First Day of School

Bens first day... was good.  I think he got frustrated a bit playing with the kids but he is ready to go back tomorrow.  We all have to go through the motions and every day it gets better.  I asked him what he did today and he said that he sharpened his pencil and wrote with a pencil.  I think he may have bit another kid but I couldnt understand all that the teacher was saying, when I asked ben he said that he was just showing her how to bite herself.  Rodrigo will find out in the a.m.  Today was a good day and were on the right track.

5:30 AM

Going from waking up at 8:30/9 am to waking up at 5:30 is not easy.  The good part is when I come home I am always excited to see cute little faces, but those cute little faces are ready to play.  Hopefully I didn't drink too much coffee this a.m and will be able to nap with Gabi.  Keeping my fingers crossed.

Jill In Brazil: Sofa and daily life

Jill In Brazil: Sofa and daily life: "Chillin at home on my new sofa. So nice to have my very own soft place to sit. In my last house here I just had a bed and a tabl..."

Sofa and daily life

Chillin at home on my new sofa.  So nice to have my very own soft place to sit.  In my last house here I just had a bed and a table and chairs, my body just relaxed when I said that.  I am sitting on my very own couch and it is com-for-ta-ble.  The other couch that I was going to get was $900 for 2 matching pieces.  I thought it was too hard and not very well put together but affordable for a new couch at least the ones that I saw.   Then at the last moment, I decided to buy one large couch that was more soft and comfortable.  One that my dad wouldn’t complain about.  I could just imagine my dad sitting in the other one that we were going to get and I could only imagine what he would say.

Other than that Ben starts school tomorrow and that worries me a little cuz he is my baby, the fact that he doesn’t speak Portuguese very well and I won’t be able to watch him with the other kids.  He says that he is excited and I am sure it will be ok, Ben is a fun kid and likes people.  If he only learns how to play and speak Portuguese this year I will feel it as a major accomplishment.  I am going to keep Gabriela at home with me this year and spend some more quiet time with her.  It is hectic with the two kids at the same time as Ben torments Gabi and then Gabi screams and my head explodes.  I think we will all be getting what we want now for a while.  I am teaching a class at 6am and 6pm now, haven’t see 5am for a while. 

Kids are Stinky

Kids get stinky as they get older, dont they?