100% Real Juice

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PS, we love our mommies.

Yesterday was raaaaaaiiiiiny. At one point, it was raining so hard that Fernando, Dalmo, and I were yelling at each other just so we could hear. Fernando is Dalmo's uncle, and he doesn't want to read by himself, so they come together. At first, Dalmo was too shy to talk much, but he's starting to open up. It's always fun to have a younger person and an older one together. The older person has usually known English for longer, but the younger person has been learning it since they were little. So they stop every couple of minutes to correct each other's English. Sometimes, I don't even have to talk!

Last night, Sport played Corinthians. We watched the first 30 minutes or so of the game. It was on pretty late, so we didn't stay up to watch the whole thing. When we left, Corintians were up 2-0. I just searched online, and I don't speak Portuguese, but I think Sport lost 3-1. I already guessed that they lost, because I only heard the entire city shout once. If they had won, people would still be honking out the Sport chant on their car horns today. They do that anyway, but it's nonstop when Sport wins.

So you probably read about our juice on Kensey's blog, but here's my version of it. My favorite juices, in a very particular order, are as follows:

1. Graviola
2. Cajá
3. Mangaba
4. Acerola
5. Açai

For the record, açai pudding/mushy fruit stuff: delicious. Açai juice: less delicious. I think it's just because it's not as sweet, and we've been spoiled by our sweet juices. If there was some more sugar in it, I'd probably love it. Also, I left out uva (grape) because we haven't had it fresh, only from a carton. And I didn't drink pêssago (peach) and it's in a carton anyway. Only fresh blended juice gets on this blog.

Tomorrow is party night. We're going to teach our Brazilian friends a bunch of party games. We don't know how they'll respond, but we hope it will be a lot of fun! I'll let you know how it goes, and maybe even take a picture or two.

I know, I know. Pictures. I just can't remember. Okay, I'll make you a deal. No promises about this week, but next week, I'll post at least one picture per day. They will probably have nothing to do with whatever the post is, but at least you'll have something other than text. And I'll try to put some on sooner than that... if I remember.