It was a beautiful, HOT, spring day in Brazil. We spent almost the entire day at the beach in Ipenema! Sierra enjoyed her first coca. She had drunk the juice before today, but hadn't had them split it open for her to scrape out the "meat". Here she is with part of her coca, soaking up the sand and sea amidst her new Brazilian neighbors. Last night, spontaneously, she said to me, "Mom, I like it here!" If you only knew how great that made my heart feel! To the right, you can see the Brazilian airforce during a surprise air show this morning in Ipenema and Leblon. We were just lucky enough to be at the beach watching. We didn't know it was happening. There were 7 jets entertaining beachbums for about an hour.

By special request from Vicks, to the right, you have my best attempt at capturing a pic of a Brasiliero in a sunga! Actually, I think there are 3 who qualify in this shot. There were so many people on the beach today, it was hard to even see who was around you. Sierra walked 50 meters to get cleaned off in the shower, two times, and had a hard time
navigating her way back to us through the chairs,
umbrellas, and swimsuits! Good thing we were both watching.