Growing grapes & Walibi

Growing grapes

Can you see me amongst the grapes - our first year to get grapes even in this belgium weather...quick let's take them very sweet purple grapes before the birds eat any more.
Here you can see how tall I am - I am 1.08 m tall (top 10% of belgium charts) and heavy heavy 19.8 kg (although I have not changed weight in 5 months now...) I have to watch my mamã's back.
I am now dressing myself in the morning and undressing myself in the evening alone. I am very good at washing my own teeth and I still love to hear stories at night - one of my favourites is hearing all the stories about making flour, cutting trees, stories of the pigs and the policeman.


I had loads of fun at a place called "walibi" - lots of rides 'ups and downs' and 'arounds', plus Sponge-Bob show where the chair moved and I got wet. I laughed and laughed on the rides below. Wow, there were so many things for me to do...and I had hot dog for lunch and I went on cars and I went on trains and I worked in a mine...and there were no queues...

Summer in Greece

Sunny smiles....

 Now I am really loving to swim in the sea...here the water in Greece is warm but also I am now a big boy - I have my armbands on and out I go...kick, paddle, laughing until I get water in my eyes and then I run out of the sea and dry my eyes with the towel

Piggy in the middle, yes I did catch the ball a few times as Auntie Vicky and cousin Lauren threw the bouncy water ball around me.

Here we are having more giggles and laughter...look at my tan...enjoy it while it lasts, says mamã - I am not sure what she means and what the fuss is about - I just want to play in the sea, eat, run around and eat more...

Here we are posing with Uncle Tasos - I hope I look as young as him at his age :-) We had loads of fun with Auntie Tania and Uncle Tasos.

Beautiful Christening of Efigenia, I saw all the Big Family, with Yiayia, Auntie Litza, Fenia, Athena, Dora, Nasos, Rita, Auntie Litza another one...

The best part was the bubbles and making new friends

all those chocolates and sweets

Let's be lazy....m,nm,nmnm

let's have a cuddle and squash a fly

mount athos boat trip - I read on the boat and I looked at the big monastries

,m,m,m.,m.,m,.m

August in Porto

Look at me, I am on an elephant in Goa, India...no I am not...I am in Coimbra, Portugal in the "Small Houses Museum" - Portugal was soooooo big a few years ago in places like Macau, Angola...- I learnt a lot about art and how small the people were - I could not even stand up in some of their houses.

but they had big bananas to eat...

mHere I am with one closed eye...why...I got stung by a mosquito. Mamã and papá took me to the chemist to get some medicine but they sent me to the hospital where only one parent could go with me but I was fine and went back to the chemist to get some medicine...Here I am visiting Tozé and Cristina and Katerina (Bea was away so I could play with all her toys).  I am learning to count so there is 1,2,3,4,5 people in the photo.

See how small the houses are...Mamã is in the window above me...

Long weekend in Sauerland

Germany Sauerland

We visited Attendorn and Atta-hoehle caves - we walked down a deep slope and then there were pretty wet rocks everywhere - small and large ones and we walked up and down and listened to a person talking in german. I was not afraid although it was very dark sometimes.

We took a long time to reach this castle...mamã and papá kept talking to each other about "not another diversion" - not sure what that means - so I looked outside the window and I slept also (I am a good person in the car). When we arrived at "Altena" it was raining very hard and we climbed up a steep hill so I asked papá to carry me most of the way.
Then I enjoyed it inside the castle - there was a special "scouts room" with many beds inside.

Here I am as a 'dashing' knight in armour...ready for my sword? The 'hood' was soooo heavy, that I nearly fell over just wearing it.

Back to the old days and I am being eaten by a Dinosaur....fear not, my mamã and papá will save me.
After being saved, we had a lovely dinner outside on the terrace in a "biergarten" in this town called Arnsberg.

