tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672460458552320722024-03-12T18:15:10.763-07:00Blog da ElisElishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05513283656276492869noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667246045855232072.post-70603571005991741742018-02-04T08:58:00.001-08:002018-02-04T08:58:46.332-08:0010 years old today!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Happy 10th birthday to me!</div>
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<br />Elishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850018529640612559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667246045855232072.post-5774994713227424652013-04-24T17:09:00.001-07:002013-04-24T17:14:12.739-07:00Primas em Paranapiacaba<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Did you think that I had forgotten you, dear readers? Not at all! It´s just that now that I´m 5, I have much more important things to do than hang out at home blogging. Playing with my friends, going to school, visiting my Grandma´s house, building forts in my bedroom...you know how it is when you´re 5. Last month, my cousins Gabriely and Heloá joined me for an adventure in Paranapiacaba. Here are a few pictures: </div>
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<br />Elishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850018529640612559noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667246045855232072.post-726506230988125952013-02-08T15:33:00.001-08:002013-02-08T15:58:21.355-08:00Meu aniversário de 5 anos<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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Nasci na segunda-feira de Carnaval de 2008! Já era grande, pesando 4196g (9lbs4oz), mas agora sou grande DE VERDADE! Você que não vai viajar no Carnaval, vem comemorar comigo! <br />
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Meus pais queriam fazer minha festa em outro lugar do que no ano passado, mas eu bati o pé. Tinha que ser no parque com os melhores brinquedos da cidade e o trenzinho: o Parque Regional da Criança. Veja como chegar.<br />
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Ônibus I04 ou I03 da Estação Prefeito Celso Daniel - Santo André, sentido Capuava<br />
Ou pega táxi da Estação - deve levar uns 10 minutinhos. <br />
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Não precisa levar nada - haverá um pique-nique, música e brincadeiras. Só confirme presença com minha mãe para que ela possa organizar a comida e avisar o novo local em caso de chuva!<br />
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Elishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850018529640612559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667246045855232072.post-49901490560773826072012-02-19T15:10:00.000-08:002012-02-19T15:10:45.597-08:00Feliz Carnaval!<div style="text-align: left;">Rather than facing the insanity of <a href="http://bornagainbrazilian.wordpress.com/2012/02/18/brazilian-challenge-day-49-carnaval-traffic/">travelling with half of Brazil</a>, I usually <a href="http://www.elisbryce.blogspot.com/2011/03/em-fevereiro-tem-carnaval.html">stay at home and do nothing</a> for <i>Carnaval</i>. But this year, I decided to go all out - I convinced my parents to take me to a real <i>bloco de rua</i> - Carnival street parade - in downtown São Paulo. (Note that this is different from the famous <i><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=349315658424738" target="_blank">escolas de samba</a> </i>associated with Carnival in Rio and São Paulo - that's a competitive, televised, multi-million dollar event that you can pay to watch in the <i>sambódromo</i>, not in the street.) <i><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.iluobademin.com.br/home1.htm">Bloco Afro Ilú Obá de Min</a> is particularly uncommon, not just because of its focus on Afro-Brazilian culture and heritage, but also because its percussion section is composed entirely of women. Check it out!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">More photos <a href="http://veja.abril.com.br/multimidia/galeria-fotos/bloco-afro-ilu-oba-de-min-2012" target="_blank">here</a>. </div>Elishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850018529640612559noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667246045855232072.post-67582792001266382032012-01-29T16:21:00.000-08:002012-01-29T18:43:45.088-08:007 ways Brazil will ruin your childrenI love Brazil! <br />
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</tbody></table>Although I was born in Canada, I only spent the first 7 weeks of my life there, plus a few return trips over the last few years. Generally, Brazil's a great place to be a kid. (São Paulo isn't the best place in Brazil to be a kid, though - no freedom, no space, lots of pollution, and insane traffic.) But getting back to the good points of life in Brazil: people are extra-nice to children (and their parents) here, I never get dirty looks for being noisy, and I don't get kicked out of restaurants, concerts, and bars just because I'm underage.<br />
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</tbody></table>Plus, I've got the best nanny in the whole world, a ton of cousins and aunts and uncles, and at least a dozen neighbourhood kids who regularly knock on the door to play with me. (No need to get driven around to play dates and sign up for a million organized kids' activities...the fun comes to me!) <br />
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</tbody></table>What more could you want when you're three?<br />
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</tbody></table>But, all this fun comes with a few drawbacks. So, for my other dual-nationality friends (that's you, Oliver, Sophie, Sophia, Davi and August, plus all my virtual friends from the blogging world), and parents of half-Brazilian kids, prepare yourselves! Brazil may turn out to be a bad influence on you, too. Here's why:<br />
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1) I like to sing Luan Santana, Michel Teló and evangelical pop at the top of my lungs.<br />
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2) I think a meal without meat and rice isn't real food ("Mãe, não quero isso, quero comiiiida!") Plain white rice, however, is delicious!<br />
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3) I regularly stay up until midnight. (This is my parents' fault more than Brazil's, of course.)<br />
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4) I think that putting salt on or in random things, like oranges or milk, is a good idea. (This may be because I'm three, not because I'm Brazilian...but I think the two are related.)<br />
