Sunday, October 19, 2014

Winter Flowers

Yes, it is spring right now, but this picture is from August. These gorgeous azaleas only bloom this way during winter. 

And naturally, there's a cute little monkey to make the picture even nicer ... right, and the dog, Stella, in the background. :D


Friday, October 17, 2014

The Weekend

So, it was Children's Day last Sunday. We celebrated it with a yummy barbecue the day before with the whole family, minus grandpa who was traveling. Didn't take any pictures because I've slacked off on that important job. I made the girls' favorite breakfast for them, which is crepes with homemade chocolate sauce. Thank God they like simple things, heh.

I'm in the final stretch in college and my weekends consist of studying and working on my papers, so unfortunately I wasn't able to do anything with them. However, their uncle Rafa and aunt Marina were kind enough to take them to the club later on and they had a good time swimming, eating fries, and riding bikes. Yay!

My loves! (ok, can we eat already?!)

Ready for a swim (before going to the club to swim some more):

Monday, October 13, 2014

School Stuff

A few school happenings from the past month or so.

Alina with her Science fair project: biomes

Going to receive her medal:


She came in 3rd place in the spelling bee:

These past few weekends have been a marathon for Alina. She's been taking tests in several schools because we need to find a new school for her for next year since the one she's currently in only goes up to 5th grade. The school organized a "test-taking" excursion one of the days which ended up being pretty fun. 

Alina and some classmates ready for a test:

All done! On to the next one!

Waiting for all the classmates to finish:


Heading back:

The girls of the group:



Laurie signing the book she made with her class:

 With her fried Gabi:


A classmate's birthday: