Lang gå tur efterfulgt af frozen yoghurt //A long walk followed by frozen yogurt

I går ville børnene gerne cykle / gå en tur, og de havde længe talt om en park så var lige ned ad gaden, så der gik vi hen :-)!
Drengene cyklede men Lucy og jeg havde taget lidt sporty tøj på! :-) Da vi kom til parken havde vi det så varmt, så i stedet for at lege så læste vi, der var nemlig et bibliotek der henne. Selvom parken bare lige var ned af vejen så var der dog alligevel 1,5 km hver vej! På vej til parken var det ikke så svært, men det var på vej hjem det var ved at gå galt!

Lidt billeder fra parken :-)

For det første var det 37 grader, vi havde ikke taget vand med (ikke særligt smart når man bor i Texas) og Lucy var rigtig træt i hendes små ben, så jeg nærmeste slæbte hende hjem, hihi :-9 Men hjem det kom vi da! Og der blev drukket en MASSE vand, og derefter kørte vi ud og fik frozen yoghurt! Mmmm, det smagte SÅ godt, og der var så mange forskellige slags smage! :-)

Lidt billeder fra Orange Leaf, som stedet var kaldt:

Efter aftensmad havde jeg lovet at sove sammen med børnene så vi holdte en slumber party inde på deres værelse! Det var rigtig hyggeligt, og så fik fortalt nogle historier, og smuttede derefter i seng :-) 

En rigtig dejlig dag! Nu er det weekend, og jeg har nogle planer imorgen ! GLÆDER MIG!

Knus Mette 

//Yesterday the kids wanted to go cycling and go for a walk, and they had long talked about a park that was just down the street, so we went to the park:-)!
The boys cycled while Lucy and I had taken a our sporty clothes on! :-) When we got to the Park, it was so hot, so instead of playing we read, there was a library at the park. Although the Park was just down the street then there was 1,12 miles each way! On the way to the Park, it was not so hard, but it was on the way home it was VERY hard!

Here are some pictures from the Park:

First of all, it was 100 fahrenheit, we didn't bring any water (not particularly smart when you live in Texas) and Lucy was really tired in her little legs, so I almost dragged her home, hihi:-) But home we came! And we drank a lot of water, and then we drove out and got frozen yogurt! Mmmm, it tasted SO good, and there were so many different kinds of flavors! :-)

Some pictures from the Orange Leaf, as the place was called:

After dinner I had promised to sleep with the kids so we had a slumber party in their room! It was very cozy, and we told some stories, and then slipped into bed:-)

A really nice day! Now it's the weekend, and I have some plans tomorrow! I AM VERY EXCITED!

Hugs Mette

Første gang i biografen i USA //First time in the cinema in USA

Hold da op en dag!! :-) Endnu en dejlig dag, i skønne omgivelser, omringet af en dejlig familie! Det her sted gør mig så glad! :-) :-)
I dag har vi bare hygget os alle 4 sammen! Vi har været i poolen (som altid), spillet spil (som jeg tabte :( ) og ja bare været sammen! :-)

Der bliver planlagt strategi!

Kl 02:30 kørte Lucy og jeg, Eli til violin. I stedet for at køre hjem igen, sad vi og lyttede. Han har talent! (Y)

Lige et enkelt billede af mig og den sødeste pige i verden:

Efter aftensmad havde jeg aftalt med Simone (min vejleder) Andrea og Johanna (de andre Au Pair piger, dog mangler Inamarie men hun var forhindret), at vi ville tage i One dollar biografen, hvor man kun betaler 1$ (en dollar) for at se en film! Det er lidt ældre film, så det vil sige nærmeste nye film i DK! Vi tog ind og så SPY og det var virkelig sjovt! Jeg købte en medium popcorn og cola, men havde lige glemt at alt i USA er større, så en medium cola svarer nok til en XXL cola i DK, haha! Men det var en rigtig god oplevelse og det er i hvert fald ikke sidste gang jeg gør det! De billet priser kunne de nu godt lærer noget af der hjemme, for lige at forklare det bedre så bedste forstår det, så betaler man kun 1$ for at komme ind og se en film, hvilket svarer til 7 danske kroner! 