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5) I speak broken English, or none at all. (The video below shows me at the height of my English-speaking abilities, on the eve of returning to Brazil after 6 weeks in Canada.) I refer to cupcakes as "bolinhos" and regularly mix up "oatmeal" and "omelette" (leading to a crying fit the other day when I discovered that I was being served omelette, when I was expecting oatmeal!) <br />
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6) I am confused by household appliances, demanding long explanations when I see a dishwasher or dryer. <br />
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7) When left alone for a few minutes at my grandma's house, I take advantage of my freedom to eat salty snacks, put on my cousin's high heels, and watch really, really bad television. <br />
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</tbody></table>Elishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850018529640612559noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667246045855232072.post-49142176763560295282012-01-01T21:24:00.000-08:002012-01-02T15:09:21.973-08:00Cousins, second cousins, primos & primasAll I have to say is that I have some darn cute cousins! After spending the past 30 hours with a gaggle of them, I thought I would share some photos. In no particular order, here are a few of my Brazilian <i>priminhos </i>and Canadian cousins - with my apologies to the many cousins who are missing from the photos....And yes, some of these photos were stolen off Facebook, from weddings and parties that I didn't even get to go to!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">OK, maybe not cousins, but still cute and worthy of posting on the internet: Auntie Lizz making faces on Skype (with Ryan looking amused in the background)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vE36Y9-C24I/TwE3-XFoqNI/AAAAAAAARKg/vBf4SSymp40/s1600/DSC_0012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vE36Y9-C24I/TwE3-XFoqNI/AAAAAAAARKg/vBf4SSymp40/s320/DSC_0012.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Elishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850018529640612559noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667246045855232072.post-23521707825928428762011-12-31T08:42:00.000-08:002011-12-31T08:42:52.553-08:00Feliz Ano Novo! Happy New Year!<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">Me arrumei sozinha e estou pronta para o Ano Novo! Check out my New Year's Eve outfit - now that I'm almost four, I LOVE dressing myself! <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Desejo um maravilhoso 2012 para todos os amigos! </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Happy New Year, everyone! </span> </b> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: CENTER;"></div>Elishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850018529640612559noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667246045855232072.post-24748367064415585132011-11-05T16:37:00.000-07:002011-11-05T20:26:14.365-07:00Maloqueira internacional.....(ou, canadense da quebrada)<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">A while back, I said to my mom, "Nóis é tough." If you understand why this (or anything else in this post) is funny, consider yourself bilingual in English and São Paulo slang. She thought it was hilarious and told me to post it on my blog, along with my question and answer to myself during the last election campaign: "Você vai votar em quem?" "<a href="http://www.corinthians.com.br/internacional/_en/index.htm">Corinthians!</a>" I'm sure Lula would <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6kr53Aoy34&feature=share" target="_blank">agree with me</a>. To top it off, <a href="http://www.jovensliderancas.org/1/post/2011/09/jogando-pelo-meio-ambiente.html" target="_blank">I recently appeared on TV Corinthians</a>! <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Since the World Cup will be opening in São Paulo in the not-too-distant future, and I know my way around Itaquera (home of the new soccer stadium for the opening game, as well as the Corinthians soccer team), I would like to offer my services to all the foreign tourists out there who are in need of a very cute translator/bodyguard. Here are a few of the places and events in Itaquera that I've been to lately; for a small fee, I'll take you to all these fun places between soccer matches!<br />
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</div>COHAB José Bonifácio with<i> <a href="http://artistasviajantesdanossagoma.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Artistas Viajantes da Nossa Goma</a></i><br />
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<i>Parque Raul Seixas</i><br />
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Garbage clean-up in my party dress! (OK, this isn't Itaquera, but doesn't it prove how sophisticated I am?)<br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Reggae na Rua</i> in the rain</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All this fun thanks to the nice <i>itaquerenses</i> from <a href="http://www.almaambiental.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">ALMA Ambiental</a>! Here I am checking out slugs with my friend Nayê, in front of ALMA's office.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But after all this excitement, plus two trains and two buses to get home from Itaquera, I'm one tired kid!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Returning from the kitchen to find me glued to the TV, my mom said, "Elis, you know you're not allowed to watch TV."<br />
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My smart response? <br />
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"But it's Justin Bieber!"<br />
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He's playing in São Paulo tonight. If only I were thirteen, and not three....Elishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850018529640612559noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667246045855232072.post-2409493415811051372011-08-07T23:00:00.000-07:002011-08-08T01:57:01.947-07:00Happy Birthday, Daddy! (With love from Elis)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">E lembrei das nossas viagens juntos! <br />
(Chile, dezembro de 2008)</td></tr>
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A viagem:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Auto-retrato às 5h - Houston, Texas. Não tem fila prioritária para ninguém e demorou un século....Não gostei!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Pelo menos o trenzinho entre terminais em Houston compensou a má recepção nos Estados Unidos!</td></tr>
