Catching Up

Our beloved 13 year old Pipocas died last week. She's been a part of our family from the moment we arrived in Portugal, so there's a huge hole in all of our hearts.

Zita played clarinet and bass parts for Coldplay's "The Scientist." She started out on clarient for the first half, and then quickly put it down and played bass for the second half. She has been learning bass in school and loves it. There just aren't enough hours in the day for her to have the number of lessons that she wants.

 Sorry so grainy- major zoom with Seb in my lap.

 I glimpsed Moojie sitting by the window in his classroom as I was leaving the music show. I'm just hoping his chemistry lab doesn't have such inpenetrable bars on the window.

 Seb has taken to pushing this stroller around every time we visit the cousins. This was his first day as a 19 month old.

 Freddy still has one more week of school left, but it's "easy school" so he's not too bitter that his siblings finish first.

 Have I ever mentioned that Seb goes down a slide non-stop, every chance he gets? He loves playground equipment and has no notion that he's too small for most of it.

We set up a ping pong net on our outside table. Ping pong is the best activty for all ages.

 Freddy waiting his turn

 The table is too narrow, but no one seems to mind.

Seb stalked Zita's Iced Tea  kept Zita company while the big boys played.