I am OUT OF CONTROL....Mama has a HEADACHE!!

I was so out of control today that mama is almost losing her mind (Vovo also has a headache)...here it goes: Mama picked me up at daycare and I immediately demanded to be carried, I kicked and screamed when we got home and she tried to put me down. I refused to have my diaper changed, I demanded to see a show...when mama put it on I ran towards her and hit her because within 3 seconds I changed my mind and decided I no longer wanted to see it...and so from then on I started hitting mama continuously, I would run after her and hit her (first slapping anywhere my hands reached...then it evolved into punching)!! I looked at her with my signature mean face and screamed that she should go to time out...I screamed so loud that vovo and mama now have lingering headaches (boy am I powerful!)....when I attempted to hit vovo with a pen in her face...mama lost it!
I am now fast asleep and mama and vovo are recovering...mama is reading all kinds of articles about something called 'disciplining' but I think she is thinking about getting the belt out...

I got a STOMACH BUG : (

I got the bug...but it does not mean I can't look good...so I demanded to wear this dress to go see the doctor!

It has not been fun...I keep hearing mama telling me to not put my hands in my mouth (my favorite thing to do...suck my hands after I touch everything)
Yesterday after we came back from the doctor, I went with mama and vovo to the roof to play a little and since I am now an avid potty user it went along with me.

Bey's Birthday

We went to Bey's birthday party (Bey is mama's cousin). Mama did not give me cake but I snuck in quite a few handfulls of chips (Vovo saw but let me do it : )

Cabo GREEN...it really is green!

Today mama went to 'fora' (inland) and got to take photos of the very lush and green landscape. She says it looks amazing. She loves Santiago for it's dramatic landscape. It is usually barren and brown, now it is almost as green as Hawaii (ok maybe not as green). This only happens once a year when (if) it rains. She warns me that soon she will also be including some photos of the not so beautiful parts of CV...be prepared!

I did not go because I have officially entered the TERRIBLE TWOS phase and was completely out of control today. Mama and Vo'vo' have to chase me around the house to feed me, it takes me 2 hours to fall asleep for a nap, I hit and scratch mama in the face (or on whatever part of exposed skin I can reach) when she says no or does not let me do what I want, etc. She slipped out of the house while I slept. She also stopped in Sao Domingos to eat pastel di midju (made with corn/sweet potato and with tuna inside)...they don't make them the way they used to but it is still one of her favorite CV snacks.

I used the POTTY!

I am a big girl now! I used the potty 4 times today: 1.5 doodoos and 2.5 peepees (with a few expected accidents on the floor). Mama is sooooo proud and looking forward to not buying diapers!

I have been chillin' with Vovo:

Oct 16th It's RAINING!...HAIRCUT...OCTOPUS

IT'S RAINING! (I guess you gotta be capeverdean to get it)

I ate OCTOPUS and loooved it.

My first ever HAIRCUT!

Blackout...full moon and lots of milk

Today we had a blackout (much, much more common than in NY). When Vo'vo' lit a candle for light I started singing happy birthday!
It was kind'a fun but it was HOT (no fan!) so we went to the roof and looked at the full moon. We listened to music and I danced and twirled around in circles (must have been the moon...or just because I am 2 years old)

For the past few days I have been waking up in the middle of the night and asking for milk. When I sleep with Vo'vo' I get as much milk as I ask for (a lot!!) but when it is with mama she tries to restrict my milk intake. So yesterday when I woke up in the middle of the night...I asked mama to go get Vo'vo'!

Vote Gobama!

Nothing new on my end...still getting adjusted to daycare. I do the necessary crying in the begining but I really like Tia Kady e Tia Maria.
Mama has been going to the gym everyday! (I think she is a little obsessed...and in a lot of pain: )
Today Mama went to the US embassy to VOTE (for 'GOBAMA' off course). She wore her Che Guevara t-shirt...just for fun : )

Oct 13 1st day @ DAYCARE!

Today I started at the Pimpao Daycare (part time) in front of Vovo and Vo'vo's house. I will have to learn Kriolu fast because all the singing is in Kriolu and Portuguese. See footage below:

shoutout to Kimaya for the awsome top!

Weekend in Praia

GOATS: There are a lot of stray dogs and goats. Yesterday I wanted to touch a dog and told mama: I want touch dog. Mama said: you must not touch dog. I said: Ohhh man!

I also like goats and mama is more relieved about that.

KUSKUS: Mama has been craving kuskus and katchupa guisada so we went to eat it at the cafe next door. I loved the kuskus but was not into the katchupa (yet)

I also went to visit Vovo's cousin Nonoka and I watered her plants.

TACV flight to Cabo Verde...first few days in Praia

AIRPORT: We went to the airport and there were a lot of capeverdeans with many, many, many bags...

At the gate Mama ran into her cousins, Primo Napoleao and family.
I had my own seat on the flight and kept kicking the seat in front of me (see photo). I think the passenger was not too happy.

PRAIA: We arrived in Praia early morning and Vovo and Tia Sandra were waiting for us. We went home to Vo'vo' and quickly fell asleep.
I am adjusting well to the heat, dust and general discomfort but Mama is always complaining about how terrible the city is developing.

WATER:One thing I am having a hard time with is bath time. I want to take long baths with a lot of water and Mama and Vo'vo' keep restricting the water usage. They say it is a desert here...what does that have to do with my bath time fun?

I have already been to the beach twice. Yesterday to Prainha with tia Sandra and today with Vovo to Kebra Kanela.

"Mama youeh Bootiful"

I saw mama coming down the stairs and I told her:
''Mama youehh bootiful''...she was soooo happy...I wonder why.

Oct 7th ICA Boston

We stayed with Vera in Boston. She let me play with her toys-thank you Vera!
I went to see the ICA (Institute of Contemporary Art). Mama says it is nice architecture. The architects are some former professor's of hers from some terrible school mama calls Pinceton.
There is a large wall of glass that overlooks the water...I was not scared and went to the edge, pressed my hands on the glass and did a big doodoo on my diaper.

Oct 6th Bus to Boston...

We took the Chinatown bus to Boston. I had my own seat but fell asleep on Mama's lap with 'UUUhhUUhh AAhhAAhh' nearby (my favorite gorilla pillow...from Titi Yoyo).
We listened to music on my newly acquired ipod. Mama had one of the earphones on her ear and I had the other. We listened to my favorite song (this week) eensy weensey spider (my mama still says itsy bitsy spider...she needs to learn these American lullabies.