</tbody></table> Cheguei no Canadá!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> 36h depois de sair de casa, cheguei na casa do vovô.<br />
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E aproveitar das coisas legais no Canadá:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Adoro banho de banheira!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ajudando meu vô, que diz que reciclar dá muito trabalho. (E dá mesmo, por que precisa separar tudo - e não só entre plástico, papel e metal, se não por número de plástico, tipo de papel etc - e ainda levar para a estação de coleta. Outra desvantagem de morar em cidadezinha do interior do Canadá é ônibus que funciona até 19h da noite e não funciona aos domingos!) </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amigas da minha mãe - Shauna e Sabine</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cachecol do Free Store (Brechó gratuito) da estação de coleta de recicláveis</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Urso feroz na margem do Rio Yukon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Observem meu crachá de guardaparque, do qual eu sou muito orgulhosa!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pancakes!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cheezie</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Já vi esta <a href="http://elisbryce.blogspot.com/2008/05/wedding-photosfotos-do-casamento-dos.html?showComment=1258834383853">cena</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Minha amigua desde nascimento, Mali</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Árvores para subir....preciso treinar!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Levando a Maggie para o parque</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Andando no trenzinho de Whitehorse</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chique no último!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ajudando o vovô montar a nova churrasqueira</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brincando na chuva com a Maggie</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Primo Carter</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Priminha Sophie</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brasileira no desfile do Dia do Canadá (1ro de julho). Foi uns 10 minutos de desfile, mas tudo bem, tentaram....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Não falei que sou chique no último? Com meu uniforme de escola particular e salto alto....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fireweed</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cansei! Preciso de um whiskey....(<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_INFxS81tFVsMuNW0w1vG1Uo3K-OQqVS4GuXLR0raSYJ2ULUBpBFu4BAsIbqwXCpNA083TrT_riRBScJVxnOi_kI2SygLiTtv6IbXUvvRR4Qkzw-TfIlKH8lzPr5cnANHKnjA20oZXfFe/s1600-h/IMGP3010.JPG">Meus pais também!</a>)</td></tr>
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(Note to self - fairy wands and samba are a potentially dangerous combination....)<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Luqxbs4SZzo?fs=1" allowfullscreen="" width="425" frameborder="0" height="344"></iframe><br /><br />I was, after all, born on Carnival weekend, 3 years ago....I'd better know a thing or two about samba!<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Don3pw8D0qg?fs=1" allowfullscreen="" width="425" frameborder="0" height="344"></iframe><br /><br />I must say that I've improved a bit since the beginning of my dancing career!<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/UjNFWiNACAA?fs=1" allowfullscreen="" width="425" frameborder="0" height="344"></iframe><br /><br />Got to work at it a bit longer before I get to the <em>sambódromo</em>, though....But if <a href="http://fotografia.folha.uol.com.br/galerias/2295-desfiles-das-escolas-de-samba-mirins#foto-44783">these kids</a> can do it, why not me?Elishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850018529640612559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667246045855232072.post-38567696591474401342011-02-04T00:10:00.000-08:002011-02-03T20:32:55.312-08:003 aninhos!Wow, I've sure come a long way since that chilly February morning in Whitehorse in 2008. In case you've forgotten, check out these photos:<br /><a href="http://elisbryce.blogspot.com/2008/02/im-here.html">Birthday</a> (as in, the day I was born!)<br /><a href="http://elisbryce.blogspot.com/2009/02/sophisticated-me.html">First birthday</a><br /><a href="http://elisbryce.blogspot.com/2010/03/who-has-time-to-blog-when-youre-two.html">Second birthday</a><br /><br />As of today, I'm 3 years old - can you believe it? If you're in the neighbourhood, why don't you stop by my birthday picnic?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/TUt9Fl8R7tI/AAAAAAAAPbw/lIk8TzZUxsM/s1600/Convite%2B-%2BAnivers%25C3%25A1rio%2Bda%2BElis.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 401px; height: 264px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/TUt9Fl8R7tI/AAAAAAAAPbw/lIk8TzZUxsM/s320/Convite%2B-%2BAnivers%25C3%25A1rio%2Bda%2BElis.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569682899211513554" border="0" /></a></div>Elishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850018529640612559noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667246045855232072.post-15820050848226681262010-12-29T21:28:00.000-08:002010-12-30T02:41:11.685-08:00Christmas Day in Santo André<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/TRxdz0ZrjfI/AAAAAAAAPaQ/9KlVq6A7n3Q/s1600/DSC_0058.JPG"><br /></a>No presents (that was on the 24th, at night), no snow, no milk and cookies for Santa Claus (or carrots for his reindeer)....just 24 hours of barbecue, sun, really annoying firecrackers, loud music, dancing, and playing in the street....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/TRwf-36crYI/AAAAAAAAPZ8/oL6ItVhcVos/s1600/DSC_0044.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/TRwf-36crYI/AAAAAAAAPZ8/oL6ItVhcVos/s320/DSC_0044.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556351205289799042" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/TRwbhXBaE4I/AAAAAAAAPZI/W1lkEgm8kys/s1600/Elis%2B-%2BDecember%2B25%252C%2B2010.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/TRwbhXBaE4I/AAAAAAAAPZI/W1lkEgm8kys/s320/Elis%2B-%2BDecember%2B25%252C%2B2010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556346300197901186" border="0" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/TRxdzmuleAI/AAAAAAAAPaI/bcSL4oiOpGE/s1600/DSC_0109.