Moving Day

Today (and yesterday, and the day before) we packed up our whole house in preparation for our big trip back to the USA and onward move the the Marshall Islands.

 Mt. Boxes!

"Don't take my toys!!" - Quote of the day courtesy of Ms. K

 Celebratory pink champagne in our former toothbrush cups!

 Recife in all of it's summery glory!

 Last views of Boa Viagem

 A sparkling blue ocean day!

 Oh look...a parade!

 Dancing to the beat!

 More parading!!

 Inland view heading toward sunset

 Our Bomfim wishes that didn't come true...

 Man, those are tough little ribbons!

 

 More daddy-daughter parade play time

 The parading continues at full volume, in spite of baby naps!

Happy times!

Last day at the Beach

Since we had pretty much already seen all the touristy stuff that Recife has to offer, we spent the last day of Kaali and Alison's visit on the beach!

 Kylie's new favorite sleeping position! The inchworm!

 Playing in the waves with mom!

...and rockin' a Hello Kitty baby bikini!

 

 Recife at it's best

 Swing-a-round splashin' time with dad

 Careful...

...there's sharks in that water!

 

 Whew! Safe and sound on dry land!

 Pants are optional in Recife!

 Where's my drink?!?

 Caipirihna time!

Oh look! It's the "tiny soup of fat" cart!

Hot, fatty soup, just what I always crave on a 90 degree day at the beach!

Thanks for the great trip K&A! Come back any time!!

Beach Day!

Today we just relaxed at the beach and had fun hanging out together!

 Autumn and Kylie!

 K relaxing in her own beach chair!

 Learning to play at the beach!

 Linda captured the many items for sale at the beach including:

1.) Some kind of snow-cone? (this one plays music, so you could probably buy his CD too!)

2.) Shrimp (probably best to avoid)

3.) A variety of nuts and hard-boiled quail eggs.

4.) Açaí products

5.) Ice cream - finally a good one!

6.) Sunglasses

7.) Hats!

Ron trying on a seaweed toupee!

On our way home, we saw party-goers from the Police & Fireman's Carnaval coming down Boa Viagem!

Huge brawling crowds! 

Just another day in Recife!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Autumn had to work today, so I caught up on housework, and then we all went down to the beach. 

You don't really have to take anything to the beach here except for money. There are people here that "rent out" umbrellas and chairs. They set up their spot, and if you buy drinks from them, you can use the umbrellas and chairs. We had been using Mr. Green Umbrellas until we showed up too late the other day, and he bumped us down to Mr. Yellow and White Umbrellas who definitely seemed like a third-rate operation. Today, we moved on down the beach to Mr. Blue Umbrellas, and he runs a tight ship! There was no minimum order, he wrote down the drink orders on a ticket, and even gave us a receipt to take up to the cashier guy! It was quite an upgrade from our usual spot. The only drawback was no coconuts!! 

I don't even know how that's possible since you can basically buy a coconut every five feet here, but I guess that no one is perfect. I think we've found our spot!

 Baby-cercising!

 Check out the extreme make-out sess that Linda caught while photographing the açaí vendor!

Que romântica!

 Chillin' with the babes!

 Beach cheese! Today, with oregano!

 Say queijo!

Beach time!