COLD, COLD CURITIBA

Hello everyone. Hope life is treating you all good. My life here has now settled into a routine and I'm keeping myself busy.
We are now into fall here in Curitiba. It gets really cold at night and in the mornings. It warms up and will go up to 2o degrees or more but in can go down into the single digits. Houses here are not built with heaters in them, so they are cold once winter comes. Most people buy electric heaters and heated blankets. I have one and still have to buy the blanket. We only have 2 heaters and that keeps Alysia's room and my room warm at night.
Some of the things I have been doing to keep myself busy are
1. Portuguese class twice a week.
2.Piano class once a week.
3.Teaching english to my portuguese teacher (she also speaks spanish).
4.Taking Alysia to her portuguese class twice a week.
5. Taking Alysia to her piano class once a week.
6. Doing all my usual errands (paying bill, grocery shopping and doing all the other errands my hubby asks me to do).

It does not seem like a lot, but they do take up my time. I have to wake up every morning and get Alysia ready for school and try to make sure to be home in the afternoon when she gets home (if I can't make it, the maid is here and will care for her). I also have doctor appointments for me and Alysia and just all the things that come up on a day to day basis.

Alysia is loving school. She does not like waking up to go to school but once she is there she likes it. She is doing great in her piano classes and in her portuguese class. All of us still have a long way to go, but we can at least understand and make ourselves understood most of the time :).
The baby is doing great and still keeping me sick most of the time. It has started moving a lot more now and even Jeff can feel him move. We have not even started looking for names. After people find out what sex the baby is, the next question they ask is if we have chossen a name. The baby is a boy.
This morning Jeff is out golfing. He has found some golfing buddies among the other expatriats. They have memberships at the golf club, so if Jeff goes with them he only pays half price (which is still a lot more expensive than Canada).

We are really looking forward to our trip to Toronto in June. I have made my lists for shopping :). I have a list for the baby stuff I have to buy. A list for Alysia and a list for me. I also will be starting a list of all the food I'm craving so that I make sure to eat them when I'm there :). Jeff also has his lists.

Well thats all for now, I have to go, Alysia is demanding food and the baby is making me sick again. Take care and may God bless you.