A Catch-All Up Post

I mowed.
Yes, I did…
…and only more than a half away to the yard I found out the there was this little button you push and the mower moves it self – I did NOT have to push the mower up and down BY MYSELF! =oP
Great!
I only have one word to describe what I felt: SORE!

But I do love the weather… We have SO much to do around here, outside of this house and hopefully little by little we’ll finish by the end of the summer! Our main concern now it’s getting the dead sod out of our yard and try to get grass out!

With so much good stuff to do outside (not talking about the work – lol – but the fun) I don’t get extra time to sit here and write… and when I do I ended up reading about this horrible case that happened in Brasil, this girl Isabella, 5 yrs old was strangled by her dad and thrown down the window of the 6th floor of their apartment… just a nasty brutality! WOW, it always overwhelms me so I want to leave the computer…
It’s chocking and “everywhere” – like when the Marcus Fisel deal was happening here. Every site, on TV 24/7 – that’s all they talk about! It’s being almost 2 months and they still haven’t being able to arrest the dad and stepmother until like yesterday or something…
But let’s just drop that one and talk about good thing? Yeap – that!

We done so many fun things this past week, we got to go to the:
* Zoo with K – Benji was running away from the “butter” bees (bumble bees)
* Indoor pool at the Y with Daiane – Noah is not afraid to dive in at all – just loves it! He is basically a fish! =)
* Picnic with the Salty Dawgs… and those girls are always so much fun!
Grace came on our car, in the way to the park she turns and say: "Lilian, you know the park we are going is on Lebanon Road, right?" *LMAO*
* Dinner with the FUNNS families on Saturday. -Dan cooked Chinese again – yuuummie! Kids had fun flying a kite and playing with worms!
* Sunday was Brooke’s birthday! Benji was happy to give her a gift & just couldn’t wait for the cake! =)
I got too many pictures so check out this slide show:



…and “BOOM”!!! A whole week has passed! Fun, lots of fun… and I’m beat! =)
but I guess this cold weather is gonna keep us inside for a couple of days, it should be enough to rest and catch up with cleaning and laundry! =)


Totally OT: Vanessa dropped out from Hell's Kitchen, I still can't believe it! Now I like Ben (Even though Cheff doesn't) and on the girls team it's Cristina. I would love to see Jen keeping up with the good work, it's just her attitude that bothers me... anyways...

I’ll finish this post with this beautiful sentence I read at Vinnie’s blog:
“Don’t share your dreams with people, they may take them from you…
… tell them to God, after all He IS the only one that can make them come true!”

Beautiful hu?
XOXO





* Essa semana fui me meter cortar a grama ne… aqui a grama crescer super rapido, precisamos cortar pelo menos uma vez a cada duas semanas e o Dan nao gosta de cortar, hj fui dar uma de metida, fui la comprei gasoline, pq nosso cortador funciona com gasosa… cortei… cortei… e quando tava quase terminando descobri… descobri que tem um “auto” no cortador de grama, que eu nao precisava ficar empurrando o treco pra cima e pra baixo.. ele anda sozinho!!!!


Traduzindo… eu to QUEBRADA! Dor nas costas eh soh apelido! =(

Adoro o calor, mas mater o jardim em ordem eh um trabalhao viu… estamos removendo a ggrama morta da frente e plantando sementes par aver se cresce grama uniforme…

E tbm com tanta coisa boa pra fazer la for a quase nao tiro tempo para senter aqui e escrever, ate porque ne, eh sentar no computador e ja comeca a ler sobre o caso Isabella – que me da ate uma angustia… teve tbm aqui em Ohio ano passado uma familia colocou um menino de 3 anos, autista no guarda-roupa e foi viajar por 3 dias… voltaram, o menino estava morto (eh claro) e finjiram para todos por meses que o menino tinha “desaparecido” qdo a mae desmaiou no parte (tudo uma farsa, programada) Foram dias e dias de procura pelo menino Marcus, dia e noite ate a verdade surgir!
Acho que os pais dele pegaram prisao perpetua… que barbaridade, nao?
Mas mudadndo de assunto ne gente? Tanta coisa boa pra contar… vamos falar de coisa que alegra o coracao da gente!? nhe????

