Yesterday afternoon we went to my birth town Levice where my mom"s mom and my only living grandma lives among other relatives. We visited with my grandma for a bit and then spent the rest of the afternoon/evening with my 2 aunts and that was so fun, just like the old times. Anika even learned how to fall asleep in the car now with all these trips here and there and now she keeps asking if she should be sleeping when we get in a car. On our drive home my parents and I were remembering the old times when we were little and they used to take us on trips. There were no radios, dvds or anything so the way dad had to entertain us the whole time was by singing to us all the fun folk and Christian songs and we had so much fun listening to those. Us kids all had our favorite songs that we couldn"t wait to hear and tried to sing along with dad. That is one of the best childhood memories of mine and I hope we can pass on something as precious to our children one day.
Today - Tuesday - we had a full day visiting with my old class mates from elementary and high school and it was really nice to see them again and their lovely children. It is so nice to see friends as moms now, going through the same things as me even though they are thousands of miles away.
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| at one of my aunt"s cabin - built in 16th century |
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| inside their living room |
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| a gothic church there, from the 13th century |
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| beautiful country side and such good fresh air |
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| with my grandma - 4 generations |
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| my aunt just loved Anika |
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| we went out for pizza |
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| Ani was SO excited to finally get her dreamy sunday because they sell ice cream on every corner here. But she was waiting for it very patiently, never once tried to beg for it |
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| 3 sisters with their mom and Ani |
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| eating at my aunt"s house before heading home (my cousin David is on my left) |
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| meeting some class mates |
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| my elementary school class mate who now lives in NY |
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| Ani taking a picture - me and my friends as moms |
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| meeting with other friends in town - it was a hot day so the kids loved all the fountains everywhere |
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| in front of the presidential palace |
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| trying to get a castle background |
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| finally found the American hockey player - in front of the American Embassy, duh |
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| There are just friends with whom no matter how much time passes by you just pick up right where you left off, as if it were only days and these are friends like that - for life |
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| all of our kids together |
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| Ani was in heaven that she got to walk this great dog on her own for hours |
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| again trying to get the castle but the lighting didn"t work out the best |
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| By the end Ani was having a blast with the kids |
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