Preparing for Carnival / Puzzle

 
 
 
 

It is the season again for balls and festivities. Children make masks and wear costumes, have parties at school... Kevin went to a workshop at the school where he'll be going to from September. Yesterday we also went to an open house, watched the teachers in action, he got involved in story-telling, colouring and counting. He is surely ready for school!
And here's a 1000 piece puzzle we worked with the children, the Golden-Gate Bridge. Patrick has especially got a lot of patience for working on puzzles. Bella wants to do things quickly and gets frustrated easily, and Kevin, well he only tries and gives up, if it doesn't fit. But we did it! :)

Couch Surfing

Hello! We've joined the Couch Surfing Project! You should look at the website instead of me trying to explain what it is....

http://www.couchsurfing.com/

Bella and I are going to be surfing in London in March:)

More Ball Photos

 
 

School Ball

 
 
 
 

We went to the First Parents' Ball that we organised for the school.It was about three months' work, but it was worth it. Here's a few pictures, there's more at:
http://picasaweb.google.hu/logan.marina/SchoolParentsBall

House blessing and new jackets

 
 
 
 


Traditionally around Epiphany, homes are blessed. Some people ask the priest to come every year, some only do it once. For us, this was the first time since we moved in. Maybe it is appropriate to ask God's blessing on our home in the year when we plan on doing construction. The Father is the same whos mass we go to every Sunday. The school's pastor. We are happy to belong to this community. M

Skating on the Lake Fertő

Neusiedler See or in Hungarian the Fertő-tó is frozen. It's been below zero for over two weeks now, so you can skate on the thick ice, and people say, the ice hasn't been this smooth for years. If it is windy when it freezes, or if there's snow on top, the ice gets bumpy, but now it's like glass.

Christmas Eve

We are still up because we're going to midnight mass in a while all together as a family for the first time. In Hungary it is Christmas Eve that has most of the celebrations. We decorate the tree, open the presents and eat fish traditionally today. Luckily we were ale to get salmon, and to my surprise Kevin had three helpins of it. :)
The biggest hit with the boys is the pirate ship game they got from Kerry and Jenn, thank you guys so much. Bella is happy with her hairdresser's head doll, she's learning to braid hair now. But the nicest thing about today is that we are all together and have nowhere to rush, and just enjoy each other's company. Merry Christmas to all who read this blog!