Viram todas as fotos? (ainda nao coloquei - aguenta firme) For a dessa semana que passou VOANDO… quinta fomos no zoologico com a Kristen (minha futura cunhada) ; ao invez de dizer bumble bees, (que significa abelhao) – o Benjamin chamava elas de butter bees… (abelha de margarina!) nada a ver – Mo Comedia!
Depois a noite fomos na psicina aqui do clube com a Daiane e as criancas.. o Noah peixinho nao queria nem saber que a gua ja tava cobrindo a boquinha dele… ele ia mais e mais pro fundo! Nao tem medo algum! Quero ver se Deus preparer todas as coisas colcoamos ele na natacao, ne?
Sexta fomos fazer um picnic com as minha visinhas aqui, que foi uma delicia, acabou em sorvete e muita risada!
Sabado o grupo FUNNS (Familias Unidas nao sentem saudades) que eh um grupinho de familias brasileiras aqui vieram jantar aqui em casa… o Dan fez chines de novo e tava muuuuito bom! =)
Domingo foi o aniversario da Brooke, na pista de patinacao, super gostoso!

E sem agente perceber a semana passou…. Esfriou … e assim eh bom porque agente para em casa, eu limpo essa bagunca e fico em dia com a minha roupa suja! =) hehhehee
Eu adoro ler o blog do Vi… e hj para terminar vou copier essa frase que ele colocou outro dia:

“Nao conte seus sonhos para outras pessoas, elas podem rouba-los. Conte-os para Deus, pois Ele eh o unico que pode realize-lo” (Autor Desconhecido)
Lindo, nao?
XOXO

When you look at…

…this face does your heart melt away???     -Mine does – but I’m the mom! I know! =)

He has a purple mouth from eating a blueberry muffin…
 
 
 Noah having his first popsicle of the season * and now everytime he giggles he’ll cover his mouth!
 
 
 Noah’s first time helping to make muffins * Noah & Thomas hugging at the pool
 
 
So - I got scared this week, but just a little…
Both of my kids, blessings, healthy perfect boys. Imagine how I worried when I heard my baby has a speech delay… I first was thinking it was because of the bilingual thing… but he scored low on his “social skills” test too. (Ei. 6 out of 10 – Meaning like 5 and lower can be consider different levels of autism). He can’t do some things a 18 month old should be doing like grabbing things “twirlers” style, using silverware, lil simple stuff like that… and I was always so laid back about them taking their time.
It felt like I was lacking on raising my kids, at first. Now I’m ok, really – I’m…


I just want to make sure we are doing all we can and giving Noah all we can to help him develop at his fullest; on his speed – I don’t want to rush him into anything, but I do want to make sure I do my part!


And Noah has amazingly impressed me this past couple of weeks. New words, new signs, less crying… personally – after this week I don’t even think he has a speech delay… all the sudden he came out with a bunch or words…
We are working with Help Me Grow & MRDD – some awesome services provided by Warren County where the speech therapist/social worker and whatever else he may need will come over to our house and help/teach us what we need to know/do to give Noah a “bust”.
Our next visit is this week… more updates to come! =)

Voce tbm derrete quando ve essa carinha do Noah?
Eu derreto, mas sou mae, ne? Entao sou suspeita! hehe

Meu filhos sao minhas bencoes de Deus, uns amore, saudaveis, felizes…  e so tenho que agradecer a Deus… mas o Noah me deu um susto esses dias…
Nao falava nada, a pediatra mandou ele fazer fono… ai ai ai…
Primeiro pensei que era por causa do portugues/ingles, mas nao pois ele teve um score bem baixo no teste social tambem, me senti uma mae ruim, que nao estava dando atencao e ensinando o suficiente para os meninos… nao quero fazer pressao para o Noah aprender, mas quero ter certeza de fazer a minha parte bem feita! Fiquei meio nervosa mas logo me acalmei!

… e em poucos dias ele comecou a falar uma porcao de palavrinhas novas, gestos e outros meios de se comunicar… mas ainda assim vamos continuar com a fono. Um programa maravilhoso que tem aki no meu “condado”. A fono vem em casa, ela ou qquer outro servico que o Noah precisar, de graca, pago pelo governo nao importa a situacao financeira. Joia, neh?

