Tintin and Christmas Markets

Winter is here and the Christmas decorations are everywhere....the hot chocalate, the Father Christmas(es) walking in the streets giving out sweets, the huts selling decorations for Christmas, scarves, hats, dolls, bags, tops...the list is endless. We had a lovely day out in Louvain-La-Neuve where the shops in the mall and streests were open on Sunday. We ate in a tapas restaurant where I was not too keen on my salmon lasagne...anyway....lots of things to see including christmas markets. We also visited the Tintin Museum well the Herge' Museum which includes the stories of Tintin. My parents liked it, I prefered the film which was great :-).

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.

Sports

I love to play football....here I am in our graden poised for the camera....Yes, I am left footed (and I write with my left hand). I play at 10.00 every Saturday with the St Pauls British Primary Football Club in Vossem for the outdoor season and Morsel for the indoor season. Papá is a coach - there are 4 coaches and about 20 children 4-5 years old. I have scored a few goals. I like the pirate game where we have to kick the balls onto the island where the coaches are...it's funny.
After football at 11.45 I go swimming...I have started to enjoy it again and am swimming without a float and starting proper arm strokes. We also practice walking on the bottom of the pool. After we have our lunch at our favourite restaurant and I draw, colour or watch "Archos" (kind of DVD player).

I am a Knight !

Grandma and Ti'pah came to vist end August.
I took them to show my profession...Knight of the Hardman Rodrigues Heraldry.
We first had to drive in the car vs use my motorbike as there were 5 people to take. The sun was very hot and there were loads of comrades and villagers and places to eat and things to see...
We watched jousting, fighting, a puppet show, I tried a few old games including jousting myself.
I also have a magnet puzzle world map now hanging on my castle bedroom wall - I know we live where the flag is and where portugal and england are, where Grandma and Ti'pah live and vovô and vovó live.

The photo of me on my motorbike is in front of my favourite restaurant...lunch after swimming on the Saturday...chicken, apple sauce, salad, chips and ice cream....in Stokkel.

I am now Knight Hardman Rodrigues of the Maltese Knights. I have my shield and dagger and have taken weaponary lessons at the Castle of Eftenberg. I am very friendly until you make me annoyed...or I am tired or I want chocolate or I want chocolate croissant, then I am deadly. I have loads of energy and can dance lightly on my toes around and around you to make you dizzy. I can walk miles and miles shouting as a knight in battle....