A pair to call my own

Mother's Day was as special as ever.  I woke up to kisses and hugs from my children and all their handmade and bought presents.  

They both had made me cards....

my daughter thought of me and my obsession with animals, namely the dalmation dog that I had wanted to buy, (see post almost crazy enough) and made me this picture....

my son made me a treasure hunt.  I had to follow each clue until I found my present....his kisses at the end....

and my husband bought me my first pair of Havianas....(thank you for your post Gabriela!)

It was a beautiful day for me :)

Mother's

This is from another's blog:  cielo  check her site out, it is really pretty!

I would like to say a special thank you to my Mom...

Your concern, your words, your comfort, your whole self

has been a guiding light in my life.

I love you Mom!

Here was what was in my horoscope today and also rings true in my heart.  I remember my Grandmother always telling me to "think positive":

Hope is the word to hold on to today -- no matter how unlikely success might seem from where you are standing now, amazing things can happen. You must think positively, because you know in your heart that positive things can happen. People can show up from out of the blue. Mother Nature can sweep in and change everything. Money can be found in the pocket of a coat forgotten in the back of the closet. The answer to your problem is out there -- open your mind to it.

Driver situations

So, here we go again...more funny driver situations.  If you are new to my blog and haven't seen the previous one, check out embarrassing situations

Today's latest was when we (me and my 6 and 9 year old) went downstairs to go to school.  We got into the car and I noticed that my driver was wearing a really nice burnt orange colored shirt.  I really liked the color, and thought, hey, why not compliment him on it.  Here is how the conversation followed:

Me: Good morning Jeferson.  I like your shirt.  It is a very nice color.

Jef: Good morning, thank you.

9 year old: Yea, I bet you wore it to attract all the girls right?

Ok, my 9 year old is mature, but I couldn't help but laugh at this one!!  Needless to say, Jeferson was embarrassed and laughing also.

Remember the old tv show with Bill Crosby, where all the kids said exactly what was on their mind?  Well, today my son was featured in our car :)

Future Artist

I just wanted to boast a little and share my daughter's art work that was displayed at her school.  She takes art lessons with an artist here and she loves it.  

Randomness

This foto reminded me of a blog on a fellow bloggers website: Ann wrote about how she saw little ducklings and their mom crossing the road...

It also reminds me of a story that I always used to read to my kids:               "Make Way for Ducklings" by Robert McCloskey.

Enjoy your day :)

Meme

I have been tagged for a meme by Marina.  Here are the rules:

1. Write your own six-word memoir.

2. Post it on your blog and include a visual illustration if you’d like.

3. Link to the person who tagged you in your post.

4. Tag five more blogs with links.

5. Remember to leave a comment on the tagged blogs with an invitation to play.

Here are my 6:

1. I am a scuba diver, and love to dive.  Every chance my husband and I can escape to dive, we try to take it!

2. I love to dance!  I used to be a professional ballet dancer, but now that I have retired I still love to dance.  I love to merengue and salsa especially!

3. My kids bring me so much joy and I love watching them grow, even if it does go by too fast!

4. My husband is the best in the world, and we are still so in love after 12 years!

5. I love animals. ( see previous post: almost crazy enough !)

6. I have an addictive/obsessive personality. (just for good things though, nothing like drugs or alcohol than goodness!)

that said...there is much more to me than I can fit into six descriptions :)

So, I am new to blogging and hope this link works!  Person I would like to see do this:  Gabriela, ...ok, so I do not have many blogger friends....can't come up with any others and I don't really want to pick someone out of the blue to tag.  At least I should probably get to know some others first.  

The other two people that I "know" have already done this.

Angra Dos Reis

Recently for a long weekend we went to a beach area close enough to home.  It is called Angra dos Reis.  It was very pretty and a great 5 days together as a family, despite all of the rain that came for the weekend.  

We rode horses to a private river area, 

rented a boat to take us to Ilha Grande and got to the see the "7th most beautiful beach in the world" according to our boat captain!

Lopes Mendes is a beach on the open ocean side of Ilha Grande.  It really was amazingly beautiful, whether or not it is on any list.  It is horse-shoe shaped and has some of the prettiest colors of blue and green of any ocean that I have seen.

We had a great time and it was a much needed escape from the daily grind of life...no matter where you live :)