Party time

What a great day....chips and ice cream at the St Nicholas party of mamã and papá, as well as football goals from St Nicholas...I was all smiles for the camera as I sat on St Nicholas' knee. We had a whirl of a trip to then be "on time" for my birthday party at the "Magic Chateau" with 14 friends. Loads of obstacles to climb, go around/over/under, slides straight and round&round. Everyone sang "Bon Anniversaire" in french, then in english, with smarties cake and drinks. I got great presents and opened them all and played one by one with each of them :-)

Measurements

I am still 24.5 kg and now taller than 120 cm so I got into most of the Walibi rides already in August :-). My hair is mousy blonde, my eyes brown. I have long eyelashes :-) I am not fat and not overthin, even if I love to eat and eat.

Sunshine in the Leaves

Lovely sunny days with the leaves fallen all around...I put my beaver hat on from Brazil and off into the woods with my mamã. Kicked leaves, watched the chickens and fed the horses. Mamã took an arty picture of me :-) We are off to see Tintin 3D film later at the cinema. Made my birthday gifts for the birthday party last night for the kids (spiderman/princess socks, crackers, chocolates, sweets and balloons). Only 7 more days to my party. 
I played football indoor and we won 6-4. Plus I got my 5 m swimming certificate (for crawl, breastroke, butterfly). My mamã watched and was very proud - I was also very calm and straight as I swam also only kicking my legs. We also went walking in La Hulpe park and I was racing mamã and papá but they are still faster than me :-). We did loads of christmas food shopping at the British store and I visited the polar bear/penguins/walrus show.

My 6th Birthday

Yes, I am 6....I can use my new ID for the bus, metro. I made 48 cakes with my mamã for my class and the 2nd class in our year as well as the teachers. I arrived at school with TWO big tins. At home I had balloons with "6 Today" and many presents/cards. Thank you to everyone for everything as well as the calls. Kisses and Hugs to you all... from the 6 year old birthday boy :-)

Gran Canary Holidays

Wow, we had so much fun in Gran Canary. We went sliding down sand dunes, we went sliding down water parks, we went uphill into and across the mountains, we visited zoo with many types of parrots and dolphin show, I had a photo taken with a seal (that made my head very smelly of fish :-)), I had a dragon tattoo like papá (that is already disappearing), we joined cowboys and indians at 'stunt shows' and I got dressed up too, I also became a devil for the evening of halloween.
I got a Ben Ten watch early birthday present (and told my parents the time every minute for quite some time :-)), we played/swam at 4 different beaches, we had great food and sun (25-28 deg C) as well as I joined the mini-disco two nights following the professional dancer :-)....and now we returned to the cooler Belgium.

  

Family photos

Grandma and Ti'pah came to visit and help while mamã was away in Shanghai and Cincinnati. I helped in the garden and we went for walks and we did my homework in french and we went to Florian's birthday party and we made cakes....:-)
The day before we went to Gran Canary we went to Francisco and Kim's wedding....there was champagne and orange outside the church...of course I wore my cravate :-) I got a bag of sweets and St Nicholas speculoos biscuits and I shared them with my mamã and papá and new friends I met at the wedding + Aira and Miguel.

First Day at School

I am in the 6th Class at School and I am very serious about it....I dressed on the first day with my 'cravate' and smart shirt and troussers....everyone commented on how smart I was. I have my new rucksack, pens/pencilcase and ready to go. I have my own desk with an area below the desk to store my books, papers and pencil case. I am at the end of a row. My teacher is called Valérie and she is pregnant. We are 21 in the class. My friend Anaël is with me :-)
I will get homework Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday - I am immediately learning numbers/multiplications with numbers to 20 and how to read and write.