Lidt billeder af biografen ude fra:

Her er min medium cola og popcorn! Selvfølgelig kom der smør på popcornene og det smagte rigtig godt!

- Ikke den film vi så, det var blot reklamer, man skal nemlig helst være der i lidt god tid da det ikke er nummererede pladser, men man bare sætter sig hvor man vil :-) 

Jeg var først hjemme kl 22:30, og havde lovet børnene at jeg ville sove sammen med dem, så de havde lavet en seng til mig, men de sov allerede så gik i min egen seng og så må vi sove sammen imorgen! :-) 

Godnat herfra og god dag!

Knus Mette 

 //What a day!! :-) Yet another lovely day in amazing Texas, surrounded by a nice family! This place makes me so happy! :-) :-)
Today we just enjoyed each others company! We have been in the pool (as always), played games(which I lost:() and Yes just been together! :-)

They are planning strategy!

At 02:30 Lucy and I drove, Eli to the violin. Instead of driving home again, we sat and listened. He has talent! (Y)

Just a picture of me and the sweetest girl in the world:

After dinner I had agreed with Simone (my supervisor) Andrea and Johanna (the other Au Pair girls, however we are missing Inamarie but she was prevented from coming), that we would take in One dollar cinema, where you only pay 1$ to see a movie! It is slightly older movies, but thats almost the new films in DK! We went in and saw SPY and it was really funny! I bought a medium popcorn and cola, but had just forgotten that everything in the United States is bigger, so a medium cola is similar enough to an XXL cola in DK, haha! But it was a really good experience and it is certainly not the last time I do that! The ticket prices, they could learn something of that at home.

Just some pictures of the cinema from the outside:

Here is my medium coke and popcorn! Of course there was butter on the popcorn and it tasted really good!

-Not the movie we saw, it was just advertising. You should preferably be there in a little good time because it is not numbered seats, but you just sit where you want to :-)

I was home at 10:30 pm, and had promised the kids that I would sleep with them, so they had made a bed for me, but they slept already so I went in to my own bed and then we can sleep together tomorrow! :-)

Good night from here and have a good day!

Hugs Mette

Tillykke med bryllupsdagen// Happy anniversary

I dag er der sket en masse ting 🙈 Til morgen var det det sædvanlige! Vi stod op, fik morgenmad, så en film, kørte i target og så hjem igen, hihi!! Kl 12:30 fik børnene en ven på besøg som de skulle lege med og jeg gik i gang med at bage en kage til Heather og Ted fordi det er deres bryllups dag 🎉😁 

Lucy hjalp mig med kagen, men vores resultat blev desværre ikke så godt, kagen faldt helt fra hinanden så vi var nød til at smide meget af det ud! 🙈

Da børnenes ven blev hentet hyggede vi med puslespil inden Heather og Ted kom hjem! 👌🏻

Børnene havde lavet et teater stykke omkring hvordan Heather og Ted mødte hinanden og blev gift, som deres gave! 🎁

Til aften tog vi ud og spise! Det lignede en rigtig diner! Det smagte så godt! Til dessert fik vi milkshake! 🍔🍨 

Og selvfølgelig var det kun den rigtig ketchup far! 😉

Knus Mette 🙋🏼

//A lot of things have happened today!🙈 The morning was as usual! We got up, ate breakfast, watched a movie, drove to target and then back home again, haha! At 12:30 the kids got a friend over and while they played I tried to bake a cake for Heather and Ted, it's their anniversary today 🎉😁

Lucy helped me with the cake, but it didn't went very well! The cake was crumbling in to pieces, so we had to throw some of it out! 🙈

When the kids friend was picked up by his mother, me and the kids made puzzles until Heather and Ted came home!👌🏻

As a gift the kids had made a puppet show for Heather and Ted. It was the story about how they meet each other! So cute 🎁

We went out for dinner tonight! It was a real diner, and it tasted SO good! For dessert we got milkshake!🍔🍨