 Nas fotos: Noah comendo o primeiro picole desse verao, cobrindo a cara (agora faz assim toda a vez que da risada), ajudando a mae mexer a massa dos muffins de amore e abracando o Thomas na psicina

Thanks Leslie!!! =)

 For the 2 new playsilks! (They were actually worship flags, what makes them even cooler!) - The boys loved it! God Bless You!!!
  
 This was Benji’s old one - A toy well used! =) -Thank you too Kt.

 

 Esses “pedacos de pano” sao um brinquedo meio hippie que eh bem comum aqui nos EUA, chamamos de “Play-silk” que traduzindo ao pe da letra significa “Brinca com Seda”, pois o material eh uma seda…
 Custa caro aqui, uns 30 reais… e nossa amiga Leslie nos deu 2 pedacos de bandeiras que ela tinha feito para a igreja dela… e funcionou certinho para as criancas! =)
 O nosso velho quem nos deu foi a “Keiry” que eh a mae do meio irmao do Benjamin e do Noah…
 Pela foto da para ver quanto eles brincaram, nao eh mesmo?
 O Ben usa de capa de superheroi, cobertor para os ursos… tenda… tudo aquilo que a imaginacao dele quiser! =)
 Legal, nao?!

Got Brasil?

Brazilian – and nobody can deny! =)

Yeap.. there’s Brazilian blood on these boys veins! And I’m SO proud of it! =)
Benji and his “embaixadinhas” (not sure how they are called in English – anyone??)
His got something with the ball, not just necessary soccer… any sport really!


And Noah – Because to eat Mango you GOT to use your hands! You GOT to get messy! =)

Lots os picture posts latelly hu? I know, I know… but believe me - it shall pass! =)
Brasileiros e ninguem pode negar, ne?
Olha so essas fotos e me digam se nao tem sangue de brasileiro nesses meninos???

O Benjamin so na embaixadinha! Ele adora uma bola!! Nao precisa ser de futebol nao, gosta de baisebal, ama basket e agora ta com essa historia de querer jogar “golfiti” (Golf)
E o Noah mostrando para a Americana que “ Manga tem que comer com a mao! Manga tem que se lambusar”  (lembra do commercial da Kibon?)  Eeeeee orguio! =)
-Da lhe foto postar foto agora que eu to com camera funcionando, ne? Nao stressa nao pessoal, logo essa febre passa heheeh

Sit back & relax – this will be a long (n blue) post!





Friday after the BS I took Benji, Isaac & Noah to the park. We got some Mds and went out to this pretty cool park in Lebanon, we played, had a nature walk n after that we went to Double Dippy for ice cream and for a “train tour”.


– it looks pretty weird in there… I took a picture, look:




  


  

  



  


Then that night there was a girl’s night out with the Salty Dawgs girls, in the middle of the gathering I started feeling incredibly sick… Dari rushed with me to the ER, and my blood pressure was high. Diagnose: combination of all the asthma medication I being taking (3 of them and all of them have high blood pressure as a side effect)… It’s all under control now, but of course when the house stars falling down – it comes ALL down at once… so…
While I was at the ER talking to Dan on the phone, his cell fell and broke, we went to Verizon Store on Saturday and in order to get free phones or a good deal we renewed our contracts for another 2 years…



I got the LG ENV – cause I love txt messaging but for talking this phone just SUCKS really bad… I kind of miss my old phone! =oP



Dan & the boys got me this AWESOME digital camera that I wanted for a long time! =)
It’s a semi professional Canon, simple – it’s what we could afford… but It’s waaay more than I expected! It has pretty cool lens and all kinds of features!
I’m SO SO SO SO excited! Now I just need to learn how to use it! =))))


Oh – how come I almost forgot that I got my mother’s day gift early???


I gave it a couple shots... they are ok but I still need to learn how to work the camera, anyways... When Marie's mom passed away she need to empty out her furnished home, and I got a few things...
 

i got this planter and finally this year I put it up! =) Here are a few pics of my new flowers I took with the new cam! =)





The view from my kitchen sink! I just love it love it love it! =)
 



A close up on the flowers -n- my new pais of shozies - i got in Brasil at the "Havaiana" Store fro 10 bucks! =oO lol - Isn't it cute?
 