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/TRxdzmuleAI/AAAAAAAAPaI/bcSL4oiOpGE/s320/DSC_0109.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556419181419001858" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/TRxdz0ZrjfI/AAAAAAAAPaQ/9KlVq6A7n3Q/s1600/DSC_0058.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 290px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/TRxdz0ZrjfI/AAAAAAAAPaQ/9KlVq6A7n3Q/s320/DSC_0058.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556419185089416690" border="0" /></a>*Nota para os amigos gestores, engenheiros, arquitetas e urbanistas - fiquem à vontade de usar esta foto para mostrar (mais uma vez) que o desenho dos conjuntos habitacionais tem que pensar melhor o espaço comum de convivência e lazer e modificar radicalmente a prioridade total que é dada até hoje para o carro....Mas mesmo com este péssimo planejamento, nós mesmos fechamos a rua e criamos uma rua de lazer em quase todos os feriados.<br /><br />Even the adults got in on the fun!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/TRwf-q8AYjI/AAAAAAAAPZs/miJJSyGudYc/s1600/DSC_0097.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/TRwf-q8AYjI/AAAAAAAAPZs/miJJSyGudYc/s320/DSC_0097.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556351201806672434" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/TRwf-TGCQmI/AAAAAAAAPZk/vrHTQVTxads/s1600/DSC_0126.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/TRwf-TGCQmI/AAAAAAAAPZk/vrHTQVTxads/s320/DSC_0126.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556351195406287458" border="0" /></a><br />Yes, that IS our stylish grill, thank you very much.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/TRwbhgCst1I/AAAAAAAAPZQ/ews36BlOUfg/s1600/Shopping%2Bcart%2Band%2BBBQ.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/TRwbhgCst1I/AAAAAAAAPZQ/ews36BlOUfg/s320/Shopping%2Bcart%2Band%2BBBQ.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556346302619236178" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/TRwbhXBaE4I/AAAAAAAAPZI/W1lkEgm8kys/s1600/Elis%2B-%2BDecember%2B25%252C%2B2010.jpg"><br /></a>And whose fault was all this <span style="font-style: italic;">bagunça</span>? My dad's, of course!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/TRwbhJPJhOI/AAAAAAAAPZA/zPtCM224zrk/s1600/Edi%2BDecember%2B25%252C%2B2010.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/TRwbhJPJhOI/AAAAAAAAPZA/zPtCM224zrk/s320/Edi%2BDecember%2B25%252C%2B2010.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556346296497439970" border="0" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/TRxdz0ZrjfI/AAAAAAAAPaQ/9KlVq6A7n3Q/s1600/DSC_0058.JPG"><br /></a>Now I'm off to Brasilia for New Year's.....tchau!Elishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850018529640612559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667246045855232072.post-14417373176247006622010-12-24T16:04:00.000-08:002010-12-24T16:53:54.342-08:00Merry Christmas, everyone!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/TRVAFZPMPDI/AAAAAAAAPYs/mx3Q1hFIoH0/s1600/DSC_0549.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/TRVAFZPMPDI/AAAAAAAAPYs/mx3Q1hFIoH0/s320/DSC_0549.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554416176849501234" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/TRVAFKQ7ksI/AAAAAAAAPYk/QPClulWaS44/s1600/As%2Bmeninas%2B-%2B24%2Bde%2Bdezembro%2Bde%2B2010.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/TRVAFKQ7ksI/AAAAAAAAPYk/QPClulWaS44/s320/As%2Bmeninas%2B-%2B24%2Bde%2Bdezembro%2Bde%2B2010.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554416172830266050" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/TRVAFPb2PtI/AAAAAAAAPYc/EsUfPhvF-k4/s1600/Merry%2BChristmas%2Bfrom%2BElis%2B-%2B2010.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/TRVAFPb2PtI/AAAAAAAAPYc/EsUfPhvF-k4/s320/Merry%2BChristmas%2Bfrom%2BElis%2B-%2B2010.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554416174218231506" /></a>Elishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850018529640612559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667246045855232072.post-76103932521014159312010-10-18T20:06:00.000-07:002010-10-18T20:19:49.994-07:00I love manioc flour!<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TdemQrKczj8?fs=1&hl=pt_BR"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TdemQrKczj8?fs=1&hl=pt_BR" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Elishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05513283656276492869noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667246045855232072.post-5341925754484245152010-03-29T16:19:00.000-07:002010-03-30T07:25:21.015-07:00Who has time to blog when you're two years old?OK, so I am now almost two years and two months old, but here's a quick look back at my most recent birthday.<br /><br />My bilingual birthday invitation....<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wPF9LtilnIs&hl=pt_BR&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wPF9LtilnIs&hl=pt_BR&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />My birthday party was pretty fun.....<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Z26TtPuKyzc&hl=pt_BR&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Z26TtPuKyzc&hl=pt_BR&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />And there was even chocolate cake....but I didn't get any! By the way, don't get the wrong idea. This is not a typical Brazilian birthday party - a REAL Brazilian party includes lots of fried pastries and pop. Lots. And then some more. Serving tropical fruit is considered weird. I only get away with it because, well, I was born at 30 below zero....<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6B3Bm1yFjv8&hl=pt_BR&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6B3Bm1yFjv8&hl=pt_BR&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />Here are some of my neighbours....<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PkxvKfcLJ2U&hl=pt_BR&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PkxvKfcLJ2U&hl=pt_BR&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />All in all, it was a pretty fun party - I should have birthdays more often!Elishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850018529640612559noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667246045855232072.post-66571192309274143462009-09-23T23:04:00.000-07:002009-10-18T21:13:49.546-07:00A riddle for you....<span style="font-style: italic;">What do you get when you mix Canadian and Brazilian genes - and 6 trips between the megalopolis of São Paulo and small-town northern Canada - into one 20-month-old kid?