And yes daddy they have the "right kind of" ketchup! 😉

Hugs Mette 🙋🏼

Stille og rolig søndag // Nice and calm Sunday

I dag har været en stille og rolig søndag ☺️ Vi stod op og gik i kirke. Jeg tog med Lucy i søndags skole igen, det er faktisk rigtig sjovt 👍🏻😀 Lucy blev ved med at tage sine fine sko af, så jeg spurgte hende hvorfor hun blev ved med at tage dem af, og hun sagde at det var fordi de gjorde ondt at have på, hun fik vabler! Jeg spurgte hende hvorfor hun så havde taget dem på og hun svarede:

"Fordi jeg føler mig smuk med dem på!"

Da vi kom hjem fik vi frokost og jeg fik skypet lidt 📱 Derefter havde Lucy, Heather og jeg pige tid! Vi gik i poolen, tog sol og legede! Endnu et sjovt citat fra Lucy:

"Min tan er ved at være perfekt!"👌🏻

Lidt billeder fra kirken!

Til aftensmad havde Heather lavet suppe og efter det spillede vi spil og hyggede os 🎲 Inden senge tid lå vi hele familien og snakkede om vores højdepunkter fra weekenden og læste godnat historie! Rigtig hyggelig søndag 👌🏻☺️ 

Knus Mette 

// Today has been a nice and calm Sunday☺️ We stod up and went to church. I went with Lucy to Sunday school and it's actually a lot off fun😀👍🏻 Lucy kept taking off her pretty shoes and I asked her why? She said that it hurt having them on and she got blisters. I asked her why she had chosen these shoes then, and she said:

"Because I feel pretty in them!"

When we came home we got lunch and I skypet home 📱 After that Lucy, Heather and I had girl time! We went in the pool, got tan and played! Another funny thing Lucy said was:

"I think my tan I just perfect!"

Here are some pictures of the church!

For dinner Heather made soup, it was really good, and after that we played games and had fun 🎲 Before bedtime the hole family was taking about the best part of the weekend and we read bedtime story! Really a cozy Sunday👌🏻☺️

Hugs Mette

Update!!!

Så der har været lidt stille på bloggen i et par dage, men det er blot fordi jeg har været så træt om aften  når jeg går i seng, og det er som reelt der jeg får tid til at skrive på bloggen :-) Men nu kommer der en update over de seneste par dage! :D
- Onsdag var en lidt hektisk dag.. Børnene blev afleveret til klaver kl 10, og jeg tog hen for at få fixet mit person nummer. Det tog ca 30 minutter, så det vil jeg modtage inden for 14 dage. Derefter skulle jeg lige købe lidt ind til mig selv, så jeg kørte til Target købte hvad jeg manglede og hentede Lucy og Eli fra klaver. Theo var først færdig en time efter, så mens vi ventede på ham tog vi i parken. Vi har faktisk været i parken mandag, tirsdag, onsdag og torsdag! :-) Da Theo var færdig hentede vi ham, kørte hjem og fik en snack og så skulle Eli til violin. Lucy, Eli og jeg kørte så Eli til violin, mens Theo blev hjemme. Da violin kun er 30 minutter og det tager ca 15 minutter at køre der hen, tog mig og Lucy til et slags marked med en masse butikker, det lå kun 3 minutter væk fra Eli's violin lærer, så det kunne vi sagtens nå. Vi kiggede os lidt omkring og så tilbage efter Eli. Da vi kom hjem legede børnene i en times tid og så skulle vi afsted med Eli igen! Han skulle nemlig til fødselsdagsfest ved Bella! Han skulle være der kl 17:30, og vi kørte kl 16:50, bare for at være i god tid! Der stod på GPS'en at det ville tage ca 20 minutter. Det jeg bare ikke lige havde tænkt over var at det var der alle fik fri, så det tog HELT VILDT lang tid!!!!!!! Vi var der kl 17:45..... Så næsten en time, men det ved jeg til næste gang, hihi :-) Da vi ankom til adressen var det en stor parkerings plads. Jeg var bange for at jeg havde skrevet den forkerte adresse ind og at vi ville blive endnu mere forsinket, men det var fordi at fødselsdagsfesten blev holdt i en slags legeland bare 1000 gange bedre! Der var trampoliner OVER ALT!!!! Det hed Thin Air! Jeg har vedhæftet nogle billeder nedenfor! :-) :-) Jeg lavede lasagne til aftensmad, men den var lidt vandet, ups hihi :-) Men vi spiste det da og det smagte okay!

