I don't know what happened, but this year it seemed like a "patriot" button was switched on on Alina. All of a sudden she was extremely interested in Brazil's history, when it gained its independence, the abolishment of slavery, etc. She wrote and decorated the entire national anthem and informed us that she was dying to see the parade downtown.
My dad was kind enough to take her to watch the parade, since Gabriel and I were at the fair, and she even made a paper flag for herself. There was a large crowd, but she endured it and the heat to get glimpses of the parade.
Something she wrote in her L.A. book a while ago. The school book is American, that's why there's that picture, heh.
The company I work at participates in book fairs all over the country and all year long. There's a team that works specifically with that, but this month there were two fairs happening simultaneously, one in the north of the country and the other here in town. That means that we all pitched in at the 11-day fair from here. Exhausting.
It was an interesting experience overall, but a deadly one for my feet, legs, and back. My mom got the girls almost every time I went since the fair would go until late at night, during weekends, etc.
A few pics from one of the days:
We took the girls to the fair one Sunday. They didn't stay for long, but they sure enjoyed looking at all sorts of books and choosing a few whilst munching on popcorn.
Resting:
