Yesterday we attended church. It was nice to be back in the familiarity of the church here and be with the community. The children are now accustomed to sitting quietly in church. