random stuff

Just a bunch of stuff that doesn't merit a post of all of its own.

1.  In the last week, Lily has lost 2 teeth.  She was worried that the Tooth Fairy wouldn't come all the way down to Brazil, but she did.  She even left the Brazilian money that Lily requested.  And took her teeth away - when she asked why the Tooth Fairy took teeth, Mac told her that the teeth magically turn into pearls when she crosses into Fairy Land, and that pearls made from childrens' teeth are highly prized.  Just in case any of you run into her and she tells you this, you know where it came from.  Here she is, proudly showing her gap-toothed grin.  It's not totally gappy because her adult teeth have been coming in behind her loose baby teeth for over a month.  I thought the baby teeth were never going to come out, but she ended up falling down and landing on her face, which sped up the process a bit.

She's also finally figured out how to skip, which she is very proud of.

2.  The glass house over at the Jardim Botainco turned pink for a while.  The only thing I can think of is that it is for breast cancer awareness month, which seems to be celebrated down here as well.  It started on October 1.  But, since I"m not exactly up to date with the local news, it could be just about anything.  Either way, it looked neat and the girls were excited.  It turned back to regular white lights a couple of nights ago.

3.  We found collard greens at the Mercado Municipal a few weeks ago and had a little taste of home.  It was really really good.

4.  Although she has one of her own, Lily has been stealing my camera.  Here is a picture of tabasco sauce (I was so glad to find my favorite kind!)

This is an extreme close-up of the top-

5.  A picture from the live performance of the Floppy Puppy Singing and Dancing Show

6.  A picture of a near-empty city bus.  The capacity listed on the door is 270 people, but I've been on buses that I think have had more people.

Here's a picture of a bus at a tube stop - stolen from the internet because I haven't taken one yet.  You can see the two articulations - so there are 3 separate compartments in the front bus, then another bus behind it.

7.  The girls and I went back to the bird zoo at the Public Walk the other day.  The pelican apparently was grumpy, or thought Lily was supposed to be feeding it, or something, because it kept squawking and snapping at her.  We all thought it was pretty funny.

8.  The picture on the door to the girls' bedroom

All-in-all, I'd have to say that my girls are just as goofy in Brazil as they are in the US