P.s Hurtig forklaring! Efter et år hos familien kan man vælge at forlænge med 6 måneder eller 12 måneder mere og i dag da vi kørte hjem fra klaver sagde Lucy:
"Jeg håber ikke du skal være her i 1 år og 6 måneder!"
Jeg kigger i spejlet og spørge:
"Okay, hvorfor håber du ikke det?"
Og Lucy svarer:
"Fordi jeg vil gerne have at du bliver her i 2 år!! Og 1 år og 6 måneder er ikke lang tid!"
Prisen for verdens sødeste pige går til Lucy!!!!!!!

Et billede fra parken! 

Bileder fra Thin Air!

- Torsdag var en stille og rolig dag! Theo tog over til en kammerat og legede mig ham, så det var bare mig, Lucy og Eli her hjemme :-) Vi syede lidt, hoppede i poolen og så cyklede vi! Lucy kan ikke cykle helt endnu, så vi tog cyklerne bag i bilen og kørte til parken for at øve os! Det er min mission at lære Lucy at cykle inden jeg tager hjem her fra, og den er hun med på! Tror skam at hun sagtens kan cykle næste måned, vi skal bare øve os lidt :-) Torsdag var jeg også ude og spise sushi med de andre Au Pair's fra det her område. Der er 3 udover mig, så vi er en lille gruppe! De var rigtig søde og det var helt vildt hyggeligt :D På onsdag snakkede vi om at tage til et slags cowboy sted og ride på en mekanisk tyr, hihi!

- Så blev det endelig fredag! En dag børnene havde glædet sig til, da jeg havde lovet dem at jeg ville tage med dem til deres yndlings restaurant Chick Fil A. Ted havde hjemmefra sagt at det ville være en god ide at køre omkring kl 11, da der ville være mange kl 12. Så vi kørte kl 11, bestilte hvad vi skulle have og satte os ned og spiste! Og ganske rigtigt! Kl 12:00 væltede det ind! Der var folk fra militæret, fra luftvåbnet og sygeplejesker! Det var fuldt med mennesker som stod i kø :-) Efter at børnene havde leget lidt i legetrummet tog vi hjem og spillede scrabble, Theo vandt og jeg kom på en anden plads! :-) Cameron (Lucy's bedste ven) kom over for at lege med Lucy. Til aften var der rester fra onsdag, nemlig min lasagne! :-) Efter aftensmad holdte vi filmaften = Total hygge! :-)

P.s I dag organiserede vi Lucys skab, så alle hende kjole kom på bøjler og hun sagde:
"Jeg har besluttet mig for at jeg vil være en kvinde, det er derfor vi skal have styr på mig tøj!

Lidt billeder fra Chik Fil A!

Scrabble (der skal stå Denver)!

Filmaften! (Y)

- I dag (lørdag) sagde jeg til Lucy og Eli at de behøvede ikke at vække mig! Jeg ville gerne sove lidt længe. Så jeg stod først op kl 10! Det var tiltrængt :-) Vi tog ud og handlede ind, og så har vi ellers bare hygget os her hjemme! Jeg har fået læst min bog færdig og været i poolen sammen med Lucy og til aften fik vi pizza, det smagte så godt!!! Efter aftensmad spillede vi settlers, det var virkelig lang tid siden jeg havde spillet det, men det var rigtig sjovt!!! :-) Nu er det senge tid og jeg er blevet solbrændt, hihi! :-) Så godnat her fra og håber i får en god dag!

Settlers! 

