Story Time ... I'm a Big Fan!

Story time is definitely the best time ... well it is for me. I forgot how much I enjoyed little kid books until I got to Cologne. I read at the International School and then at night with the boys and I think I enjoy it more then the kids because when the teacher reads to the class I get excited and make sure I have a good seat so I can see what she is reading and the pictures ... obviously. Every night I make sure I have a good book to read not just for the boys but for myself. I would always love it when my parent's would read me stories before bed ... I mean who wouldn't ? you have books like : Oh, the Places You'll Go! ,The Smartest Giant in Town,The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom,  If You Give a Mouse a Cookie which is one of my favourites but my absolute favourite one right now is The Snail and the Whale. It totally understand why kids get hooked on the same book for weeks at a time.  The boys may ignore me all day but as soon as it's story time they think I am awesome which is alright with me even if it is only for 15 min ... I'll take it. 


xo 


P.S I wish I was kid. 

Kids, Kids , Kids ...

Today I started back at the school after being gone for three days due to Dominic's sickness. You never would have guessed I had only known them for two days because right away they came and gave me hugs. It's those little things that makes me want to be a teacher. It doesn't matter how bad a day you've had they always know how to turn that frown upside down. 
After I was done at the school I came home and played hide n seek with Dominic, Yannick and one of their friends Leo. I have played this game every Monday since I got here and they always hide in the exact same spot thinking I wont find them or are completely disappointed when I do find them. I have told them so many times to hide some where else but boys will boys. 
xo

Sick Day!

You know you have made it when a seven year old tells you your good at something. Today Dominic was home sick which meant I got to stay home with him.Since it was so nice out we went out in the backyard and played football aka soccer. We each had nets and the first one to get to twenty wins. I was doing good which Dominic pointed out but I think he was being sarcastic because he beat me 20 - 5 and I would say that I let him win but that would be a lie. 
The best part of my day with Dominic was when just the two of us went to the grocery store on our bikes to get stuff for dinner. Just as we we're unlocking are bikes to go back home Dominic says " I have to go pee pee"and starts walking back and forth holding himself. I couldn't help but smile because this reminded me so much of myself .... when I was at that age ha ha ha. So knowing that I stopped unlocking the bikes and started quickly searching for a bathroom cause when you gotta go you gotta go and I of all people know that. As I was looking for the bathroom Dominic is walking as fast as he can holding himself and when we reach the bathroom he doesn't even close the door .... doesn't this sound familiar ? 


xo

Welcome to Holland!

Today I got to go to Holland. It is only an hour drive from Cologne which is really neat because being in Calgary you don't have that. You have Red Deer which I mean is a really cool place ... not. Canmore and Banff are fun places to go but they do get uninteresting after a while where as here you have so many options. One day I could drive an hour and be in Belgium and the next day France ... the possibilities are endless. 


While I was in Holland I didn't really sight see.I am helping Ivetta find a new dinning room table so we went and looked at a lot of furniture stores and since that wasn't going well we decided to go to a really big outlet mall and shop for clothes instead of what we really need. I ate a Dutch dish which was very good mostly because it included fries that I got to dip into heinz ketchup. After we ate we went to the grocery store which I really enjoyed because it is always interesting to me to see the different types of foods one country has compared to the other. For some reason I am alway interested in the ketchup aisle. I could be completely lost but some how I always find where the ketchup is. Then after we got what we needed we headed home it was short but sweet and I will be sure to make my way back to Holland to explore. 


xo

                                                       Chicken Satay ( Kipsateh)


                                        
                                        

A New Way to Learn German!

I feel my relationship with the boys is getting better and better. Tonight we figured out a way to help me get better at speaking German. Dominic told me I cannot ask him to do something unless it is in German. He helps me out but then I have to repeat it to him and if I say it right then he will do as I ask . If I do it wrong he will still do what I ask hahaha. I am totally into it except if they start using it to their advantage like if they use it as a way to say swear words. Dominic is a big fan of the word scheisse ( shit) and lots of other bad words that a seven year old should not be using. If this is the case then it's game over and they have to do everything in English ... yah right! 


xo

Pasta,Pasta,Pasta!!!

 I find myself becoming sick of pasta because that is what I have had for dinner and lunch the last few days. At the International School they have a lunch prepared daily and for some reason they keep picking pasta .... I mean just because the noodles are different shapes it doesn't mean the taste is different . At the house we have it for dinner because it's leftovers and that seems to be the easiest thing to prepare in this busy household. I find myself to be thinking about other foods when I am eating pasta . Hopefully tomorrow my day is filled with something other than pasta. I am trading bacon for schnitzel not pasta. 


xo
P.s Today Yannick made fun of me and said I looked like the dark lord because it was dark under my eyelids from my mascara.... we are definitely making progress on becoming friends.

First Day!

Today was my first day helping out at the International School. It went very well in fact I made about six or seven new friends .... too bad they're only 6 years old and don't like to speak english. I always find it interesting meeting a class full of youngsters because you get to see so many different personalities which always makes for an interesting day. 
In the morning I got to take four of the well behaved girls out into the hallway and read a poem to them. We finished faster then the the rest of the class so they sat and talked to me. They taught be the word apple in german which is apfel. I asked them some questions. One question that made me laugh was when I asked them if they liked learning english. The response of a little girl named Elizabeth -" I don't learn english ... I know english". I found this to be a lie because she never wants to speak english to me .... maybe that's her way of telling me she doesn't want to talk to me. 


xo