England

Mamã and I stayed on at Grandma's and Ti'pah's for another 10 days after papá went back by train. We visited a national trust house where I had children's quiz to find our way through the secret garden and to a great playing area with a stream and climbing frame. It also had a building converted to colourful display of fake birds and mamã took this picture of us 3.

We also saw Lauren and Auntie Vicky and had loads of giggles :-) We played games.

I love playing cards and monopoly and Ti'pah would be ready to keep me entertained vs the television especially on the days when mamã was working and grandma was preparing lovely dinners.

Grandma and Ti'pah took us to a new place mamã did not know although it was only 15 mins drive from the house - Dinton Pastures - a massive lake(s) and walking paths as well as a big playground. We were lucky with the sun two times. On not such a sunny day we went to Marlow at the end of the day for a short walk. It suddenly started to pour down with rain heavily but I braved it to feed the swans while mamã and grandma stayed under a tree.

England - welcome Vivaan

I am proudly holding Vivaan in my arms - he is only 6 weeks old. He is Uncle Josh's and Chandni's gorgeous little boy. He is so cute. I love babies and when I grow up I want at least 3.

England holidays

We drove to England and as usual M25 was busy and very slow....we stopped in Bracknell to have a long overdue break. Grandma and Ti'pah had organized a lot of different activities. We went to a great farm where I fed all types of goats, held the rabbits, bounced and jumped up and down on a big bouncy surface and went helter skelter down two types of slides....one slide gave me a nice 'burn' on my cheek...not so nice but I still got up and carried on down the slides again :-). Ti'pah taught me the rules of cricket, we would watch 8 pm at night the highlights of the games. Another day just with mamã and papá we went to Legoland. They have a mini UK made of lego including a cricket game where I made sure we not only had 1 good picture but 2 for Ti'pah. There with a few buildings from Europe even Leuven townhall. We saw a 4 D film with Chima, put out a fire, went swinging in a very large pirate boat where we all felt our stomachs were leaving our mouths but luckily we caught them :-) Papá and I went on a hoovercraft ride where we were spun around in a circle and people including mamã could create little water bombs to get us wet.

England holidays - Henley

We went to Henley. Mamã and papá took me to an old curiosity books and maps shop. We bought a map of the Thames for the Twyford room in Óbidos. We also walked around other shops and bought loads of second hand books. Then I played in the playground and we went for a walk along the river Thames.

Stage

Hip hop dance stage - this was cool. I joined 2 other boys and about 8 girls and we learnt a dance routine that mamã came to watch at the end of the week. We were zombies, cool dudes, Michael Jasckson, comics etc.... I have the groove....

Portuguese Family

We had a wonderful 10 days in Portugal, seeing the family and friends. We joined Bivó for the village festival that takes place every year on the first weekend in August. My Papa's uncle Firmino and Papa's godson Fernando play in the band (both trumpets). We had a massive lunch with lot of the family in the courtyard of Bivó. I loved playing with my 'cousins' especially Rodrigo, Victor and Rafael visiting from France. We stayed late and saw the band start the night concert in front of the chapel.