Lil' Patriot

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.