NEW YORK!! check out the video at the end

we went for a very very very quick trip to New York to see Dada! Here are some photos!

tooo kooooool with mama´s sunglasses:



yeah!

when my mom says 'smile' this is the face i make:

we stayed with vera and tio bino and tia nafeeza in boston:

mama and i were ready for teh cold (not really) we had colorfull hats and scarves:

boyfriend (s) and onions

my favorite food ...is sauteed onions

a few weeks ago i came home talking about Tiago...Tiago this and Tiago that...
Now I also talk about Kaka and Tavinho (boys) there is also Juliana...I guess i have a preference for boys

VIDEOS for you to see

it´s been am while...yes it has...
mama has been slacking ...actually she started working full time and I have been keeping her up at night so ....i guess there is a reason.

Here are a few snapshots of the last month

Ruby and Gomama (Obama)


mama and Ruby dancing:

my favorite song: parabéns a voçê (happy birthdya to you) i know all teh words to the song and make sure i sing it very often (mama says...tooo often but i don´t think that 10 times in a row is that often!)

GOMAMA...

need i say more! History in the making....we love GOMAMA

My school Uniform

and hair band my grandma made

January in CV ...more Bday parties

me and mama...

Ahppie Nu Ear

Ohhhh mama has been partyin' way too much...5 days in a row....here is a little sample of her outings :
31st: the NY's eve party at Heavy H's amazing house...here is the setting....at 6:45 am (January 1st)

Mama and Tia Bey:

the best DJ in CV...Heavy H:

mama and tio Afonso and tio Nunu (...mama had quite a reunion with many of her OLD friends...it had been years)

my grandparents ready to go to their party (they also came home at dawn!)

days 2, 3, 4 and 5 (to be continued...)

SERRA MALAGUETA

Mama went to the inauguration of the Serra Malagueta National Park http://www.areasprotegidas.cv/serramalagueta/ . There is even a camping site. When you guys come visit we can all go hiking and camping (in between party'ing!). Mama went hiking with some dignitaries like the prime minister and some other sort of, kinda official people…she was not even invited to the event but invited herself and had a blast…she ate and ate and ate. Below you can see some photos including the food preparation (catchupa and fijon congo)

Tio Jacobino's Bday party (yes...yet another party!)

....tio Jacob and Malik dancing batuku! (need we say more?!?)

XMAS EVE DINNER

dinner with the gramps

me wearing all my gifts

bored...tired??? don't know!

XMAS DAY

we went to visit the Cruz family (also cousins)