Figueira Family

7.29.2012

Perfect Evening

Its been a rough week; sickness, little sleep, busy at work. But on Friday evening, we decided to head out west to Cooper Mtn Winery to have a picnic, listen to Brasilian music, and enjoy a warm summer evening together. We all had such a lovely time. These are my favorite summer moments and much needed after this week!

7.24.2012

Curious Little Cat

Besides the fact that she looks super adorable in her daddy's beanie, Lucia was shining as she was helping me go through and clean out drawers. Every little thing she pulled out had to be inspected and manipulated and she was determined to figure out what to do with what she found. I hope she never loses this curious spirit about her, I'm just glad that for now, the pencil didn't make it's way to wall for art :-)

Nut Doesn't Fall Far

While Lucia gets my dashing good looks and my charming personality (hehehe) she gets her distaste for textures from Papae. After being a preschool teacher for years, Lucia is the first child I've seen not like play dough. When I first brought it to the table she threw her head back in disgust and wanted to get away from there, and fast! A few rounds later, and we have graduated to lightly touching the play dough with a thumb and pointer finger. Now if you're thinking to yourself that's progress, well it is, but I had to trick her first and shed much rather touch it through a plastic knife. One cool aspect, is she learned to say the word blue, now only if she'd touch blue play dough!

Little Sickling

Our sweet girl is under the weather. She's not sleeping or eating well, and she only wants to watch Xuxa, her Brasilian kids DVD that Vovo gave her. So the last three days have been all about take out, relaxing, and trying to keep Lucia as comfortable and happy as we can. We aren't sure what ales her but we suspect a pretty strong round of teething. Feel better sweet girl.