</span><br /><br />a) the world's only moose-eating, soccer-playing samba dancer?<br />b) a happy, even-tempered tot who's as comfortable hanging out in international airports as in favelas (7 and 4, respectively, at last count)<br />c) a fearless superhero <span style="font-style: italic;"></span>who can take on the mean streets of São Paulo, as well as the odd muskox, bear, and giant beaver?<br />d) a multilingual parrot?<br />e) (organic brown salt-free) rice and beans at midnight?<br />f) all of the above.<br /><br />You guessed it - <span style="font-style: italic;">f) all of the above</span> is the answer! Proof to come in the next post...keep your eye on my blog!Elishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850018529640612559noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667246045855232072.post-42107178740133039842009-09-11T08:23:00.000-07:002009-09-11T15:23:16.696-07:00Ahhhh....summer in the Yukon!<em>No Brazilian beaches in sight, but it sure was a nice summer!</em><br /><em></em><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/Sqq8UJIlf9I/AAAAAAAAOF4/vBUjZ1UfDnQ/s1600-h/DSC_0234.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380319759082815442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/Sqq8UJIlf9I/AAAAAAAAOF4/vBUjZ1UfDnQ/s320/DSC_0234.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/Sqq8S_fXB_I/AAAAAAAAOFo/wm_jnSuj13Q/s1600-h/DSC_0288.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380319739314112498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/Sqq8S_fXB_I/AAAAAAAAOFo/wm_jnSuj13Q/s320/DSC_0288.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/Sqq8SUQKF4I/AAAAAAAAOFg/7Nc81WCW9mc/s1600-h/DSC_0103.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380319727707625346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/Sqq8SUQKF4I/AAAAAAAAOFg/7Nc81WCW9mc/s320/DSC_0103.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/Sqq8RspCK9I/AAAAAAAAOFY/JxXzBPPRV48/s1600-h/DSC_0024.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380319717074545618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/Sqq8RspCK9I/AAAAAAAAOFY/JxXzBPPRV48/s320/DSC_0024.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/SqqBUsA2fsI/AAAAAAAAOCk/LA-IDBKlgnU/s1600-h/Whitehorse+-+June+30+to+July+30+2009+(38).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380254897259577026" style="DISPLAY: block; 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TEXT-ALIGN: center"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Elishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850018529640612559noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667246045855232072.post-30217369255204776512009-09-02T22:10:00.000-07:002009-09-02T22:41:40.379-07:00It's a bird....<span style="font-style: italic;">It's a bird.....</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/Sp9EktLsjXI/AAAAAAAANGs/0c2_gbSSqm8/s1600-h/DSC_0263.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/Sp9EktLsjXI/AAAAAAAANGs/0c2_gbSSqm8/s320/DSC_0263.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377091877498293618" border="0" /></a><br />(Thanks, Tia Sarom, for the fabulous chickadee with the ultra-realistic chirp!)<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">It's a plane......</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/Sp9Ek0V2vaI/AAAAAAAANG0/OffkoN7SU9U/s1600-h/DSC_0254.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 208px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/Sp9Ek0V2vaI/AAAAAAAANG0/OffkoN7SU9U/s320/DSC_0254.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377091879419952546" border="0" /></a><br />(OK, so it's not in the picture, but Ellazora and I are pointing at an airplane, really we are!)<br /><br /><br />It's...........<br /><br /><br /><br />.........<br /><br /><br /><br />...............<br /><br /><br /><br />........................................................<br /><br /><br /><br />.......................................................................................................................................................................<br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" >SkookumYukon Girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/Sp9Elev5N1I/AAAAAAAANG8/362mx2z19f0/s1600-h/DSC_0225.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 217px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/Sp9Hap5oOwI/AAAAAAAANHc/50QqX3OWf_s/s320/DSC_0041.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377095003353398018" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/Sp9HaM6FxsI/AAAAAAAANHU/Tw3HHK33Pcs/s1600-h/DSC_0057.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 228px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/Sp9HaM6FxsI/AAAAAAAANHU/Tw3HHK33Pcs/s320/DSC_0057.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377094995570706114" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/Sp9JZyC4BlI/AAAAAAAANIE/VKvlrY_KpR0/s1600-h/DSC_0238.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 243px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/Sp9JZyC4BlI/AAAAAAAANIE/VKvlrY_KpR0/s320/DSC_0238.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377097187383051858" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/Sp9JZXR6ffI/AAAAAAAANH8/lVYog22IoP0/s1600-h/DSC_0245.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 197px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/Sp9JZXR6ffI/AAAAAAAANH8/lVYog22IoP0/s320/DSC_0245.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377097180198370802" border="0" /></a><br />______________________________________________________________________<br /><br />I have added dozens of English words to my vocabulary in the last few months. Words like "moose," for example. Yep, I sure do like mooses! And squirrels. And buses and airplanes.<br /><br />While it probably doesn't interest anyone but me and my parents, here's what I could say at 18 1/2 months - in mid-August - for the record.<br /><br />(These are words that I say spontaneously - not just copying someone - and consistently, listed in the language that I say them in. While I understand all of these words - and many more - in both Portuguese and English, I almost always say any particular word in just one language....and so end up saying funny things like "Mais (more) cheese!" Sometimes, my "words" are so far off that they're not actually words in any language, but if I use a sound consistently to mean something recognizable, it's included. Words that I already said at 15 months aren't on this list - you can see them on the <a href="http://elisbryce.blogspot.com/2009/05/me-at-15-months.html">post from May</a>.)