Kemi today went for another meeting of the scouts – Royal Rangers. It’s a Christian scout group, and Kemi is in the youngest team (hm… there must be some professional name for it…). I am really proud of her, as she wasn’t sure she should go as her best Friend didn’t, yet she decided to do it independently! For Kemi doing things without Friend’s support isn’t the easiest thing, so I am really proud of her taking such steps. My Big Girl!!!
I can’t really believe it’s already 30.12.2011. One more day and we will be welcoming 2012! Funny enough, we are one of the first among Family and Friends to do so, so there will be quite a gap (a year ;) ) between us and many of the Family and fRiends for a while. I always find it very funny – and that’s when we phone everybody to wish all the best and tell them whar the New Year brings ;)
Still, as usual, we are not ready for the New Year’s Eve party at all. This year it’s just us, so we there won’t be too many preparations, but I am planning to decorate the house and buy some balloons. plus it’s the only occassion when kids are alolowed crisps, so I need to buy some 
oh, fun! and time for New Year resolutions… any ideas?
With time flying like crazy we finally arrived to Christmas! What a blessing! Finally we could sit, enjoy the company of the Family and simply rest! What is more, we were able to talk to the Family in USA – and even to see them via iPod connection (thank God for developing technology!). What a joy!!! This Christmas time has been really special – it so good just to talk, spend time together and enjoy slowing down
There are no words to express how sorry I am that I haven’t been here for such a long time. Somehow days seem to be speeding up – many good things happen, but we also work a lot which makes us quite tired, hence – no strength to write. Yet today I am planning to make up for it a bit
First – our very special trip to the French Riviera. It was a wonderful time – ten days of great holidays combined with work, but in a very nice way. The heat was incredible, but somehow we all managed to enjoy it! Maybe because we could swim a lot, or because we saw many new things there was no time to think about being too hot, or… maybe it’s in our blood? Anyhow, it was just great, even if I was sweating more than ever in my life! We saw the most important places around – Nice, Cannes, Monte Carlo – and those not so well known, yet beautiful – Antibes (with Picasso’s museum) or St. Paul’s (where Chagall is buried, as many painters used to spend a lot of time there). We also saw the most incredible aquarium, with the shows of orcas and dolphines. Thank God for Lanre’s great idea of taking scooters for the Kids – without them it would be much too difficult for them to walk around. We have the most colourful memories of these times.
But then we came home – very happy as… on the doorstep (literally) there were waiting for us Mohammed and Tamika, brought from the airport in Berlin by Tomek and Kasia (THANK YOU!) and – I had a chance to meet in person Lanre’s Brother and His Wife What a great Family meting! Despite short time (just three days), we could get to know each other, Kemi and Ife fell n love with their Aunt and Uncle, and we didn’t feel like letting them go. We just pray we can meet next holidays again!
Farewells said, we had to get back to work, and Kemi started her new level of education – primary school! She was more than excited to go to her new school, but Ife was the one “left behind” and he was very upset about it. Thankfully, he somehow rediscovered kindergarten by being there without Kemi’s constant support, and now they are both happy where they learn. Kemi learns fast and she enjoys all new things. Ife has lots of short trips which he also enjoys as he didn’t have them last year. Great changes for both of them!
And so the time flies We don’t really know how come it’s already almost the end of October, yet we are happy things are getting better with God on our side. What the new days will bring? we are not sure, but we are expecting them happily
Yes! Finally it is hot in Zielona Góra! As weather forecasts keep threatening us with rain, we decided to use the day to its best! We cycled a lot, did shopping around the midday, and after dinner we played the ball and later – cycling again. To make the day even nice, we were invited to the neighbours upstairs, so I had a nice chat and kids played a bit.
We also managed to pack for our trip to Marysia Poznan on Monday
What a nice Saturday!!!
We had 27 hours with Lanre – he came back yesterday and left today. It was a crazy time – trying to catch up, lots of washing up, preparing and packing! Somehow we managed to have a good time together and … we bought chairs and table for the balcony!
It was great to sit and eat together, even if for a short time! in nine days Lanre will be back. We can’t wait!!!
yes, it’s still cloudy and rainy outside with a crashing temperature of 14 degrees! I still haven’t figured out what happened with summer this year, but I am learning to use the bad weather well. Today I packed old clothes of children. On Monday I will have to take to the cellar all 5 bags of clothes – I hope my Sister has a baby soon, so we can pass all those clothes on her Thanks to the packing, kids’ shelves look much emptier and nicer, so – I am very happy about it!
yes, this year July seems to be a bit… out of place! 14 Celsius degrees?? really?? and rain, rain, rain… still, these are holidays and no place for a depression. I started the day really nicely – with a small change of the looks
and we ended the day even nicer – at the swimming pool with Grandparents! there is no way the weather can beat us!
We spend a lot of time at home this summer, as the weather seems rather like an early Autumn than Summer! Today – 18 degrees, cloudy with showers! I really can’t remember such a summer in recent years! Weather forecasts say it should change in August – I hope so, because Grandparents will have holidays at the seaside then 
Yesterday we walked in Deptak in Zielona Gora (the main square) and took a nice photo:
I really like it. Zielona Gora is full of such beautiful incredible places, especially in the Old Town. I hope one day I will have time and good equipment to take lots of pics of my town!
Yesterday we had 8th Wedding Anniversary! I am soooo happy to be married to Lanre, and every day I thank God for us and our Family! He is coming back today, so I made a small sweet raspberry crumble to welcome him:
We tried it yesterday, even took it to Friends and everybody likes it. I am very happy as I am not the best of the cooks and every successful experience is a source of great joy.
