The Raaps at the Beach

The beach is literally 3 minutes from our house...it was a glorious morning. If you want to find us on google earth here is the approximate address. R. Cel. Rômulo Morais, 25 - Maragogi - Alagoas, 57955-000, Brasil. I couldn't find the exact location because google earth isn't downloaded on this computer, but it will give you an idea. I'm just going to upload pics because it takes forever to upload anything so maybe it will be done by the time I wake up. There's a pic also of Lyla sleeping with a bug net...the mosquitoes are eating Seth and Hazel and I alive. Shaun has blood that mosquitoes hate apparently. I don't really understand why they don't have bug nets around all their beds, or even tacked to their windows if they can't afford screens. Sandro keeps telling us to close the windows at night, but it's hard to decide which is worse, heat or bites. I currently have amazon.com open and am looking at the cost of canopies and "insect protection systems." It's strange because I haven't actually seen any mosquitoes, so I wonder if they look different here? In other critter news we also saw a salamander or gecko in our room and tried to catch it for Seth but it's disappeared on us twice. Maybe we'll catch it tomorrow! Have a wonderful Sunday everyone. Love Brenda

PS The pics took so long I ended up picking just one of each kid at the beach. I'll try add some more tomorrow again, including the view from our upper balcony.