Abby, Zoë and Enzo

We invited Richard, Irene, and their kids over today for the girls all to watch a movie together.  Before they arrived we walked down to the bakery a couple of blocks away and picked up a bit of checkered cake, which was R$4.03 = US$2.32, a chocolate pound cake type thing which was R$3.67 = US$2.13, two donuts for R$2.00 = US$1.16, and eight fresh rolls for us for R$2.10 = US$1.22.

Our friends arrived shortly after 4:00pm and the kids all went to the couch to wait without prompting.  Chris started the movie up and while the movie was going he and Richard chatted on the balcony and Irene and I played cards at the table, where we could also get a peek at the movie.  We all know us moms like the kid movies as much as the kids.  After the movie was done we decided to order from a pizza place that we have a pamphlet for here in the apartment, "Pizza do Paulista".  Irene told us what some of the stuff was, we picked two that had different toppings than we'd get at home, and placed the order.  While we waited, us girls all played old maid with Abby and Zoë's princess old maid deck.  The pizza arrived while we were on round two, the total was R$53 = US$30.82 including delivery.  We had ordered one medium 'pizza do caca' which had the following: molho de tomate (tomato sauce), mussarela (mozzarella), frango (chicken, which came shredded), milho (sweet corn), bacon, azeitonas (olives), and oregano and the second pizza was a large 'paulista' which had: molho de tomate (tomato sauce), mussarela (mozzarella), palmito (palm hearts), ervilha (peas), ovos (eggs, which came hard boiled and sliced), azeitonas (olives), and oregano.  Having the different toppings was definitely interesting, but we all enjoyed both kinds.  The pizza was tasty with a crust that was done well and the sauce was good too.  Closer to authentic Italian pizza than what is normal fare at home as these pizzas were fired in a wood oven.

After dinner we got right on to dessert, which was also enjoyed by everyone.  All four girls were all riled up, and it being close to bed time I decided that they might all like a story.  I let Annabell pick from our four books we have with us and she chose The Velveteen Rabbit.  During the story all of the girls were snuggled on the couch.  Abby and Annabell had their arms around each other, while Zoë and Talitha were doing the same.  There were so many times tonight that I longed to have the camera to capture these memories.  Like hand washing after pizza, when all the girls were 'washing their hands' (translated to playing with the soap and water) around the sink at once, or when we were enjoying our treats, when they were watching the movie and snuggling during story time... very nice memories indeed.