<p></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="en-CA">hello ("lo")</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="pt-BR">purse ("puss")<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="pt-BR">banana</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="pt-BR">blusa (sweater)<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="pt-BR">outside ("ow-sigh")<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="pt-BR">nenê & baby</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="pt-BR">puppy</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="pt-BR">bunny</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="pt-BR">dress</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="pt-BR">onion (<span lang="en-CA">"anyeh")</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="pt-BR">tchau & bye bye<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="pt-BR">guitar <span lang="en-CA">("tao" </span>- with <span lang="en-CA">guitar </span>sign)</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;"><span lang="pt-BR">Harley</span><span lang="en-CA"> ("ah-ley" - 5-year-old neighbour)</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="pt-BR">bus</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="pt-BR">mess (I just love throwing things on the floor and then announcing that there's a "mess!")<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="en-CA">vroom (car -"bum")</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;"><span lang="en-CA">n</span><span lang="pt-BR">u</span><span lang="en-CA">m num or papa (a.k.a food)</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;"><span lang="en-CA">t</span><span lang="pt-BR">etê (milk/nurse)</span><span lang="en-CA"> </span> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;"><span lang="pt-BR">meia</span><span lang="en-CA"> ("mia" - sock or leggings)<br /></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="pt-BR">real & money</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;"><span lang="en-CA">y</span><span lang="pt-BR">eah</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="pt-BR">OK ("otay" - OK, I don't really say it spontaneously, but I copy it a lot.)<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="pt-BR">bug<span lang="en-CA"> ("bu" with spider sign)</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="pt-BR">pants</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="en-CA">shirt ("shut")</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="pt-BR">apple ("apo")<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="pt-BR">rice</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="pt-BR">pão (bread)<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="en-CA">cheese</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="pt-BR">bird ("buwd")<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="pt-BR">avião</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="en-CA">train ("tayn")<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="en-CA">tractor ("tato")</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="en-CA">diaper ("data")</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="en-CA">boat</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="en-CA">moto (motorcycle)<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="en-CA">bike ("bat")</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="en-CA">rio (river)<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="en-CA">umbrella ("bala")<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="pt-BR">flow<span lang="en-CA">er</span> (<span lang="en-CA">"</span>fl<span lang="en-CA">au"</span>)</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="pt-BR">hat<span lang="en-CA"> ("ata")</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="pt-BR">Vovô<span lang="en-CA"> ("wowo" - Grandpa)</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="pt-BR">ovo ("o" - egg)</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="en-CA">towel (tau-oh)<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="en-CA">Po (the dog we took care of)</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="en-CA">up</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="en-CA">desce (down)</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="en-CA">all done</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="pt-BR">sapatos<span lang="en-CA"> ("paty" - shoes)</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="pt-BR">moose</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="pt-BR">horsie</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="en-CA">pee & "sss"</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="en-CA">poo</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="en-CA">thank<span lang="pt-BR"> you </span>("te"<span lang="pt-BR"> along with sign</span>)</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="en-CA">meow (cat), grrr (bear), fish lips (fish), tongue click (squirrel), bow wow (dog)<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="en-CA">bola (ball)<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="en-CA">"bat" (glasses/goggles)</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="en-CA">anda & walk ("wa")</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="en-CA">monster ("monta")</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="en-CA">eyes</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="en-CA">bum</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="en-CA">m<span lang="pt-BR">ão (hand)<br /></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="pt-BR">please (<span lang="en-CA">"pees")</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="pt-BR">keys ("tees")<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="en-CA">tree ("tee")</p><br />I am starting to get proficient at combining two words together, too. For example:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Daddy, done. </span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;">Mam<span lang="pt-BR">ãe</span><span lang="en-CA">/Tia/Daddy</span><span lang="pt-BR">, dress</span><span lang="en-CA">/blusa/paty. (a.k.a sapato</span><span lang="en-CA"> - shoe)</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;"><span lang="pt-BR">Blue, tia.</span><span lang="en-CA"> (Translation: "Draw a picture for me, auntie." It took Shauna a while to discover what she was being commanded to do!)</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="pt-BR">Mais cheese!