Moving In Day!

Never have I been so happy to see a vacuum in my whole entire life!

The vacuum signifies:
1. Our air shipment arrived in Brazil and is unloaded in our new condo.
2. I can vacuum! Brazil doesn't really believe in vacuums like we do in the U.S. This is more of a broom/sweep country. To this girl, THAT just don't cut it!
3. I am standing INSIDE my condo and not in THE HOTEL!!!

So whilst it is just a Dyson...it's the most beautiful Dyson I have ever seen.

Now...if I could just figure out the damn electrical conversion stuff and plug it into the right outlet to turn on...ahhh...I'll label that as Phase 2 Moving In activity. ;)

We did receive our sea shipment as well. So everything we packed to come to Brazil has officially made it into our condo! Just about every expat and Brazilian has said the following to us:

"You find a condo in 3 days, the owner accepts the offer, AND your stuff is here before 3 months? WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE?" Apparently, things NEVER go this quickly in regards to moving and shipping. All I can say is THANK GOD! Because 12 weeks in hotel rooms, eating out every meal - NO CAN DO AMIGO!

Kids did a great job on moving in day given that it was total chaos and lots of stuff. They were great little workers and able to help unpack stuff. Truly, all three of them did a great job. AND Char lost her bottom tooth during the day! It was pretty funny when she came out of her room all bloody and smiling! HA!

So we rewarded them with some major park time at our condo park - YEAH! AND some pool time in the three outdoor pools. Aaron had them all line up and taught them how to dive into a pool correctly. Max had his own version of 'correctly'.

He would line up with the girls.
They would dive in.
He would stutter step around to the stairs and walk down them.
Then, he would jump in from about the second step, which is already in the water.

He was more on the 'wading in' side of things instead of the 'diving in' version.