Carnival Kids

Wowww, we had an amazing morning with the kids today! Fortunately I didn't go out last night (Danni did, and somehow managed to get through it all fine! She came back from the Academia do Cachasa with the opinion that all cahchasa is gross - which I knew already, so didn't miss out on too much there!)

Today with the kids we began by taking photos of each of them to put in their photo frames they made yesterday. It's quite a novelty for them to have their picture taken, so you can just imagine them all clamouring the camera and stuff! We had to take their profile pictures almost like school photos because Olivia said that their parents would be really pleased with that, as photos are such a luxury for them.

After that, we were thinking of doing a fashion show because all the kids had deliberately come in their best clothes and done their make up (very amusing watching Maria - the five year old - put on far too much lipgloss before her photo and then totally flaunting it and pouting insanely!) and hair (hair styles in Brazil seem to involve smoothing everything down with gel - I'm not a fan, but they thought they looked good!). However, we had one head dress that Leanne had made out of a magazine when she came on Friday, and so myself and Olivia began to make a few more. Before we knew it, Danni and Stevie had had to join in too because absolutely all of the kids wanted one! It was totally manic. They were all crying 'Tchia, tchia' (Aunty, aunty) and demanding more bits of feathers be stuck on and for us to make them wristbands too! It was amazingly fun despite the chaos!

Eventually, we got round to the catwalk. The girls were absoutely brilliant (boys got a bit shy as predicted, but still strutted their stuff a bit!). They had a really great model walk and had the serious expression and the flounce at the end of the catwalk down to perfection! They've definitely been practising! It was very fun and very funny, especially when a couple of the boys paired up with the girls... romance in the air...?! Maria (the youngest of the group) was a particular favourite with everyone, she kept coming back for more and blowing kisses and completely milking it! It was a fabulous morning, never mind the exhaustion :D