Family photos

My mamã wanted to share some more fun photos so here are family photos from over the last few weeks. Grandma and Ti'pah came to Brussels in June and also helped rebuild the front of our garden but mamã and papá wanted them to also enjoy some of the beglium summer activities too - we went to folk country festival next to the Atomium, new museum in Antwerp and with Ti'pah to Gentsefest.
Also in Porto, I loved going to the Saint festivities and seeing all the very welcoming, loving family. I am also enjoyed swimming - I swam the whole length of the pool without stopping not only once but many times + i dived and touched the bottom of the shallow to the deep end and I swam across the width holding my breath :-)
I also learnt to use chopsticks and wanted to use them at every meal time.
Enjoy :-)

Wow summer has been very busy with one week in England with Ti'pah and Grandma...Lauren also came to stay for a few days and Auntie Vicky came in and out to play and brought me a very fun frog neck pillow for all my international travelling. We went swimming, to the playground, shops and had a picnic plus played loads of cards and made lots of drawings (here I show one I made of the playground in Twyford). Then Tio Ricardo collected me from England and I spent one week in Porto before my parents cames to join for another week staying at Quinta da Mar and with Vovô and Vovó. Rodrigo stayed most days and we went to the beach, played tennis, swimming, even went to the zoo and I had a parrot on my shoulder. I also saw Cars 2 at the cinema. One weekend we were in Vale Cambra visiting family and I played with my cousins esp Tomas and danced and danced to VERY late in the night :-) (as mamã and papá were not there :-)).  

Spring is here

Wow 2 weeks of lovely spring weather....Anaël, my best friend, came to play with football kickers, pirate ship, transformers, cars, gogous (? spelling plastic little space creatures)...

Here I am in my "Rupert" pyjamas and holding mamã's teddy bear with his tartan troussers too.
I helped mamã in the garden collecting the leaves and then I enjoyed rolling around in the grass and just contemplating (well showing off for the camera). 

Here I am in my two favourite outfits.
"I am a Pirate and Captain of the Seas" - I have my sword and I have my ship and men ready to defend our honour"....And "I am a Knight of the Maltese Guards" with my latest acquisition from playing catching the ducks in the water. I always have a BIG smile.
I am counting very well and learning how many syllables there are in each word.
I know not to eat a lot of sugary things and chips and drink coca cola/ice tea as I am still growing but mamã and papá can as they are not growing any more.
I love to dance looking into the mirror after my bath with my hair sticking up :-)

Carnival

Carnival has begun.....yoohoooo....I can wear my Pirate outfit...I am the Captain of the Seas....I had loads of fun marching and dancing with my friends from school. We stopped all the traffic as we walked across the valleys and streets of Wezembeek-Oppem. At the end we arrived in a magic kingdom with castles (bouncy) and fishing (ducks) plus loads of yummy chocolate cakes. After I carried on overseeing my pirate boat and men with my castle in the distance.

St Nicholas

St Nicholas....more parties and presents. We watched a magician who kept 'making' pigeons. I had a batman face and my very first tattooooooo. I sat on St Nicholas' lap and was very shy but still said thank you for my present of mechanico.
I am 1m18 tall and about 23.5 kg...I am one of the tallest in my class at school. I come back from school most days with a small cut somewhere on my leg, arm, face...I love to run around and have loads of energy. I am a big eater and love bread. I know my routine to go to sleep. No teeth are loose yet. I love to hear stories every night. I draw pictures most days at the guarderie and Max copied me...we draw batman, boats, laser guns, rainbows, pirates, sun, trees, houses....many different things.

winter holiday - Algarve

We went to the Algarve and had lots of fun...visiting the towns on the coast, playing with the sand and in the sea. I went driving a racing car (as well as papá). We looked at many appartments to see if to buy one (not yet...). Vovô and vovó came to visit us too...we visited Algarve old city centre and said goodbye to mamã who left earlier for work...I went back to the racing cars :-)

My birthday - I am 5 years old

Yes, yes, yes...it's time for presents and cakes and games and cards and phone calls...wow I am spoilt. I am now a big 5 years old. Mamã and papá bought me a football kickers/pool/hockey/tabel tennis game...I play nearly every day after school the football kickers. I can twist my wrist faster and faster every day and getting stronger and stronger...Mamã is learning with me and was worse than me to start with. For my party we played at an indoor adventure place with cake and crepes. In the morning, mamã and I made 50 small cakes for my school classroom - I ate at least 4 at school. In the evening we had a pirate cake too.
Here I am with Max and Christoph and then Anael