Evie's favorite things in Rio so far:

1.  The buttons where the mist sprays at the beach
2.  carmel stuffed-churros and coconut popsicles
3.  monkeys
4.  going to the park
5.  the sand castles on the calcedau, especially if they involve dragons, whales, or Corcovado
6.  Jesus:  really, this morning her favorite thing was holding the amethist and silver corcovado statue, it reminds her of the real statue, and Rio.  We tried to take it away before we went out, but she was insistent:  "I want to hold the Jesus!"  She was very, very sad, crying a lot be we didn't want it to break. We'll buy her a wooden one tomorrow.

Yesterday we went to Colleens for brunch, and then to the Sheraton for the pools and little beach.  It was really fun, I like the Sheraton.  The water is so warm, it's so scenic, and Evie loves the kiddie pool with the little balls and rings.

It rained a few days in a row this week so I had a lot of time to write, and wrote a blog post that got 26,000 views and over 4,000 shares on facebook.  Kinda weird!