</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="pt-BR">Mamãe, tee (tree) á. (Translation: "Mommy, water the plants.")</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="pt-BR">Bowwow, anda!/Po, anda!<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;"><span lang="pt-BR">Tia 'Lo</span><span lang="en-CA"> (Translation: "Auntie Hello" - Shauna's neighbour's name is Carol, not Hello - but we always say hello to her!)</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="en-CA">Mam<span lang="pt-BR">ãe, tetê/num/pão.</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="en-CA">A<span lang="pt-BR">ll done.</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="en-CA"><span lang="pt-BR">V</span>ov<span lang="pt-BR">ô vrum! (I identify</span> cars by their owner -<span lang="pt-BR"> </span>"vrum tia," "vrum vov<span lang="pt-BR">ô</span>," and "Harley vrum.")</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;" lang="en-CA">Nice bus!<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: italic;"><span lang="en-CA">Bom dia!</span><span lang="pt-BR"></span></p><br /><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" lang="en-CA"><br /></p>Elishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850018529640612559noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667246045855232072.post-51787968733556119752009-07-16T00:37:00.000-07:002009-07-16T01:53:51.189-07:00Me at 17 months in the Yukon!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/Sl7p3YuPTJI/AAAAAAAAHq4/Q9ME_Dc_Mp0/s1600-h/30_06_09_Whitehorse+(21).JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/Sl7p3YuPTJI/AAAAAAAAHq4/Q9ME_Dc_Mp0/s320/30_06_09_Whitehorse+(21).JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358977744355937426" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/Sl7p24YvGPI/AAAAAAAAHqw/VtiqCKwPQoM/s1600-h/01_07_09_Whitehorse+(14).JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/Sl7p24YvGPI/AAAAAAAAHqw/VtiqCKwPQoM/s320/01_07_09_Whitehorse+(14).JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358977735675812082" /></a><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8nfFhobewCk&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8nfFhobewCk&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />For some reason, the audio is ahead of the video....but if you can ignore that, you'll see just how clever I am these days!Elishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850018529640612559noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667246045855232072.post-54018809195214285422009-06-02T21:12:00.000-07:002009-06-02T22:07:53.480-07:00Almost 16 months old!My little neighbours came over to play and brought their digital camera! I really wanted to make a video showing off everything that I know now, especially since it's almost my Grandpa's birthday and he hasn't seen me in ages! I'll bring your birthday present personally in a few weeks, OK, Vovô Greg? <br /> <br /><object width="320" height="265"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DJQ_YwYAVUo&hl=pt-br&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DJQ_YwYAVUo&hl=pt-br&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="320" height="265"></embed></object>Elishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850018529640612559noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667246045855232072.post-86507599906599379772009-05-28T03:41:00.000-07:002009-05-28T06:53:31.416-07:00Blog commentsThanks to everyone who commented recently! I'm so bad at responding to comments. From now on I'll make more of an effort, because I do love reading them! Obrigada a todos que comentaram no meu blog. Me desculpem por não responder a todos antes - vou me esforçar de escrever mais daqui para frente, porque adoro ler seus comentários!<br /><br />I woke up with my Dad today, at 6 am, and insisted (by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elimination_communication#Cueing">making a "psss" sound</a>) on being taken to pee three times in less than an hour. So, believe it or not, I peed three times in a row in my potty. That is definitely a milestone. Generally it's hit or miss - sometimes I will signal that I need to pee, other times I can't be bothered and just pee in my diaper. I confess - I just wanted to be allowed to get out of bed to play! Normally, I'm the best morning sleeper - I go to bed late, but then I sleep until 10 or 11am - so I don't quite know what happened today.<br /><br />After all that commotion, and a cracker, and playing a bit, I fell asleep in the middle of the living room. To share with <a href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=667246045855232072&postID=3758210999554691609">Julie</a> and the <a href="http://amigosdelacasarosa.blogspot.com/">Casa Rosa</a> gang, I took this photo - I call it <span style="font-style: italic;">Self Portrait with the Casa Rosa Quilt</span>. Aren't I cute?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/Sh534BIlr2I/AAAAAAAAF_4/6pmkhgSeSeM/s1600-h/DSC_0201.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/Sh534BIlr2I/AAAAAAAAF_4/6pmkhgSeSeM/s320/DSC_0201.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340838012368826210" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/Sh534eYBvXI/AAAAAAAAGAA/X8BK6tsaeMw/s1600-h/DSC_0203.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/Sh534eYBvXI/AAAAAAAAGAA/X8BK6tsaeMw/s320/DSC_0203.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340838020218207602" border="0" /></a><br />And here are a couple more cute photos that I took recently, for good measure....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/Sh534hOxecI/AAAAAAAAGAI/kA25LXdfJCw/s1600-h/Elis+smiling+-+May+2009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/Sh534hOxecI/AAAAAAAAGAI/kA25LXdfJCw/s320/Elis+smiling+-+May+2009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340838020984699330" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/Sh5-K7zgU0I/AAAAAAAAGA4/hOsLfW2gbHE/s1600-h/Elis+in+overalls+-+May+2009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/Sh5-K7zgU0I/AAAAAAAAGA4/hOsLfW2gbHE/s320/Elis+in+overalls+-+May+2009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340844934425498434" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/Sh5-KhN9k9I/AAAAAAAAGAw/i8MsZaJ39RU/s1600-h/So+much+pink+-+May+2009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/Sh5-KhN9k9I/AAAAAAAAGAw/i8MsZaJ39RU/s320/So+much+pink+-+May+2009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340844927288710098" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And now for Auntie Lizz....