Welcome September!

 Hello everybody!
It´s been a while that I´ve been away for lots of reasons, kids were sick, I´ve been organizing the mess and the chaos of my home, it seems that my precious time is so short and blogging has been put away because I really didn´t have the time and opportunity to reach my notebook, believe me or not!

And September has come and I am so happy for that , I love Spring and it´s almost there, but this season´s blessing have already come nearby and I can see flowers and more flowers around my house, orchids are everywhere I look and I feel so blessed.

The kids played after I swept the little seeds that fell of the coconut tree off the ground since they don´t have leaves to play with.

 Still playing in the yard at the end of the day...

Last Saturday my little daughter took part of a chess tournament held in her school and she won a medal that made us so proud of her!!
Now she is taking seriously her chess class  and I don´t have enough words to say how much she makes me happy.

Thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend full of joy and fun!

Welcome August!

 Hi everybody, welcome to August , winter season down here but summer weather , sometimes... and it feels so good when the sun comes up to bless our days, we have this strange season that we wear all kind of clothes in just one day.

I just bought this very cute book that includes some stuff to sewing , many fun pages of making softies, fabric dolls, small goodies that we can make with the kids, just what I was looking for sewing together with my daughter!

 these are the stuff that came inside the "kit de costura" envelope attached to the book. Wonderful , don´t you think?

 Camila has just came back from her trip to the US with my brother and my sister in law and she bought some yummy things in her bag, take a look!

 I asked her to bring these things because it´s so expensive here in our country and we really love them!

And here is baby César, under the warm sun , playing around our yellow house, barefoot. the best thing to do when you´re home!

 and Camila came back asking for fruits, lots of fruits to eat!

 Oh, and I always get this brochure from Maine and it´s so inviting!!! Who knows maybe someday I will visit there again... We love lobsters, lighthouses and nature...

Wishing you all a great weekend ( oh, yes, it´s a little early to say this, I know!) but I guess I´ll be back here only next week, sooo...
Thank you for your visit and taking your time to read all of this! You really mean a lot to me.

GIVEAWAY: Postcards!

 Hi there!
Camila is on school holidays and we´ve been making lots of stuff here at our home, cooking, playing board games and making handmade postcards.
Here it is, we choose some interesting boxes all over the house, especially in the kitchen, there are the most colorful ones! And this one is from a cake mix, it´s very yummy but this time, we really want the box!

 We just need to cut a sheet of paper measuring 10cm x 15cm and I think that rounded corners are cute so we made some like this.
And after making a lot, we decided that we will choose 5 of them to send by (snail) mail for some of our blog readers!! So, just leave a comment and tell us what would you do on holidays when you´re at home, give us some ideas, tips, recipes , anything!
We will also choose great stamps to put on the postcard and we will send "worldwide",hehe!!!

So, good luck to you and thank you for stopping by! Have a wonderful weekend!!

We will choose the 5 winners on July, 20th.

New Hair Style

Hi there! Just to show you César´s new hair style,hehe! He came back home from school with this completely different hair and... green, can you see the small detail? And so cute!

Have a lovely day and thank you for stopping by!

Party time!

So, this is end of June , half the year has gone and I feel that we´ve done a lot of things this year!

This picture was taken near our house where there´s a magnificent tree and a playground that Camila used to go when she was a toddler but she still loves playing there.

 

 

 Have I told you that now little César is going to a day care? Here we call something like " nursery ", it´s before going to pre-school, right? It´s been 2 weeks he started going and I am pretty relieved for now I have some time for my own, take a loong bath without a boy knocking on the bathroom door or crying out calling me. And the good part, I ´ve spent my time with Camila that I missed so much. We´ve had lunch together talking a lot, walked in the shopping center just the two of us, this has really been special for me. And César is now in a good place with great teachers that I could spend an entire week together, telling them everything about the baby.
At the beginning it was pretty scary , leaving this little one to people I´ve never met but now I am very confident about their work, integrity and responsibility.

And here is his little school, it´s so pretty, looks like a small cottage and his "room" is inside this first window you see.

Today was the Festa Junina party and they´ve decorated with lots of pennants, we took typical food like corn cakes, pop corn, sweet rice, wine , juice, paçoca (peanuts sweet) and many other Brazilian sweets.
There were fishing corner for the little ones and then they danced the typical Festa Junina dance.

 Here we are, the three of us ( Camila spent her day with my brother and my sister in law). The day was splendid, the sun came out and blessed this Saturday with warmth and good energy everywhere!

Wishing you all the best and a wonderful Sunday!!! Enjoy your weekend, dear friends, wherever you are! And thank you for taking your time coming here, you really mean so much to me!

My favorite F : Family, Food, Fun!

 I always get thrilled when I see an old Steam Locomotive so I can imagine the journey it made, places it has been with so many people and then I wander the clothes these people used to wear, hats and suitcases...

