to the beach, eating out, meeting up with friends and their kids making mermaids and turtles in the sand and having a lot of down time. Which I must say is so nice! Here are some pics!

The cutest pic ever!
Making sand castles
Maia doesn't want to take this dress off. She wants it all the time, because she is "a princess".

On the way to the beach!

This is Maia helping out with our christmas tree.