<br /><br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=667246045855232072&postID=3758210999554691609">Mission accomplished</a>. Sorta.<br /><br /><object width="320" height="265"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FPv8CNUMoWU&hl=pt-br&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FPv8CNUMoWU&hl=pt-br&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="320" height="265"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/Sh5-KbNcXGI/AAAAAAAAGAo/I_kP1mx-xYM/s1600-h/Auntie+Lizz+rocks+-+May+2009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HcQdOczBKn0/Sh5-KbNcXGI/AAAAAAAAGAo/I_kP1mx-xYM/s320/Auntie+Lizz+rocks+-+May+2009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340844925675920482" border="0" /></a>Elishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850018529640612559noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667246045855232072.post-52796552754110392342009-05-20T23:15:00.000-07:002009-05-20T23:25:46.907-07:00Way too many photos of me in SantiagoWay, way too many unedited, unselected photos from my visit to Santiago, Chile in December 2008....<br /><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="288" height="192" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&noautoplay=1&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Fsarahbryce%2Falbumid%2F5337699099483245089%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26authkey%3DGv1sRgCKab9-3H3qufqQE%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed>Elishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850018529640612559noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667246045855232072.post-37582109995546916092009-05-04T20:16:00.000-07:002009-05-04T22:27:36.324-07:00Me at 15 monthsToday I am 15 months old! I don't mean to boast, of course (do I ever?), but I'm pretty proud of my accomplishments. My mom has been writing things down in a book, once-in-a-while-if-she-remembers-sort of-maybe, but in this day and age, everything that's important is digital, is it not? I told her to get with it and let ME do the list - on my blog. I mean, I'm already behind the times because I don't use Twitter, right? (I would, but my mom doesn't let me. She says it's silly. My dad doesn't know what it is and doesn't care.) So here's a digital list of my accomplishments, big and (mostly) small.<br /><br />I weigh 10.8 kg and am 78.5cm tall. I have 8 teeth and hardly any hair. I can:<br /><br /><ul><li>Say in English: Mom, Daddy, dog, muh (milk.) I also answer "Eissh" when asked "What's your name?"</li></ul><ul><li>Say in Portuguese: Mamãe (mommy), bow wow (not sure how it's spelled - maybe bau uau - for dog), a (for água - water), dá (give), and something that sounds like "desce" (down.) Answer "Cadê o dodoi?" (Where's the owie?) by saying "ay" and pointing to the place that hurts.<br /></li></ul><ul><li>Say the names of some of my friends and neighbours - Jessa (Jessica), Chagõ (Tiago), Deiss (Deise), Tata (Carla) and Chi (Tia - auntie - for my babysitter Sandra.)</li></ul><ul><li>Point to my head, nose, mouth, foot, hand, and belly button when asked in English or Portuguese.</li></ul><ul><li>Follow simple instructions in both Portuguese and English. Here are some that I have mastered in both languages:</li></ul> Give Mommy/Daddy the ......<br /> Come here.<br /> Go get your car/ball/book/diaper.<br /> Go to Daddy.<br /> Put it in the garbage.<br /> Brush your hair. (Yeah, yeah, I know I don't actually have any hair!)<br /> Sit down (although I understand, I usually don't obey!)<br /> Kiss the baby (kiss myself in the mirror!)<br /> Kick (the ball)<br /> Dance<br /> <br /> Two words that I only know in Portuguese are "gira" (to which I spin wildly in circles - I haven't learned the word "spin" yet!) and "carinho" (to which I gently touch - or hit - a person or animal.)<br /><ul><li>Charm people by showing off that I understand both languages - they can say any of the words below, and I do the appropriate action!</li></ul> Blink or piscadinha<br /> Kiss or beijo<br /> Hug or abraço<br /> Tchau or bye bye<br /><ul><li>Fill in the missing "da" if you say "Você é minha vi...." or "Elis is from Cana....." OK, OK, so I don't actually know what I'm saying, but that's beside the point. My neighbour Carla taught me that trick, and everybody loves it!</li></ul><ul><li>Use hand signs for "hungry," "milk," "doggy," "bath" and "all done" and shake my head to disagree. </li></ul>And of course it's not all about language skills. No, I am multi-talented, you see. I can pee and poop in my potty (not all the time, of course - but at least a couple of times per day. I like to think of it as doing my bit for the environment - fewer laundry loads of cloth diapers and hardly a disposable diaper in sight these days, except for at night. My dad works for the municipal garbage department and the local landfill is within months of being completely full - what's a concerned baby to do?) I can nurse lying down, sitting, and even standing up! I just learned how to walk backwards, and these days I love climbing up on things (and into things, like closets.) And I love to dance, of course - I clap, tap my toes, stamp my feet and bounce to everything from reggae to samba to folky Yukon tunes. I can manage to very messily ingest a bowl of food on my own, although the spoon is more for decoration than for use - what's the point, really, when you can get your hands messy? I do scribble, but the crayon is more likely to end up in my mouth than on the paper. I am particularly fond of pressing buttons - from turning on the TV at the neighbours' house to taking photos to flushing the toilet. And I just discovered how to blow bubbles in the bathtub - my mom thinks it looks kind of dangerous and watches me like a hawk, but I think it's just plain fun! I try to be helpful, sometimes - recently I dumped my water all over the floor, and then - without anyone telling me to - found a cloth and began to wipe it up. That was an isolated incident, though - usually I just make huge messes. Emptying drawers, grabbing CDs and other reachable objects and throwing them on the floor - and if anyone tries to stop me, I let them have it. Ah, yes, I can't wait for the terrible twos...<br /><br />Well, that was the most photo-free post I have ever done. I will work on getting some photo and video evidence for all these grand claims. In the meantime, please encourage me by leaving comments - I might even get those pictures up faster if you do! But for now, I've got some sleeping, growing, and learning to attend to!Elishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850018529640612559noreply@blogger.com3