The next day, we visited the lakes near Hirschberg before driving to Soest for lunch where there were many bicycles (and a lot of rain). We had a big lunch and visited churches before mamã bought a helmet for her bicycle (grey colour, mine is a green helmet).
After lunch we went to a railway museum in Bochum - so many types of trains with some weird double decker high speed one. Again it rained and rained so I had a chance to play some games especially for children.

Then it was another long drive (comfortable in papá's new BMW 104 sports car) via Essen (church with gold Madonna and child) to Köln where there is a very, very large church. We had dinner - a type of pizza - by the river and I loved running off to play and just be naughty - I am always full of energy :-). Here I am with mamã in Köln next to a smaller church.  Aufwiedersehen.

Summer is here!

Yes, the Pirate ship is here again...yeepeeee....splash, squirt, scream, laugh, throw balls....Anabel and Diego are my Pirate mates...

Yes, I can be a serious artist...paints and paper and off we gooooooo...

Here is my latest new toy - my very own climbing frame, swing and slide. Yes, I am very pleased. What a lot of work papá and Ti'pah did with help from grandma and mamã.

Doux doux

My favourite companion! So cosy.....

My class!

1e maternelle at La Fermette - 1st and 2nd maternelle - I am 1st maternelle - my teacher is Géraldine on the left - she had a baby so Anne on the right was also my teacher. My best friends are Sorin and Basile - 2nd row from bottom 4th and 3rd from the right and Diego from next door top row 4rd from left.

Wedding

Papá's cousin's wedding in Portugal (Vila Verde) - this was one of the best bits where I was throwing flowers over George and Regina, again and again.

me, tia and papá...don't we all look very smart and pretty.

look at my balancing act - yes a plate on a stick with one leg in the air and hopping....

olá, olá, don't I look a big school boy with "my" tie on...do i look like I drank a bit too much at the wedding party - just water, juice but I am exhausted from running around, dancing, playing on the bouncy castle...as usual I am ready to stay up for the party...as soon as I got in the car, maximum 10 seconds and I was fast asleep....

São João in Porto

This year I saw São João (St. John) festivities in Porto for the first time (Jun 24 every year). Oh, how much fun I had!
Look at those fireworks that mamã and papá went to see on the River.

The best things for me were the plastic hammers where I could hit everyone and the hot air balloons which flew off into the sky.




Manjericos - speical plants with a very strong smellllll

watch out for me as I have "TWO" hammers....yeepeeeeeee.

ready steady goooooooo, off the balloon goes. Sardines are the speciality for the evening...too fishy for me...

Holidays in Porto

Here I am with Bi-vo - looking very handsome with my new harircut.
Tia is having a baby...I am going to have a cousin...

Yes, swimming - loads of fun to jump in and out and to splash everyone - I am 'attacking' Mario right now....
I am able to talk much better now as people understand me and I do not need to repeat and repeat and raise my voice.

Eurodisney

The start of an action packed day in Eurodisney...I wanted to see Mickey.
I was a very good boy in every queue - how long were they - one hour for a 1.5 minutes ride...more, more, more...and I saw Mickey and his friends Pluto dancing. We stayed to 11 in the evening and bought mickey and his friends book, bath toys, table mat. I loved "it's a small world"...

Here we are in Dumbo...and yes we all 3 squeezed into the one Dumbo - up and down and around.

Then in front of Alice in Wonderland's maze. My favourite ride was "It's a small world" - beautiful.

 

And THE pirate ship - Aih, aih

Long weekend in England

I visited mini England with Grandma, Ti'pah and mamã and papá. I am so tall (1.80 m already and 19.6 kg). I loved to see all the trains in mini England, going around and around.

Anyone want an ice cream? traditional creamy ice cream? Not sure what that means but it sounds very tastey and loads of people wanted one.

Here I am again helping in the garden. Ti'pah and grandma bought me my own rake.

Lazing around in the house...ahhhhhhhh.I love to hear stories before bed time...and soon I will be quoting you so make sure you tell the right story...Two of my favourites are "The bear with no clothes" and "Catch a little Star".