Not a bad way to start off a morning

No matter how chaotic the surroundings are, all is well in my world when I see Alessandra and Anthony holding hands.

Why is that?  Does it mean that they are connecting as siblings? Or that Alessandra is going to try her best to take care of her brother?  Or is it just plain cute?  Perhaps a combo of the three.

Lucky for me, I get to see them holding hands every day as they are dropped off at school.  We are greeted at the entrance to the school by their teachers; I hand them their plastic bags which contain their juice and notebook (I feel guilty as the other kids have their favorite cartoon character backpacks, but (phew) Alessandra and Anthony don't seem to care)  Tony, Gianluca and I give them goodbye kisses; and then Alessandra takes Anthony's hand, and off they go to their classrooms with a teacher.  

Oops, did I forget to mention that this also gives Tony and me a couple hours of free time?  Yippee!

News Flash: Alessandra's park is out. Calesita park is in.

Walking to school this morning, Alessandra told me not to call Alessandra's park her park anymore.  Stunned, I could not believe she said that as my thoughts flashed back to the time she was so proud to lock the gates to her park for the night (we were the last ones to leave).  

She simply stated that the swing at her park was crooked.  Since she could not swing very high on it, there was no desire to go there again.

Now, we go to the Calesita park, where she plays on the money bars followed by rides on the merry go round.  The operator ( see picture) must really like Alessandra as every time she is there, he quickly switches the music to the Frozen soundtrack.  It is cute to hear her sing "Let It Go" in Spanish.