Fridays With Petey

I always welcome Friday mornings, besides for the obvious reasons, it is the one morning that Peter and I get to have a just a few hours to ourselves. Most school mornings, Zilda is here and she and Peter work in the garden or play at the house while I head out to Portuguese class and to run. On Friday, Sam has school and Pete and I are on our own. We load up the jogging stroller, drop big brother at school and head out for a morning run. Armed with snacks, sippy cup and a water bottle, we enjoy the sights of Brasilia at one of our favorite running loops then Pete jumps out and we wander about in the warm Brazilian sunshine, watching birds, looking for fish in the lake, throwing tiny handfuls of pebbles into the water and hunting for monkeys. We stop for a treat on the way home, typically at our favorite pão de queijo joint and wander our jardim until the time comes for us to pick Sam up from school. Precious quiet time with my tiniest boy in the midst of a busy and quickly spinning world.