Lack of inspiration...

My mom is struggling to post something new... Every night she checks my page and the ones from all of my friends, that is, the ones who have blogs... but tonight she's struggling to come up with something original or witty, so I'm just going to say hi and showcase my most common mood:

21 months

Today our little one turned 21 months... Here are some memorable moments:

The early days:



Visiting the Colloseum at 3 months:



Arriving in B-Town at 6 months:



Christmas with my family in Rio:



First steps (almost) on my own:



Summer fun... Rio-style:



And today, playing anonymous star with my glasses:

Hobbits!

Yesterday, we started watching the first DVD of the Lord of the Rings! My mom is such a big fan, she was all excited to explain the start of the story.



We watched the part when they explain the life of Hobbits. They are funny these hobbits, they like simple things and happily conform to the norms of their society. Mom says they are just like the Swiss... Now I want to go to Switzerland again, because I want to see if there are Swiss people with the same feet as Hobbits!

Hoosier adaptation!

When do you know you are adapting to Hoosierland?

You celebrate when IU beats Purdue and when the Colts win!

Guerre de la lolette!

Amélie nous fait une guerre de la lolette gigantesque ces jours... Elle demande sa lolette tout le temps... Elle a même compris que le meilleur moyen de l'avoir et de prétendre une fatigue extrême, comme ça papa et maman la mettent au lit avec ce trésor tant convoité...

Attention, pensez-vous qu'une lolette soit assez pour que Mamselle Pessoa s'endorme paisiblement!?? Que neni, il faut une lolette dans la bouche et une dans chaque main pour que mamselle consente à s'endromir, je ne vous dis pas combien nous jonglons pour satisfaire cette petite crevette.

Le matin c'est la fin du monde si on essaie de la faire descendre au salon sans ses précieux cargos... Mais comme elle sait que maman n'accepte pas qu'elle prenne sa lolette dans sa main pour descendre, elle vient de nous mettre au point un nouveau stratagème...



L'adage 'plus il y en a plus c'est bon' me vient à l'esprit, je me demande bien pourquoi...

Cultural adaptation...

Amélie seemed to be falling down quite a bit these days... So much so that I was really starting to wonder what was happening... Was she too distracted by things around her to pay attention to her walking? Was she drinking from a hidden reservoir of Vodka? Did she have some neuro-locomotor problems? I kept wondering what was going on...

This Sunday, I got my answer... We had a playdate with Rena, one of her classmates. While there, Rena's mom offered to sing 'ring around the rosy'... We all got in a circle, and Rena's mom started singing (I still have to get the lyrics right) and at the 4th line, it says 'all fall down', and Amélie joyfully followed Rena's lead to fall down on the carpet...

Now I know that, all this time, Amélie has just been perfecting her 'ring around the rosy' dance... I also know that I seriously need to learn more about these US kids' songs!

Halloween!

Pendant que maman est en voyage d'affaires à Orlando, papa et moi avons fait de notre mieux pour fêter Halloween... Cette année, j'étais une Dalmatienne:





Mais mon costume était moins confortable que celui que ma maman m'avait fait l'an passé...



J'espère que l'année prochaine, mes parents me laisseront enfin choisir mon costume!