Kind of creepy (sp?) – in one of the trains there’s this scull, I think it’s a Halloween decoration, but man
 
Here some other pics of the boys:



vcs viram aquela foto? Da caveira dentro do trem? Gente eh uma decoracao do dia das bruxas mas eh muito feio!Parece que tem uma pessoa la dentro esperando o trem partir… fazem anos… hahaha
Engracado! =)
gente diz aqui nos EUA, qdo vem a chuva vem a tempestade (xi, nao fez sentido em portugues!)…  enquanto o Dan falava comigo no telephone (eu no PS e ele em casa) ele derruba o telephone, rola as escadas (o telephone) e quebrou, eh claro! =)
clique aqui para ver a foto
) porem como celular eh uma porcaria! Mas agora a troca ja foi feita! =oP

Eh uma Canon semi proficional (clique aqui para ver a maquina) e eh claro que agora preciso aprender a usar, ne? Eh bem simples, porque nao tinhamos condicoes de comprar nada muito caro e chique, alias aproveitamos a super promocao porque essa camera ta saindo do Mercado (mas tem garantia de 5 anos!, entao nao me preocupei…) mas ADOREI! =)
Muito joia! As ultimas 6 fotos foram tiradas com a camera nova... gostaram do meu sapatinho branco de havaianas?? comprei la em Sampa antes de vir embora... SUPER confortavel! =) 


Senta ai, relaxa que esse vai ser cumprido!!!




Entao… sexta feira depois que eu me encontrei com o meu grupo de oracao passei no Mac, comprei almoco pras criancas e fomos no park. O Isaque passou a tarde conosco… foi gostoso, formos no park, fizemos uma caminhada pela natureza, os meninos amaram e depois fomos tomar um sorvete e ver os trems… e vimos uma coisa muito estranha…



 Ai na sexta a noite teve um encontro da mulherada la na Leslie e eu passei mal! Nem aproveitei! A Dari correu comigo pro pronto socorro. Era pressao, tava alta, mas ja ta tudo bem - Foi so a combinacao de medicamentos... todos tem como reacao o aumento da pressao... ai ja viu ne?!



E por cima disse tudo so um pequeno incidente... a



Tivemos que ir na loja comprar um novo. Um puro marketing - se vc assina um contrato de dois anos ganha celular de graca ou uma super promocao e eh claro que acabamos assinando ne...

Eu escolhei o ENV da LG so porque eu gosto muito de mandar mensagens... (

E claro que eu nao posso esquecer… viram as fotos no fim do post? Foram tirades com a minha maquina nova! Ganhei adiantado de dia das maes…! =)





My kid ran away and never looked back =(

Benjamin and Calvin have being playing together much more than usual; Benji talks about him all the time and wants to go play with him all the time…


Last year every time we went to Shelly’s for BS Ben didn’t even want to go in their house… this year it’s different! =)
This morning Shelly called to see if Benji wanted to go over for a couple of hours and play… boy! Never saw Benji getting ready so fast! He waited until was time and kissed me, said “Goodbye mom I’ll go to Calvin’s house now”

And my kid ran away… and never looked back!

I just watched him from our drive way and Shelly was waiting for him outside… (she is like 4 houses away) he said hi and went in to play!

It may not sound that big of a deal for you that reads, but for me! Ohhhh, it made me so happy to see Benjamin growing up and taking those kinds of steps but also – my heart ached just thinking that I don’t have my baby anymore… he is a little guy, full of desires!
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E la se foi meu menino….

Nossa visinha aqui tem um menino que eh dois meses mais novo que o Benjamin, o nome dele eh Calvin e esses dois meninos tem brincado muito juntos ultimamente, eles se dao muito bem!

Ano passado qdo eu ia na casa da Shelly (a mae do Calvin) o Benjamin tinha pavor de entrar, chorava, nao queria entrar naquela casa de jeito nenhum (ate fiquei um pouco preocupada!) Mas esse ano as coisas estao diferentes!

