Museum

Parque da Independencia

Brasil was celebrating it's independance day!

We thought it would be nice to go to the museum and learn

a little bit more about the history of Brazil. It was very interesting

The building and the grounds were magnificent.

The view from the museum.

18 Months Old

We LOVE this little guy so much.

R babe said his first word in portuguese this past week. "Para" it means stop. What mostly comes out of his mouth is ball, ball, MY Ball, and pup pup. We also get Mom, Dad and sometimes J. I just can't get enough of this little face. He loves to look at books with mom and dad and loves his blankie. When he is feeling tired, he finds his blankie sucks his thumbs and twists the little nobbers. His favorite thing to do is kick the ball back and forth. He has discovered how to drop kick the ball. At one point anything he would pick up he would try to drop kick it. What a cutie!

The Miracle of the Chocolate Fazenda

We like to call this day the Miracle of the Chocolate Fazenda. There were two miracles we experienced this day. We had been driving for 2 hours or so and were just about to give it up and go home. We stopped to get gas and the first miracle happened. R asked for directions... no that was not the miracle. The miracle was the gas attendant told us we were close and gave us directions and she was actually giving us legitimate directions. The second miracle was R was able to understand the directions, therefore getting us to the chocolate farm. We were so proud and excited to actually be at our final destination. .

Score 1 for the Arbuckle Family!

The vibrant colors of the caterpillar against the tree caught M's eye.

There were hundreds of these things and they were about 6" long.

You know how our family loves Bees!

Check out this Beehive.





Pony rides $2.oo
Can't beat that!

All my boys watching J saddle up.

(and some random little girl)

Do they still makes these?

Is this OSHA approved?

A fish and a turtle co-habitating.

Mr. Don King the Duck

You would have thought these ducks hadn't eaten for days.

They saw food and came a swimmin'

AAHHHHH!

When in Brazil....

To finish off the day a sweet treat from the Chocolate Store.

Enjoying..

Every last bite!

We loved looking around this store.

We ended up with a giant size loaf of bread, some homemade raspberry jam,

garlic and onion flavored nuts and a few other treats.
All in all a really fun day!

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A fun treat from Grandma !

Grandma Roxie had a great idea to send us caramel apple wrappers.

We had a great time decorating and eating our apples.

Thank You Grandma Roxie!

Sweet Hair

I am not sure why we get such a kick out of R babe's crazy hair. R (yes..my husband) loves to comb it and make it as puffy as possible. It is so 80's. Eat your heart out!

Reese's Pieces

Sunday afternoon we decided to make some Reese's pieces bars.

R babe really enjoyed them. Talk about licking your plate clean.

One year Anniversary

Time really is a peculiar thing.

It seems like one year has flown by,

on the other hand, it feels like we have lived here for a really long time.

We went to Outback steakhouse to celebrate.

The time here has been such a challenge but well worth it.

We have grown together as a family. We have met some wonderful people along the way and experienced more than we could have ever dreamed.

A Really big THANK YOU to Westech for letting us have this experience.

I can't wait to see what this coming year will bring.