American Observations

Chelsea is now old enough to notice more differences between life in the USA and life in Hungary. She kept me laughing at her innocent observations while we were in Texas.

Here is America in the eyes of a now 7 year old -
*Why are there so many do-nut shops?

*In Hungary, we grow healthy food. In America, they grow sugar trees.

*There is no pay at the pump gas in Hungary. I had never thought about her noticing this until she said, "Mom, why do we have to pay for gas in Hungary, but not in America?"

Ahh, America, the land of donuts, sugar, and free gas.

Tagging Along to Texas

A week after returning from the cruise, we tagged along with Larry on a business trip to Houston. As much as I hate the flight, it is always good to be there, even if only for a week. It was a busy week of...

Early birthday celebrating,

park playing,

popsicle and goldfish eating, and

Nana and Papa jumping. 

We enjoyed spending time with everyone that we were able to see, and we look forward to having more time there this summer. 

Date Night

Shortly after the cruise, Larry and I enjoyed a fun date night with sweet friends. With 3 kids, sometimes date nights are few and far between. We took full advantage of this night, enjoying the beautiful Budapest lights after a nice dinner.  Seeing Budapest at night never gets old!

Malaga

Our last stop on the cruise was in Malaga, part of the Costa de Sol in Spain. A highlight for us was taking a (sketchy) taxi ride to the city of Mijas. We loves the whitewashed buildings and beautiful views. 

If we looked reeeaaalllly hard, we could see a speck of Africa across the Strait of Gibraltar.

Donkey Taxi in Mijas

Beautiful!!!

After some time in Mijas, our taxi driver took us on a tour of Malaga. It was nice, but the kids were d.o.n.e with tours and taxis. We asked him for a last stop at a souvenir shop before he took us back to the boat. Chelsea picked out a pen and a bookmark, and Cade found a belt. He had been wanting a belt for oh so long, but he is so skinny that we hadn't been able to find one. We found a cloth belt in the shop, and Larry cut it to make it fit. Cade was thrilled and it was quite possibly the highlight of his vacation.

Lanzarote

Our day in Lanzarote was a beach day for us. The wind was brisk and the water cold, but we enjoyed feeling a little sun and the older two loved playing in the sand. 

Little guy was not a fan of the sand. 

Summer Countdown

I will finish the cruise posts very soon....in the meantime, I realized that 6 weeks from tomorrow  we leave for our annual summer trip to the US. In the 6 weeks before we leave, I have a Book Fair to run, a birthday party for Chelsea, a family trip to Amsterdam, Larry has a trip to Brussels, we have guests for 10 days, and of course all the normal end of school year festivities. Yikes!! These 6 weeks will fly!!!

Circus At Sea

As I mentioned before, the kids loved the Kids Club on our cruise. One of the highlights was learning circus tricks all week, and then performing a circus on the main stage of the large theatre on the ship.

Waving to us

Chelsea chose to be a feather balancer and a lasso twirler. 

She mastered balancing the feather on her hand and on her chin. 

Perfect for a Texas girl!

Cade's group took on the role of the circus tigers. 

He was so excited to be a tiger and was soooo adorable on that big stage. 

Rarrr!

The tigers all jumped through the ring of fire....so cute!!!!

We were so proud of our little circus stars!