Nestor has been waiting to give Zeca and Zico their gifts for a long time! Even though Nestor is fairly certain these gifts arenât particularly good. How Nestor wishes he had the money to be able to.. for example... buy the boys an artisan violin or two pricey pieces of technology... But he canât give them those things. He wants to give these boys the best in the world, but he canât.
The boxes are wrapped in paper from different holidays. Nestor thought they wouldnât mind the mismatched paper. Maybe it might actually amuse the boys somehow. He doesnât have a lot of Christmasy-themed wrapping paper right now. After the holidays heâll likely be able to get more and heâll be ready for next year.
Each of the boys receives a laboratory type of toy that comes with various interesting kid-safe science experiments that should be harmless fun. Mixtures that will change color or fizz in an interesting way. Stuff that will create some interesting slime types of material. Each kidâs toy comes with unique and different experiments. Nestor suspects theyâll likely trade and combine.
Zeca receives lots of violin music CDs from a wide range of artists and composers. Kids still use CDs, right??? Heâs fairly certain Aurora has a CD player somewhere. âI hope these might inspire you?â He says helplessly. Hopefully these CDs donât backhand Zeca and make him frustrated that he canât play that well yet.
He also gets a t-shirt with one of his favorite super heroes on it and an action figure to match the shirt.
Zico receives blank canvases. Nestor is certain an artist can always use more of those. Heâs heard of artists who run out of surfaces to paint on painting over their old work. That would be a shame if Zico did something like that. All of Zicoâs art is so good and it should be preserved!
Zico also receives a t-shirt with one of his favorite cartoon characters on it. He also gets a small stuffed toy of the character to match the shirt.
Though Nestorâs focus certainly seems to be on the kids... Nestor thinks itâs only right that kids are the focus on Christmas.... he definitely has something for Aurora too. âDonât tell ZĂ© I gave you this.â He advises quietly as he gives her a fairly small box. Which is actually wrapped with appropriate, seasonal gift-wrap.
Inside is a simple photo album thatâs full of pictures of her brother over the years. None of these photos are anything Aurora has ever seen before. Itâs a life that sheâs been shut out of.
Many of them are pictures with friends. Many of them are taken at parties or gatherings. There are lots of photos of life events Aurora didnât get to be part of. Thereâs an opening of a samba school. There are lots of pictures of various businesses ZĂ© has started and later abandoned. Concerts heâs performed. There are travel photos. Photos of ZĂ© and his friends having successfully climbed a mountain together. Aurora might have heard of some of these events, but she was never really aware most of this even happened.
No doubt this life seems to rich and interesting compared to herâs. These are pictures that look better than the reality, of course. Many of the events in these photos turned into horrible disasters.
There are a few less glamorous pictures. There feels to be a mocking tone to some of these images. Some of ZĂ© all beat up in the hospital. Thereâs a photo with ZĂ© screaming at a broken pipe thatâs spaying him with water. There are pictures of ZĂ© sleeping with drawings on his beak. There are lots of other pictures of ZĂ© being pranked.
Lots of casual pictures. Pictures of ZĂ© hanging around the apartment he used to live at with Nestor. Pictures of him playing various musical instruments. There are a few very old photos of ZĂ© painting. There are pictures of him sleeping in his hammock. Pictures of ZĂ©, Zico and Zeca together. There are lots of photos of the kids playing in the yard while ZĂ© sleeps in his hammock. There are a few photos of the kids on outings with their uncle. Fun actives they did together while Aurora was busy. Outings ZĂ© might have avoided if she came along.
Itâs a very full photo album. It took a lot of time for Nestor to gather and copy all these pictures.