Lost in translation - AGAIN!

This is an old post I wrote back in FEb and it's being sitting on my desktop waiting to be translated (as many other ones are) so they just never make it in! =)

Anyways; you think that being in this country for 8 yrs I would now some things by now. Well, apparently not as much as I should – or wish!


This is the first year that the kids are in school and we are here on Valentine's day; so this beautiful letter comes from the school asking that the kids bring in cards enough to everyone in the class (12) by Friday.

Benjamin and I spend a whole afternoon making our own cards. Not because I didn't want to spend $12 bucks at Hallmark but because I was being a smart ass thinking:

“We are not just gonna buy cards and write your name Ben – we are actually gonna make out own!!!”

So we did – it took us close to 4 hours because Ben wanted to make each one of them, and we put them on the envelopes and all... they were big large cards and I was so freaking proud of it!

Just until Friday when Ben brought his bag with all the other kid's cards!
They were these little tinny bit cards that you get on the store for like $1 and it's like an 8x11 sheet and you just pull them apart, close and write the kid's name on it! Some came with tattoos, stickers, some with candy...

Weeeelllllllllll if you ever seen the valentine's day cards I'm talking about it you know by know how stupid I felt! =oPPP
 

These were Ben's cards - like 10x10 stockpaper cards! LOL 

 

Theeeese are what the kids give to each other! They are 1x1 "regular" paper mini cards ~ LOOOOL

Entao - depois de morar nos Estados Unidos por 8 anos a gente imagina que ja aprendeu todas as diferencas de cultura - mas aparentemente nao!

A escola manda uma cartinha dizendo que o dia dos namorados (que aqui nao tem o relacionamento homem e mulher e sim qualquer pessoa que voce goste!) esta chegando e que o Benjamin teria que levar um cartao para cada aluno da sala dele. 

Eu nao quis ir ao Hallmark  compra pronto nao so pelo fato de que saria caro pois cartao aqui eh caro mas porque eu gosto de fazer coisas diferentes entao sugeri ao Ben que nos usassemos carimbos e fizessemos os nossos proprios cartoes!

Eu estava TODA orgulhosa do trabalho dele, mesmo demorando quase 4 horas para fazer (ehsim, passamos a tarde toda fazendo cartoes!) e mandei para escola!

Um baixa cartao de meia pagina em papel cartao no envelope todo lindo!

Na sexta-feira vem o Benjamin para casa com um saquinho cheio de cartoes dos amiguinhos... cartao?

Nao - um minusculo pedicinho de papel qualquer que eles dobram ao meio, uns vem com tatuagens outros com figurinhas, doces ou brinquedinhos que voce compra na loja, umac cartelinha com 12 nao custa nem um dollar!

Vejam as fotos ali emcima! E acho que mais ou menos agora vc ja deve imaginar a vergonha que eu passei e a minha cara caindo no chao! hehehe =)

Vivendo e aprendendo ne?