Denhams in Brazil

Wednesday, October 01, 2008

A Dino-Mite Party!

Our little James turned 4 on September 29 and to celebrate we had a party at the local play center in our mall. In typical Brazilian fashion, it just wouldn't be a party without the balloon arch. Special thanks to Nana for buying all the dinosaur decor.....I couldn't find anything dino here! The sweet table guarded by dinosaurs.....chocolate chip cookies, brownies, and chocolate covered marshmallows.
"Hey Toofers, having fun?"

This amazing cake was made by my friend Debora. Would you believe it weighed more than 7 kilos? (1 kilo=2.4 lbs) This massive cake was a 4 layer vanilla cake with strawberry and white chocolate filling. Insane right?

Sunday, September 14, 2008

There's No Place Like the Park

Saturday, I took the kids to the zoo and afterwards for a picnic in the park. The kids had a blast playing in a different park with new "playthings". It's nice to switch it up a bit......I found myself using the zip line and climbing through some of the obstacles.

Now that Lilah is walking, I let her down in the sand to play and venture about........Que alegria! (What happiness!) She loved it!!

James played with this for a long time. I tried to get Lilah on it, but she would have none of it.

I put Lilah on the bench to take some photos of her but she flipped over to her tummy and slid off before I even stepped back ..................this girl wanted to play! "No time for photos Mommy."

"Yeah, I think I can do this too."

I just loved this furry chicken we saw at the zoo.....isn't he cute?

This monkey was BEGGING for food..............Too bad the "Do Not Feed" sign was not a little lower....it would have made a great picture!

James has the Camera smile down pat.

"Having fun baby girl?"

Isn't this sweet?

The Zoo in Sao Jose

I took the kids to our local zoo yesterday where they enjoyed the monkeys, ferrets, toucans, and ostriches. (It's a small zoo but the kids enjoyed it nonetheless.) The farm animals were a highlight, minus the turkey.....he gave the children a mini scare. I just asked James what he thought of that turkey and he said, "That turkey was not funny....not happy."