A day in Florence

Enough of bad things. Let's forget the republic day.
I know it's October but I was thinking about our holidays in July and the day my husband was 50. We were in Rome and went to Florence because it was his birthday.

It was such a wonderful day.
After the presents and kisses in the morning, we went to the station and took a fast train, the Frecciarossa to Florence, Firenze, how it's called in Italy.
It's a wow city, each corner of it. I knew it was like that but I didn't know how much wow it was. The girls were crazy with it.

The girls with long hair are my little ones.

After all the walking and our jaws aching because of so much wow, we went to have lunch. He choose the restaurant and very well chosen it was.

Such a pleasant lunch.

He and I had Aspargus Risotto and the girls had spagetti and pizza. Here it's him enjoying his food.

The arm and a blue and white dress is my big girl. I think the other hand is my girl nº2 - or it's maybe mine.

And what about the italian ice cream, like no other in the world?!

Some fruit.

And other food.

We went back to Rome in the very end of the day exausted but so happy. Happily we went in the Frecciarossa again.
Thanks God my husband doesn't tire easily because, arriving home we had the most wonderful dinner.
What a day!

19 !

Now big girl is 19!
It was on 21, April.
Here she is with her cake.

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Would you like now more english beauty?
Here it comes.

This is Chichester, a town I like so much. When I go there I can't help to take several pictures of this lane near the cathedral.

Isn't that beautiful?!

See you tomorow, I hope.

6 years old

I'm very sorry to not going to visit blogs as I would like. Between working outside, taking the girls to schools - each one in a different school - taking the big one to the station so she will take the train everyday to university in Lisbon, shopping and homemaking, there's not much time left.

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Last sunday it was my little girl birthday. She is now 6, praise the Lord.

We invited a lot of friends from her school and they were very happy here, eating, playing and seeing a movie.

She likes so much Kitty from Hello Kitty that I ordered a cake with it on and most friends gave her present related to Kitty.

Even the napkins and paper glasses had her on them.

She was very pleased.

Busy weekend and lovely flowers

Just a quick post to say hello.
I'm quite in a hurry because I have a lot to do and in the begining of the afternoon we must go to my little one school for her Christmas party. Looks like she will sing with other tots. She must be dressed with a red plain dress, have red tights and red shirt. Let's see what it will be.
See you tomorow, then.

PS: this wonderfull rose it was my mother who gave me. It's so beautiful.

Other thing: my bougainvillea is still flowering so much. Just look at that.

15 !

In my house ther is always someone's birthday.
Now it was the time of girl nº 2. She is 15 years old.

She rises when is still night

Today I woke up at 5.30 AM. Also my big girl.

It was not like this image yet. It was a deep and dark night with a sky ful of stars.

The reason for that is that today was first day of school for her, first day at university.

Here, parents don't dump their children at the university in the first day and leave them alone and forgoten until next holidays. People go to classes everyday in the morning and come back at the end of the day to their homes.

So, I took her to the train station at 6 A.M. and at 7.40 she was calling me to say she was already at the university. She only begins classes at 8 but went early because it was first day.

Happily, mondays are the only days she has to go so early, usualy she will begin at 10.

I remember when it was me, I would arrange my schedule in a fashion I could stay there for the less time I could and come back home quickly.

I always prefered home and family to outside and strangers.

The nice hair of my little girls

My little girls are very proud of thei hair - well, the big ones too, really.
But today I will tell you about the younger ones.

See the "baby" with her new skirt, the one my sister gave her at her birthday?

She is all happy, ready to go to Mass.
This picture was taken by my oldest girl.

And here is the next girl, the one who is 8 years old.



She likes blue very much and doesn't want to hear about cuting her hair. She likes trousers but she is quite feminine, she always wants her hair decorated with nice things, mainly blue ones.
This picture was also take by my oldest girl.

Am I not right for being proud of my little girls?!