Nine months… Feliz Natal!

So it’s officially Christmas Eve! Yay!

I was determined to find some Christmas board books in Portuguese for Nico, and I managed to find some on Amazon (from a different seller, though). They’re very small board books attached to a snowman and a Santa. They’re actually published by the company that published almost all of my schoolbooks when I was in Portugal, Porto Editora. That was a nice “taste of home.”

We also discovered Star Bright Books while looking for Christmas presents for Nico. They have very affordable bilingual books in many languages. It’s Brasilian Portuguese, but that shouldn’t be *too* confusing. And for $5-$7 a book for nice board books, it’s worth it!

Today I found another great thing for Nico on zulily.com (it’s one of those sites where they only sell a few things that last for a few days, with big discounts). They gave me a $10 credit, so I looked around, thinking I’d never find something in the $10 range. I ended up finding cute things from Children Inspire Design (http://www.childreninspiredesign.com/content/portuguese-counting-cards). They’re cards to put up on the wall with numbers from 1-10, illustrations, and words in Portuguese (for example, 5 is “cinco corujas” which means “five owls”). I’m so excited to have found those.

It’s kind of sad how I only post here so I can geek out about various Portuguese things, but I swear, it’s all for Nico’s sake. And maybe someone somewhere will find my ramblings useful in some form.

And maybe sometime the posts will stop being so rambly and actually have a point. Doubt it, though.

I’m looking forward to Nico’s first Christmas (Natal).
Happy holidays, everyone!

 

I’m editing this to add some quick Nico stats: he’s over 23 pounds (his weight gain has slowed considerably which makes sense since he’s very active, always rolling and squirming and scooting/crawling backward and now forward). He’s nine months old and has eight teeth. He’s also a complete ham and very vocal. I also happen to think he’s pretty adorable.

Good Ol' Saint Nico

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