Summer Goodness

equals spending a hot, sunny day under shady trees enjoying delicious fresh fruit and each other's company.   

A big monkey:

Yummy fruit:

 

 

Our dog Misty:

 

 

Overjoyed

I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOO happy!!! After over two years of not swimming, nor having any form of exercise for that matter, I've finally begun swimming again. I'm COMPLETELY out of shape, weep. I know that if I persevere, even when I have the hardest time just catching my breath, in a while I'll be back to some sort of decency, shape-wise. 

Here's what's making it possible for me to swim now:

- Laura started going to school = time.

- There's a car available, my brother drives, and he's swimming also = means of getting there and back.

- My dad has membership to a club, which I benefit from = affordable price.

- The time of the classes coincides with my work schedule = perfect!  

Stuff and Fluff

Laurie happily shared the following with me a few days ago: 

Me cool wed! (translation: my school [uniform] is red) 
Nini cool blu! (translation: Alina's school [uniform] is blue)
Dois cool! (translation: two schools) 

Here are some interesting things I realized the other day that my kids and I have in common.

When I was kid, and all through my teen years, I'd call my mom Bobby. God knows why. Alina would call me Bobby when she was about 3-6 years old. She then shortened it to Bob, and now it's just Mom.


I'd call my oldest sister, Angelina, Nini (nee-ni). Laura calls her older sister Nini (ni-nee). Both of us are/were late talkers.

Alina and I were early readers. :)

Back to School

Another school year has begun, and thankfully, Alina has been pretty excited about it. She even set the alarm on her new phone (which her Grandma gave to her) to ring at 6:00 a.m. on the first day (yesterday). She was disappointed to find that about half of her classmates from last year changed schools, but she's already made new ones and has made plans to invite some over for play dates. 

She adjusted quite well to the whole big school thing. I, on the other hand, did not. It's amazing the amount of absurd things that some schools come up with. I hope this year will be different. Then again, this year I have both munchkins enrolled in [different] schools which brings a whole new set of challenges with it.

Ah, well, at least they're both happy and I'm sure we'll survive this school year. 

Happy to be going to school again:

The little silly sister wanted to be in the picture:

Now one just of her because she's so cute:

Have fun Lili!

Off to School

My baby is growing up! Sniff. Today was her first day of school and although she was kind of apprehensive about going, after she put on her uniform and got her backpack, she seemed okay and slightly excited to go. 

I hope she'll adapt quickly and of course, learn a lot.

What a big girl! 

Straightening her bag:

Showing me the ouchie on her knee:

Making faces: