tree

i do like this tree...sometimes i tell mama we have to take care of it (it looks sick) but i also told her xmas trees are supposed to have leaves!!!

she insits on some local, biodegradable, recyclable, creative version of a tree...what can i do?!?!

Mama's Birthday in Macau

Macau...bright lights...and many casinos!

mama blowing her 1 bday candle (she said she will be subtracting bdays from now on...next year -2!)

at mama's bday dinner

Mario Evora, macaense extraordinaire

Humberto Evora, macaense extraordinaire also!

gorgeous incence spirals at a buddist temple

view from mama's hotel room

architects from portuguese speaking world (Goa, Macau, Brazil, Angola, Portugal, Mocambique, Sao Tome and Cape Verde...)

Basto' Cesar, Humberto and mama

mama and Murillo Marx

Dada's visit

weekend in cidade velha

corn plant behind me and roasted corn in my mouth!!


had a blast (including constant fighting) with my 2 year old friend Miguel (owner of the house and all teh toys I wanted)

I am 4 !!

I helped mama make this b-day invite

i helped eat all the cake

the biggest bday candles...evvvvaahhh!

tia Andreia made the best brigadeiros ever!!

Nadira, me, cake and Vo'vo'

tia Lisa and Tia Andreia

on the way to the stream ...a rarity in CV

...where's my naked butt??!!

tia Sandra

Vovo, Tio Nuno, Mateu, Mariangela and Vo'vo'

Nadira, me and Malika

digging for kutumbembem

summer in the big apple NYC and BKLYN

3 and 4 = the new 18!!!!

me and my bff kimaya

the last few days of activities

mama was teaching me the moves she is learning in belly dancing class...i think i am also going to take some classes...ohhh boy mama is worried i will become even more addicted to posing...and vain!!

yes, i like to pose...i poooooooose all the time...

at tia Sandra's bday party...mama said she turned 20.5 years old (x 2) just like mama will be soon...


me and the old-young childhood friends

...this is my friend Miguel...at his house in Cidade Velha. he is not even 2 and the bravest kid i have seen...fearless...i was behaving like a city girl...mama said she needs to take me into the countryside more often...

i'm too fresh for my mask