Hoje de manha a Shelly ligou perguntando se o Ben podia ir la brincar or umas 2 horinhas… sem pensar muito o Benji se trocou, colocaou sapato e jaqueta e ficou so esperando dar a hora de ir. Qdo eu disse que ele podia ir, ele me deu um beijao e disse “Tchau mae, agora vou la na casa do Calvin” (Em ingles)

E la se foi meu menino… e nem olhou pra tras!
Eu fiquei ali for a olhando ele, porque sao 4 casas pra baixo da nossa, a Shelly e o Calvin estava na porta esperando ele, eu escutei ele falar “oi” e entrou pra brincar! =)

Eu gosto muito de ver o desenvolvimento dele e para voce que le provavelmente isso ano eh um grande acontecimento na vida do Benjamin, mas para mim! Ohhhh, eh um passo beeem grande! E fico muito feliz de ver o amadurecimento dele, mas ao mesmo tempo meu coracao fica apertadinho…. Porque ja nao tenho mais meu bebe, O Benji eh um mocinho ja! Cheio de desejos proprios! =)

You asked * I delivered

When I started my blog I asked Dan if I should do it in Portuguese or English, and he said he preffered in English so he could read it too… but I still have several friends who will stop by and just look at pictures because they can’t read in English!

So… in order to make everyone happy I’ll double post everything, Portuguese & English.

The best way I found to do that is making a link to the postuguese post – so this way the blog won’t be even more confusing (lol) – so whenever you see (READ MORE) it means that is the same post – in Portuguese! =) -Cool??



Clique aki para ler em Portugues:
ATENDENDO A PEDIDOS

Vou comecar a fazer o blog em portugues tbm…

O Dan pediu para ser em ingles pra ele entender, mas tenho muitos leitores que nao entendem ingles! Entao vou fazer em portuga tbm!

Para que os posts nao fiquem muito longos eo blog fique confuse e cansativo vou fazer assim: no fim de cada post em ingles colocarei tudo em um link escrito– (READ MORE) eh so clicar la e tem tudo em portugues, blz

Hes got it right…

I just watched an episode of this show called Eli Stone – and I’m hooked! Totally cool!!!! It’s already the season finally and that is good because I don’t need another show to my list – lol)

* Survivor it’s HILARIUS! Man I never laughed so much watching it as I did this past week!

* Hells Kitchen it’s fired up!

* Carpoolers it’s a pretty funny show…. And the food network it’s on if I have any extra time to sit in front of the screen.

* Lost and Grey’s Anatomy will be back in a couple of weeks! And that is more than enough TV for me!

-BTW, you can go to abc.com and check how Sawyer would nickname you!!! I’m….

no more “chocola milk” for ya

I finally feel better! And my lap top is fixed!!! =) yeah!!! (Hmmm, do you feel any connection there? – lol)
“Lap Top – phone – home!” Lol lol lol lol

Anyways…

– Dan & I now like spending our Sunday mornings trying to do some Pancake Art – Man, this is hard!!! Check out some pics:
 
 
  
 
And last week Dan had the brilliant idea to give Benjamin plain milk (on the sippy cup) – Benji has being only drinking “chocola milk” for about a year now… and you guys guess what??????????
My kid didn’t even realized that there was NO chocolate in his milk!!!!
BLAAAAAAHHHHHH
So he’s being drinking all this sugar/chocolate this WHOLE time for NO need! Just because I’m a bubble head… =oPPPP
So, it’s being a week now that Benjamin drinks a cup of PLAIN milk before bed!
How cool! =)

Benji did so nice last night too – and so did Noah, Tim & Katie had invited us for dinner, and they played really well with their 3 boys. It was a perfect weather and we had a very nice time!


B & N also played with Isabella yesterday while Dari & I were “working” on a blog for her – and let me tell ya… that is a story to post about but I’ll leave that to her! =)

I’m excited that 2 of my friends had started blogs this past week…. =) I love catching up and keeping it “updated” – especially from friends that we don’t see very often!

So what we are not by the book????

Man! It sucks to be sick… I’M feeling better though!