 This train was made in the USA

A great fair called Festa das Nações was held on last Sunday and we could eat Russian, German, Japanese, Italian, Chinese and Portuguese food for a good price. I was looking for Russian food and it was delicious: the Piroshki and Dranik  that my baby boy loved trying.

outside:: lots of fun things for kids

 and for adults, too! Here you can see Camila and her dad having lots of fun, I remember driving this type of car when I was a child, have you ever tried before? They all drive like crazy people, I wish I could do this in real life, hehe!

 And to finish the post, the old train station at São Roque city , a very small town that we love to visit on weekends and it´s famous for the winery and fantastic nature scenery surrounded by trees, mountains and great restaurants.

Thank you for your special company , I hope you enjoyed this little trip as much as I did!
Have a great day!!!

Gifts, gifts and more gifts!

 My brother has arrived from Japan some days ago and he met my dad that sent us so many gifts, food stuff, especially things to help me make Sushi, yay! And he sent a set for me and my daughter so she can learn how to make them. Well, I confess, first of all, I have to learn how to make it , hehe!

 Oh, and these ones : The stuffed dog , his name is Gromit was a gift from my brother to Camila and my dad sent her some more food for my daughter. She LOVES these Japanese yummy food!

 My gift was this book catalogue with a Handbag and a purse by Cath Kidston, I can´t believe it now it´s in my hands, or better say, on my shoulder, I simply love it! And the Ahmad Tea and Paddington Bear came from England from my brother.

 And here at home, baby César playing with my phone, he still doesn´t say a word... just some "sounds" ...

 And for breakfast I´ve been making Pancakes along with  bananas and our favorite topping: Maple Syrup , see the cute Winnie the Pooh jar? This was a gift from Andrea, my dear sister when we went to Japan and she bought it at Tokyo Disneyland for Camila.

And for a cold almost winter afternoon sometimes I make a coffee with cinnamon powder and "brigadeiro" that goes so well along with coffee!! Brigadeiro is a brazilian sweet made basically with condensed milk and cocoa powder , sooo good and it´s always kid´s parties favorite. It´s just hard not to eat more than one...

And thank you for coming here again, you mean a lot to me, really!
Have a wonderful week , with a sunshine in your house and lots of flowers and soft breeze , too!!

Moments of the week ( last week)

 We had beautiful warm days last week and I could take baby César outside , watch him playing with small things of nature, breathe some cool air, touch and feel new textures like grass, feel the warmth of the sun, look at the blue sky... so good to be surrounded by nature.

 Meanwhile ::
Camila had a great time with her school mates when they went to Pinacoteca do Estado ( a famous Museum in São Paulo city) to learn more about artist Alberto Giacometti and on their way she took our small Pentax digital camera and took some shots as you see below.

This is a beautiful old train station called Estação da Luz and if you come to São Paulo, this is a must see attraction for the amazing interior architecture constructed at the end of 19th century for the São Paulo Railway company ( an English origin company) that nowadays holds a Portuguese Language Museum and of course, it still is a train station.

I guess this one she took from inside the bus, great view , isnt´it?

Through the  eyes of a child, I like to see these shots!

And near our home, we had a special guest, can you find it?  Yes, a beautiful toucan came to pick some fruits and then suddenly we saw more toucans around!!

And after the rain we can see wonderful webs like this, from my bedroom window , I just can think how amazing life is and thank to nature for everyday beauty that surrounds us.

Well, that´s all for now and thank you for coming by!!
Have a great weekend with much joy and inspiration.

Birthday celebration

 Now I´m 42 , my birthday was last week ( May , 15th) and since then I have been surrounded by flowers , sweet messages, gifts and lovely moments!

 Have I told you that I kind of "collect " all kind of ribbons? Yes, I love the texture, its color and the possibility of reusing them , too.

 I can also decorate my fridge, how about that?  The pretty penguin was a gift from Sinhana, my dear talented crafty friend!

 Now to the food ::

My brother made an entire "Birthday Package" for me on that day , he cooked carefully my favorite food, paella, from Jamie Oliver´s recipe book! He also bought this beautiful and yummy birthday cake, too . Thank you Lucas, you are such a brother!

 I also have to tell you my love for Pyrex dishes, well, this one above is a Brazilian version that was made in the 60´s  ~ 70´s and every house had at least one set of this beautiful ware.
When I went to my mother in law´s house , she and my sisters in law gave me an entire collection they had in their cupboard and I confess, for me, this was one of the best present I got so far!!

And this was our dinner time celebration with my dearest family. I am so grateful for this funny, full of love  , supportive and smiling family, especially my dear patient husband!! I  love you!
And for all the blog readers, thank you for the kind comments on Facebook, e mails and so on and so forth, you make my day, really!!