Our First Pet

Hello Everyone,

We headed up to Recife on Monday to drop off the car we are using, hoping that it will be fixed within a week.  We borrowed a friend's car, and I am proud to say that I managed to keep up with Shaun along the curvy, bumpy, pot-holey, animal and bike-filled roads, where there at times are no indications for lanes or where to go.  I think he actually drove a lot slower than usual, to his chagrin, but still, our dear daughter Lyla decided to unload whatever she had had that morning to eat and drink in the form of vomit.  Happily, it was in our car and not our friend's.

Anyways, we dropped by at the Wieske household, and Seth was finally able to pick up the present they gave him for his fifth birthday a year-and-a-half ago.  You can see that birthday entry here.

And here's a picture of the slightly bigger tarturuga.  It was the first question Seth asked when he got up the next morning: Where's my turtle?  The perfect gift for our animal loving son.