Last night my son sang and danced at the school party. The class was just adorable and wonderful on the singing and dancing. People liked them so much that they had to dance a second dance that was not scheduled. The second dance was preformed also by the all class and it was Thriller from Michael Jackson. Imagine, the class, …

Today I’ didn’t work as well as tomorrow. We got lucky this year and we got too public holidays one following the other. Today it’s Dia de Portugal (Portugal Day) and tomorrow Corpus Christi, Friday I will go back to work.

My son had another birthday party from a school colleague. We dropped him at 15.30 and when I …

Sunday May 3rd was Mother’s Day in our country and it was a really special day for me.

As usual my husband got up at 7am and went out for a ride. The kids woke up at 9.10am and I was instructed to not open the eyes. They both went downstairs and I could hear them in the kitchen making …

My son and daughter today went on a field trip with school. My son had already gone in at least two trips, for my daughter it was the first one. They went to visit the Park & Zoo S. Ignacio in the north of the country so this was the longest trip they have ever done without us.

They were …

This should be a daily blog but instead it is turned in a almost weekly blog. I’ve got so much to write about but I end up leaving this blog behind. The reason is very simple. This is a personal blog where I write about personal things. At work I manage to write on my other blogs everytime I have …

My daughter’s school is preparing the Christmas Party. The kids are going to sing, dance and act. Although it is supposed to be a surprise, my daughter already told me she will be a Cow that will warm up Baby Jesus.

The daycare that my kids attend after school is also preparing a Christmas party and I already know my …

Yesterday I decided to surprise my daughter so I pop up at pre-K during lunch break. What a surprise, she was soooo happy.

I never went there during lunch break because: 1: I have little time to go there and 2: Because I was afraid she would want to come with me and cry.

Well, she’s growing up and now …

The Christmas Tree is up. I find it quite early but the kids were talking about it all the time so Dear Dad went to the basement yesterday and brought the tree and all the ornaments for it.

I know how stressful it can be when my husband is trying to build or do something with the kids so although …

Yesterday I didn’t even turned on the computer. Yesterday it was a special day, my husband turned 40 years old. We went out to have lunch! Yes, eating out is something we barely do because it is very expensive for 4 people and without our salaries to eat out frequently. We had a pretty much regular lunch: Lasagna.

After having …

So, how was your Halloween?

In Portugal Halloween is not a tradition but we are getting U.S.A. influences and most schools are adopting the “Witch Day” activities but still without costumes. Costumes are only used for specially organized parties mostly in discos and bars. But for our children the special day is on November 1st.

November 1st is a public …

Usually it happens once or twice a year and it happened Friday night.

In the office every week 7 workers play in the Euro Millions. It costs us 10Euros a week, we give 2 Euros each meaning 4 Euros goes to an envelope. Each time we win some money (usually 7-10 Euros) it goes into the envelope and when we …

Tomorrow we’ll have a exciting day. Tomorrow it’s the first day of preschool and school. I’ll have two presentation meeting at both my kids schools. I don’t know yet how I will be managing that but here’s what I’m thinking:

8.45am: leave Catherine in daycare and they will take her to preschool

9.00am: I’ll be at Dani school for the …