Verão (Summer)

my host mom got a puppy!

my host grandpa turned 75 (but, oops! the candles say 77. hehe)

my host grandpa and his grandchildren

my host grandparents

my host grandparents and their kids (my host mom is in the blue)

the girl in this picture made the cake!

me and my host grandparents

I have no school! Eba! So, to pass the time, I have been getting my nails done regularly (just one more way to become more brazilian), and going downstairs and hanging out at my host parent's supermarket. A couple people my age work there so I have made some new friends and the customers are sometimes quiet intersting. And my host grandpa comes there a lot so we get to talk to. I have already learned two super-hard Portuguese word from one of the girls that works there. etiquetadora (eh-chee-kay-ta-door-uh), which is "price-gun" and paralelepípedo (pah-dhah-lay-lay-pee-pay-doh), which is some sort of geometric figure. And lots of Brazilians say, one of the hardest words to say. It's sort of a tongue twister.

I cannot believe its only eight days until Christmas! Christmas just isn't very "strong" in Brazil-most people don't decorate, say Merry Chirstmas, or anything like that. And its getting hot. It just isn't Christmas without snow. But, to celebrate, my host dad's nine brothers and sisters are all coming to my house. So if I can be sure of anything, its that on Christmas I will not be lonely. And I think for New Years I am traveling to Franka, a city in São Paulo. It will be my first time in another state in Brazil! Eba!

And then on January 4th, I leave for the Northeast! I'm so excited!

Well, I guess that's all that's new with me-just hanging out and enjoying my summer-in December. How wierd.

Tchau.