Mother's Day/ Dia das Maes

Sunday was Mother's Day in Brazil as well as in the United States, though I am certain I will never receive a present like the one Eri, 4, made for me in preschool: A picture book chronicling a baby's journey from inside the womb to the outer world. This is strange for more than a few reasons. One, I am well aware of exactly what takes place and, two, I found this gift very funny, which I'm sure was not the intent, and also very confusing -- what was the intent?

This is the cover, which says, "It all started here!"
At first I thought these were balloons. Nope, they are "esperma."

This page explains that there was no room to move around inside
and that something had to be done ... 

… so the baby decided to head out.
While I think Eri did an excellent job depicting the
situation with her color choices,
I find this unrealistic as more than 80 percent of
Brazilian women have c-sections.
Also, in parentheses it says,
"wow, it was tight ..." Just keeps getting funnier, right?

Eri also made me a notepad photo frame for the refrigerator. 

The children were asked to bring a picture
from home for this.