Michael and Maira Time

We had a great time with Michael and Maira (pronounced "Myra" by the way) last week. They were possibly going to stay with us for 10 days, but some of their close friends came back into town halfway through and asked them to go stay with them. They were excited about dividing up their time. I'm sure they are having a ton of fun and are anxiously awaiting the return of their mom and dad...they missed them pretty bad!

Here are just a few pictures from our time with them.



Riding the broom.











The girls came out and said they were cowboys. Not sure what the towels contributed to their cowboy outfit, but we just went with it. :)














On Saturday afternoon we loaded the kids up and went down the road a little bit to the mall. It's not a mall like you would find in the states, although there is a really, really nice mall (like in the states) in Goiania. But, they have trampolines, an arcade, a nice kids' play area, and good eats.



Michael getting some air.
















Everyone jumping. Hadley was actually too young, but they let her anyway. Maira didn't want to do it at first, but she saw everyone else having fun and changed her mind.







At the arcade. I like it that our kids are still young enough to actually be content playing on the game that we haven't actually put money into. :)














Balls are always fun...you can see Maira's face in this one.

































Asa would just laugh and laugh as we leaned from side to side on the motorcycle.
At the pool here near our house. A little boy named Calebe (Caleb...you can't actually see him in this picture) always comes around when we are out playing. His dad is a student here and they live a few houses down from us. He is almost 9...he and Michael had a lot of fun together.
The boys with Calebe. He came over and played all day...the boys loved it.









They had just had a snack as you can tell by Hadley's face...it was chocolate ice cream in fact.















The nightly brushing of the teeth. Fun stuff.
















Telling Maira goodbye.











Thanks for coming over, Michael and Maira. We loved playing with you!