Children's Day and the Holiday

We didn't do much during the holiday thanks to nasty weather, but at least we had some fun and Alina is still overjoyed that this school week is only 3 days long. One of Gabriel's sisters spent the holiday here with her little munchkin and the girls enjoyed playing with her (she's so tiny!). 

On Sunday we went over to some friends' house for a barbecue and that was pretty fun ... great food, beer, and company! Before we knew it, the place was running over with little people -- which was just grand for the girls. They played tag, read different books, watched a video, and played with hundreds of little cars that one of the boys had. 

Monday was a bum-around-and-watch-videos day. And on Tuesday, which was Children's day, we went out for lunch, took the girls to a nearby playground, got an ice cream (and pão de mel, and chips), watched "Furry Vengeance", Daddy tried to start teaching me how to drive (with absolutely NO success), and we ended our day with a yummy creamy gelatin dessert I made.

No, I still don't know how to cook much, but I came across this simple recipe for an extremely easy dessert to make and the girls love it. I think it's because it has one of their favorite junk foods: gelatin! I'll include the recipe at the end of this post in case anyone is interested, but be forewarned that it's pretty sweet (well, I love sweet stuff so it's fine for me, but I guess you shouldn't even try it if you don't have such a sweet tooth :D).

I didn't take any pics of the barbecue, but here are a few from Children's Day.

I wonder whose hand that is!

Lili with her aunt Mana and cousin Lianna before they traveled back to Curitiba:

Gelatin Mush

Ingredients:
- 2 little packages/boxes (ranges from 30-85g) of gelatin (whichever flavor you prefer)
- 1 small bottle (200 ml) of coconut milk (the milky type that has little pieces of coconut in it)
- 1 box/can (200g) of cream (creme de leite)
- 1 box/can (395g) of condensed milk (it can be less if you don't want it to be so sweet)

Boil 2 cups (500ml) of water and pour into a blender with the gelatin. Blend for 3 minutes.
Add the coconut milk, cream, and condensed milk. Blend for 5 minutes. Pour into a serving bowl and put it in the refrigerator until it is firm.
Makes 8-10 servings.