"Filosophy"

I was excited to find this in the store.  Until I realized it was a phake.  But I still bought it.  :)

 

Sign of the Day

 

In the parking lot of a McDonald's

Not Afraid of Huge Slices...

9 and a Half!

My first baking project of Hungary!  Nicholas wanted a chocolate brownie half birthday cake.  Sadly no Ghirardelli brownie mix (our US standard) can be found in Hungary.  There is a German branded brownie mix in the stores, so I figured I'd give it a try.  There was also some kind of mix to make a mousse-like creamy chocolate something in the baking aisle too, so I picked one of those up too.  Both turned out to be only sort of chocolate tasting (the problem of all chocolate desserts in Hungary, we've found), but he was happy, and that's all that matters.  Hard to believe we are six months away from Nicholas being 10.  Love that guy!

I've Never Seen THAT Before

OK, OK.  So this isn't the first time I've said that since we've moved here.  But really.  I really have never seen anything like this before:  A coin operated flat iron in a public mall bathroom.  Really?  I had to sneak a pic.

First Ice Skating Outing

Our original plan for the day was to go to the zoo and buy a membership.  After speaking (or attempting to speak) to the woman at the front desk, then speaking to the man taking tickets who spoke English, then going back to the woman at the front desk, we discovered that for a membership, you need to provide passport sized photos to be laminated onto your pass.  And so many people just carry those around, right?  Not so much.  So with our zoo visit thwarted, we changed gears and took the kids ice skating.  We attempted to skate in City Park (at supposedly Europe's largest outdoor rink), but it was closed, so we went to a big mall that has a small outdoor rink.  It was the kids' first time...and Tom and I aren't exactly pros.  But we had a blast.

 

Yes the helmet is too small.  Somehow it seemed fine when we tried it on at Decathlon.  We've already purchased a new one in the next size up!

 

Charlotte was slow and steady, and didn't fall at all.  She loves skating!

 

Nicholas can sometimes get frustrated with things that aren't easy from the get-go.  To his credit, he was not an instant skater.  He fell over and over and over.  But he cheerfully got up and kept going.  I was pretty happy he had a helmet on though.  :)

 

 

My new hat!

 

 

 

Two hours skating. The kids would have gone for hours and hours more.   I think we will be buying our own ice skates next season!

 

Cutest Logo Ever

 

This means "Owl Castle" in Hungarian.  I'm in love with the logo.  And the food isn't bad either!  :)