colors

It's been a while...a lot of activities, a seti, a kuskus lunch, a birthday party, another katchupa lunch, etc. Mama has been a bit lazy with taking photos.

...the other day while i was sitting on the potty I decided to expand my knowledge of colors and kept pointing to things and asking mama their color. I am already quite good at identifying pink, azul (blue), yellow, orange and sometimes red. I was pointing to things such as the wall...mama would say 'white', then to various objects with ambiguous shades and mama would struggle to name them...this went on for a little while and then I pointed to mama's belly (she was half naked) and I asked "white?" ...mama is traumatized! She claims she needs to go lay on the beach to get a tan!

Party'n weekend (mama that is)

Mama had a busy social calendar this weekend. A lot of parties and dinners. I tagged along to the one's that happened before the sunset.
Charlie's Angels....Tia Soraya, Tia Nelinha, Mama and Tia Sandra at Tia Vanda's 40th (mama said that is like centuries in baby years!) birthday party... Tia Vanda is very dramatic as you can probably see form her boa wearing.

Lunch at Tia Nelinha's house

Mama's "Yes We Can Get In Shape" team

Mama and her friends Tia Sandra and Tia Nelinha (sitting) at the Gym. They are inspired with the yes we can motto and hope that all the food they are eating will be balanced out by their dedicated gym attendance.

YES WE (I) CAN....(throw tantrums and more)

Mama went to bed at dawn (a new dawn) after hearing Gomama’s amazing speech…she heard me say ‘yes...yes...’ in my sleep… and was certain that a special energy was reaching all the sleeping (and awake) children around the world with a special message of hope that our future will be better, all our dreams possible because we can…we all can!

Mama is grateful for the future that will be mine because of this amazing man…this most enlightened, brilliant (she also said something like...sexy) man!

despite all of this…I still woke up and had the biggest trantrum mama has ever experienced that early in the morning!

GOBAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...(I say GOMAMA!)

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NY folks...and my first word in kriolu

I always ask mama to draw on the etch-a-sketch (thanks tia Landa!) all the people back in NY...see if you can guess which one is you...

my first word in kriolu: di meu!! (= mine!!!)...

Blackout (another one)...and Billie Holiday

Mama OD-ed on the toddler songs I ask (demand) to listen to incessantly...so she staged a coup d'ipod...she put on Bille Holiday instead and under the flickering flame she listened...w i s t f u l l y

I am an official whiner....whiiiiinnnneeerrr....iiii whiinnneee aaaabboouuutt eeevvveeerryyy thhiiinnngg...i nooo loonger saaaay mommy (mommeen)...iii haaavve tooo saaayyy moooooooommmmmyyyyyyyyyyy
Here is a view of praia kebra kanela (ankle breaker beach...because it used to be a challenge to get down to it). Vovo's favorite beach...he goes there almost daily and sometimes takes his espingarda and catches a flounder for me to eat.

Vovo (gramps) babysat me and mama and vóvó went to a great piano performance at the Portuguese Cultural Center...mama came home (still high from her ipod coup) and blasted bloc party into her ears...but this morning...I got my eensy weensy spider songs again!