Birthday Party

Kylie got invited to a friend's birthday party this weekend, and it was Peppa Pig themed! Needless to say she was in heaven!

  "I HIDING!"

  "Hold hands Peppa Pig?"

"Again!"

Olinda with Grandma Julie

For our last outing, we drove up to Olinda for a fantastic lunch at Beijupira and some shopping.

Picture postcard!

 Big mask

 Group selfie!

 Three lovely ladies

 Snuggling in Alto da Se

See you again soon!

Porto de Galinhas with Grandma Julie

Even though it rained A LOT this week, we still got out and about for a few trips around the region. Our first outing was down to Porto de Galinhas!

 Three generations relaxing on the beach!

 Mr. Caipirinha!

 Grandma and grandbaby

 Today is a day to be happy! Enjoy!

 Walkin' and shoppin'

 I SLEEPING!

*wait a minute...that's just pretend sleeping*

 Time to clean up!

Visit from Grandma Julie!

Autumn's mom came down this week for a second visit! We had such a wonderful time relaxing, cooking in Kylie's new kitchen and playing with a whole new batch of princesses! Needless to say, we also spent a lot of time at the beach!

 A beautiful welcome poster!

 Greetings from Boa Viagem

 Morning beach walk

 The super-loud political ad speaker vans that blare "music" up and down the street day and night

♪vinte dois♪vinte dois♪ 

 Baby pull ups!

There was a little girl, with a little curl, right in the middle of her forehead...

 Cheese

Instituto Brennand

It's HOT! We are at the peak of summer here, and it is HOT, HOT HOT!!! Kylie and I have been trying to beat the heat at the mall, grocery stores, anywhere that has air conditioning. Did I mention that it is HOT!!!!!

Today we headed out to Instituto Brennand, not to be confused with Oficina Brennand which we visited a few weeks ago. The Instituto turned out to be a pretty amazing museum and gardens featuring the personal art collection of Ricardo Brennand, a member of one of Recife's long time elite families! Que chic! (That's "shee-kee" with the local accent.)

 Bem vindo!

 Kylie and David

 Traveling buddies!

 Hi!!!!!

 ROAR!

Say queijo!

 Secret garden

 Dog armor!

I know Grandpa Ed and Grandma Julie are getting for Christmas!

 Kylie and I set off the alarm when we got too close to a gold and diamond sword. Oops!

 Shade

 bye-bye

Later castelinho-zinho!

Published in the Local Newspaper!

This week, I worked with Carmen from Autumn's office and Folha de Pernambuco, one of the local newspapers to produce an article about American food as part of their coverage of the countries that are playing in the World Cup in Recife this year! I made a cedar planked salmon with a Chinese 5-spice rub and a corn and potato chowder. Both were pictured in the paper, and the salmon was on the cover of the Gastronomy section this week! Que fun!

Distinctive and Seductive! Oh la la!

That's right folks, special thanks to Carmen and ME!!

Oficina Brennand

This Tuesday, Kylie and I ventured out to Oficina Brennand. A sculpture park / museum / ceramic tile factory of the locally famous artist Francisco Brennand. We also had Firyuza and Aya along with us, which was great. The park was a great place to let the girls run around and had some very interesting sculptures. Even the museum was very baby friendly, although the tile sample showroom was probably their favorite part, since it was a "yes touch" area. The gift shop also did double duty as a wine bar, so it is definitely a place that I would go back to!

 Please no photos! lol

 Statues and grass...

...that you can walk on!

 Best baby buds!

 A museum full of virtually unbreakable statues! YES!

 Mosaics, sculptures and stained glass, oh my!

 *kiss*

 Owl

 I liked the more primitive style artwork

 Warning! Wild Geese!

Also, no this grass was just for show...que sad!

 Later Oficina Brennand

 Maybe next week we'll go to Insituto Brennand!

12 Months of Kylie

Here's Kylie's Year in Review:

 January

 February

 March

 April

 May

 June

 July

 August

 September

 October

 November

December