Visita dos Trope-Porto: Francisco, Antonio, Paula e Ricardo

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Dezembro foi MUITO especial...
Tivemos a alegria de termos a visita dos Trope-Porto: Francisco, Antonio, Paula e Ricardo - durante duas semanas, incluindo o Natal. Foi uma alegria incalculavel para todos nos... Be e Guga ficaram bem chororo com a despedida dos primos, neste ultimo domingo.
[December was a very special month... We had the visit of the Trope-Porto family: Francisco, Antonio, Ricardo and Paula - for two weeks, including X-mas. Bernardo and Gustavo are feeling lonely and nostalgic after their cousins said goodbye yesterday.]

Sentir saudade e' um aprendizado, e para quem vive longe, e' um aprendizado constante e interminavel.

As fotos desta visita foram inumeras, e aqui temos apenas uma gostinho delas. Vale a pena reviver esses momentos, que incluiram "tubing" na neve, patinacao, jogo de futebol entre familias no Newtown Park, fogueira no patio de tras da nossa casa, visitas a diversas atracoes de Atlanta (GA Aquarium, Fernbank, World of Coca-cola, e Stone Mountain) e muita brincadeira entre os primos dentro de casa. Esses dias vao ficar na memoria para sempre!

Todas as fotos abaixo podem ser vistas @ Stella's Facebook account.
[All the pictures listed in the links below were originally posted in Stella's Facebook account.]

• Momentos diversos
• Traveling to NC in search of some snow
• Snow in NC (although it was fake, it was good enough!)
• X-mas day in Alpharetta

Bernardo's b-day celebrations (MD and GA)

Bernardo knows well how to get around the fact that his b-day is always during Thanksgiving holiday: he gets two parties!

This year he had a great celebration in the Kentlands (MD ) on the exact b-day (11/26) with friends from Rachel Carson ES: Robert, Liam, Andy, Herrick and Alvand (Kate was our special guest), and Gustavo had the treat of his special friend Jackson. He got movie (Bolt - not great..) and Star Diners, with dessert of brownie and ice cream. The kids had a lot of fun, and the Star Diners' manager finally asked us to leave given the high decibels and the buzz...

See the slideshow here:


Or click on the picture below and visit the Picasa album:

Bernardo's b-day (MD)

Then he had his GA party this past Saturday (12/6), with McCall, Mikey, Dario and Alejandra. A full sleepover, which started with dinner at Ruby Tuesdays, and ended with breakfast and outside play. See the pictures here:



or go to the link here, clicking on the image below:

Bernardo's b-day (GA)