Friday 8th of august:

Today Megan had a lesson with the girls and she decided to make some cookies. First they had to make the dough and then it was waiting time. They drew some drawings while they waited for the cookies to bake. When the cookies were done it was time to eat!  

The chickens are growing very fast. The chickens we brought outside just a few days ago are ready to eat big chicken food! In the evening we had a less nice time.. One of the teen chickens wasn’t drinking or eating anymore. We were afraid it was a disease in the chicken coop. We coated the chickens in with a white powder: Diatomaceous earth. We even put the powder over our arms and places we held the chickens.

Saturday 9th of august: 

The chicken sadly died. We are hoping that not more of the chickens will die. The rest of the day we took it slow. Megan was feeling ill and slept most of the day. In the evening we were outside and saw a beautiful moon. The moon was red in color. We tried taking a picture, but none of us took a good one…

Sunday 10th of august: 

Michel is on his way back to us! But the weather was so hot that even the car didn’t want to drive anymore. We were sweating from top to bottom. So today was going to be a pool day. 

After going to the pool we waited for Michel to come home! It was late, but he made it!

Monday 11th of august: 

We decided that our dream of getting married here is not doable. We tried multiple times, but every time they wanted something else. We called the government in the Netherlands and we could get married in September without all the trouble. So we are going back to the Netherlands soon!

Tuesday 12th of august: 

Floris was getting used to Jillian being here, and decided that he wanted to wake her up. And so he did. Jumping in the tent and laying beside Jillian. We had a lovely day, but the fires are getting more and more intense these days. We know what we need to do, but it is still scary. A few places in Portugal were expecting rain. We were hoping, but it didn’t come…

Wednesday 13th of august: 

Today we went a day outside of the quinta! Jillian and Megan went to a bookstore and bought a book each. The boys were shopping.

Thursday 14th of august: 

The ducks found a new chill spot.. On the roof of a caravan. Why? Don’t ask us. Jillian and Megan called their parents and there was a fire close by… After hearing that we started to take a bit more time looking at the fire apps. In the evening, to get our minds off the fires we played Mario Kart and Koos (which now wanders outside) decided to join us.