Knus Mette

//So there has been a little quiet on the blog for a few days, but it's just because I've been so tired at night when I go to bed, and it is actually at that time I usually write on the blog:-) But here comes an update over the past couple of days! :D
-Wednesday was a little hectic.. The children were dropped off at the piano at 10, and I went to get my social security number fixed. It took about 30 minutes, and I will receive it within 14 days. Then I needed to buy some things for myself, so I drove to Target bought what I was missing and picked up Lucy and Eli from the piano. Theo was first finished an hour after, so while we waited for him, we went to the Park. We have actually been in the Park Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday! :-) When Theo was finished we picked him, drove home and got a snack and then Eli had to get to violin. Lucy, Eli and I drove Eli to the violin, while Theo was home. Since violin is only 30 minutes and it takes about 15 minutes to drive there, me and Lucy took to a kind of market with a lot of shops, it was only 3 minutes away from Elis violin teacher, so we could easily go there. We looked around a little and then went back after Eli. When we came home the kids played for an hour and then we set off with Eli again! He was going to a birthday party at Bella! He should be there at 5:30, and we drove at 4:50, just to be in good time! There stood on GPS that it would take about 20 minutes. I just forgot that we are in a big city and most of the people get off their jobs at 5, so it took a long time!!!!!!! We were there at 5:45 ... So almost an hour, but I know that for next time, hihi:-) When we arrived at the address, it was a large parking lot. I was afraid that I had typed the wrong address into the GPS and that we would be even more delayed, but it was due to the fact that the birthday party was kept in a kind of playland just 1000 times better! There were trampolines EVERYWHERE!!!! It was called Thin Air! I've attached some pictures below! :-) :-) I made Lasagna for dinner, but it was more soup with spaghetti I put a lot of water in it ups hihi:-) But we ate it and it tasted okay!

P. s quick explanation! After a year with the family, you can choose to extend the period for 6 months or 12 months more and today as we drove home from the piano Lucy said:
"I don't hope you are going to be here in 1 year and 6 months!
I look in the mirror and ask:
"Okay, why don't you hope that?"
And Lucy responds:
"Because I would like that you will be here in 2 years!! And 1 year and 6 months is not a long time!"
The award for the world's cutest girl goes to Lucy!!!!!!!

A picture from the park.

 Thin Air!

-Thursday was a quiet, peaceful day! Theo took over to a buddy and were playing him, so it was just me, Lucy and Eli at home:-) We sewed a bit, jumped in the pool and then we biked! Lucy may not cycle quite yet, so we took the bikes in the back of the car and drove to the Park to practice! It is my mission to learn Lucy cycling before I take home from here, and she agrees! I think that she can easily cycle next month, we just need to practice a little:-) Thursday I was also out and eating sushi with the other Au Pairs from this area. There are 3 besides me, so we are a small group! They were really sweet and it was very cozy :D On Wednesday we talked about going to a sort of cowboy place and riding on a mechanical bull, hihi!

-So it was finally Friday! A day the children had been looking forward to, since I had promised them that I would take them to their favorite restaurant, Chick Fil a. Ted had said that it would be a good idea to go around 11, as there would be many at 12. So we drove at 11, ordered what we should have and sat down and ate! And sure enough! At 12:00 a.m.  people stormed in from everywhere! There were people from the military, from the air force and nurses! It was full with people standing in line. After the children had played in the playroom we drove home and played scrabble, Theo won and I came second! :-) Cameron (Lucy's best friend) came over to play with Lucy. For evening there was leftovers from Wednesday, my lasagna! :-) After dinner it was movie night!

P.s today we organised Lucy's dresses so they came on hangers and she said:
"I have decided that I will be a woman, that's why we need to organise my clothes!"

Some pictures from Chick Fil A!

 Scrabble!

 Movie night! 

-Today (Saturday) I said to Lucy and Eli that they didn't have to wake me! I would like to sleep a bit long. So I stood up at 10! It was much needed:-) We went to the supermarket, and other than that we have just spend time here at home! I finished been reading my book and been in the pool along with Lucy and tonight we got pizza, it tasted so good!!! After dinner we played settlers, it was a really long time since I had played it, but it was a lot of fun!!! :-) Now it's bed time and I'm sunburned, hihi! :-) So good night from here and hope you get a good day!

Settlers!

Hugs Mette