So I had my birthday on Saturday, 29 and I don't feel old yet (fingers crossed). Rolf watched the kids in the morning and came in with pancakes, music, and flowers. Then we went on a beach walk with the girls to Leme on the Calcadao. Later we went out just the two of us onto the beach, walking all the way to the other end of Copacabana. It was really nice.
We also found out Rolf got short-listed at Wisconsin-Madison, wow. We're planning a trip to Ilha Grande sometime, but in the meantime the weather is nice and it's not to crowded in Rio so life's good. Rosie's golden curly locks are getting in the way of her eyes now so we keep having to pin it back, it's very strange to see an infant with so much perfectly ringletted hair!
I love how Evie's talking in full sentences, and being able to talk to my baby. She knows the entire Go Diego Go song and runs around the apartment pretending to be an adventurer/explorer while singing and dancing.
Last Wednesday we went to the famous colorful-tiled staircase in Lapa, really fun and interesting to look at all the individual tiles on the way up. Saw a couple of Texas ones. And today we went to Santa Teresa again: Parque Ruinas was really scenic, of course, I loved the 360 view. We also went to Chacado sur museum gardens right next to it, for Evie to run around. On the way home we took a set of stairs that last time people told us not to go down, not safe. But we didn't know it, it was broad daylight, and looked safe. We carried the stroller down and noticed some people saying, "how do you say good afternoon in Portuguese?" Rolf responded back in Portuguese, and they laughed, and he said he just wanted to thank us for coming down these stairs without being afraid since it really is quite safe. Everyone had a good laugh.
On the way home we stopped by a huge fountain and park in the center of town, with Flamengo Beach and Sugarloaf in the backdrop, apparently it's a WWII memorial. Evie got to see a Crane up-close and personal. Until next week!
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