I haven’t done much but here are some funny ones from the kids:
Benji
* Every time something goes wrong for him you will hear him say: “That wasn’t’ supposed to happen” (From Wubbzy)
* See something funny and will say: “This is some funny shit”
Man! We *SO* need to watch what we say around this kid…
He is also using some cute sentences like:
“Sorry mom, this as all my fault”
“I didn’t mean to do this” (How long until this one flies - lol)

Noah
* Says “Peeuwww” for everything he thinks it looks/smells good, while putting his hands on his nose…
* Imitates Ben, put his hands on the floor – “butt” up and say “GO” and runs like there’s no tomorrow… (I’m just wondering how long before stitches! Uhhhh!) - Funny funny! =P
Here goes another funny one… cute little Noah, goes to the bath, rips a tinny little piece of TP, flushes and claps for himself… over and over again!

Ahh, so cute uh? Yeap – sure!

… until the other day, Dan took a vacation day to help with the bys because I was just miserable and cute little Noah…

Unrolls the whole tp into the toilet, kept on flushing over and over again… (Dan heard but didn’t care much cause he plays like that all the time & I was upstairs)
Long story short:
We had toilet water all over the bathroom, hallways and going down the basement ceiling…

Well well…

1      2      3       4      5     6      7      8      9      10

Breeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaath! Aaaaahhhhh =)
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Totally OOT now:

1. Hells Kitchen still rocking -n-

2. I got a film of this song I really like, my camera is still broken so it turned out like crap but it may do the job.

If you have time, watch it! This is from WWW and it’s just a cool cool song, my fav!
Because you know what? Society sets “standards” for everything… and that doesn’t matter!!! I try my best, but let me tell ya – It doesn’t bother me if it’s not by the book…

alt : http://www.youtube.com/v/TvZdfaP8ywQ&hl=en




I'm sick!

Blahhhhhh
I have no idea what is it that I’m fighting but I feel pretty nasty! =oP

… and my lap top broke =(

Oh, a little “ps”: I want to mentioned that we always had about 80 visits a day and this week we reached an average of 120 visits a day! I’m not who all of you are but Thanks for stopping by and visiting! =)

Now I wonder if it’s just people refreshing because they don’t like the music - ukwim? LOL

Daily my heart goes out to you......

This morning on BS we read 2 Corinthians 9. The whole chapter touched my heart but in specific this one: “14 And in their prayers for you their hearts will go out to you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you.”

It made me want to pray more and more to people – because when I do that is exactly how I feel, that my heart is just going out to them…

And I’ll finish with verse 15, I’ll make it my words: “15 Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!”

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!

My awesome dad is turning 53 today… =) **Happy birthday papa! **

I pray that God feel your life with another 53 healthy years and that we can be closer at least a few of them! =) I love you SO much!!!!


Also – a happy birthday to my friends Vinicius & Jonathas!!!! =)
And a late hug out to:
Kristen! 03(25)
Misael (04/01)
Fynn (04/02)
God bless you all!!! =)

New & old pics…

I never imagine  I would be ok with my kids playing these kind of “games”
 Anyways - Boys playing with their Light saber - Noah getting ready for the battle! =)
 
 
Noah eating grapes - and taking a ride with Benjamin
 
 
Noah LOVES to “read” * Benji playing with  some old snow….
 
 
 Benji couting to 10 for mommy to hide  and Noah “copy-cat” * Batman calling vovoh! =)
 
 

Boy riding bikes - Ben is doing awesome with the helmet!!!! =)
 
 
 Fun  in the tub!
 
  
 Fun  in the tub! #2 * A couple days ago I was looking for Noah,  I was starting to freakout when I saw him sleeping in the couch behind the pillows…  hiding… =oP
 
 
 I love these shoes * My green onions - always growing like a weed! =)
 
 

I’m going “thru” such a good season

So I understand you all being getting some good laughs with my spelling ( At least I h ope it’s just the spelling – I hope I don’t talk like that!!!) =oP

This one may not sound funny when you read – but it was:
J – Do we have a power bar?
Me – I have chocolate bars??? DO you want one?

LOL LOL LOL
He was talking about a power cord – I guess this wasn’t much about English but more like “blond” brain…

Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiire!!!

Hells Kitchen is BACK! =)   -Vanessa it’s my girl! (so far)
The LA times said:
“Hell’s Kitchen’: The dark lord of cooking reigns again!” -LOL