After almost 30hours on the road we finally arrive at our beloved Farm!!!
Now the kids understand why we don’t come to see Grandma and Grandad more often… their conclusion after 2 airplanes (22hours in the air) and 2 sets of land transportation was:
“It’s far away from Australia!”… but it is so very much worth it!!!
It’s absolutely great to have 5 weeks to enjoy Vovo Elizabeth and Vovo Tarcisio in their own enviromnment!! And let them show us where things come from and how things work in a farm.
What is this hairy thing on this plant???? Yes, Corn!!!
And so it goes with the kids exploring the abundance of goodies that Vovo’s farm has to offer!!!
Berries straight from the trees:
Anna can’t have enough of them!!
Papaya trees…
Grapes from the vines:
Oranges and limes, very fresh!
Lixias… very fast became Thomas’ favorite!
And the trees are so heavy with them!!
There are so many bananas on the trees that some of them are dehydrated and turn into “Banana Lolly” (dried bananas). And here is the Banana Lolly man in action….
Banana Lollies became our favorite treat!!!
And with so much fruit on the trees, it’s often time for a fruit salad!!!
For lunch? Lots of salad from the garden!!
The kids love harvesting all those fruits and veggies from the garden! By now they can name all trees and salads.
After a few days they already know where everything is: babanas, mango trees, pineapples, salads, carrots, pepermint, figs, limes, papaias, lixias, grapes.
They also know where the Tucanos sleep at night, where the yellow canarie birds made their nests.
Anna finds at least one ladybugg everyday and marvells herself with the masssive big and bright blue butherflies that sometimes pay us a visit!
The Guara wolfs haven’t showed themselves yet, but we saw our first monkeys yesterday.
The kids are always finding a different sort of ant, and naming them according to their shape: giant ones, the little sting ants, mid-sized ones… And so with the bees.
Every single little new finding is celebrated with the excitement and bewilderment!!! There is no single boring moment and so many pictures to share….
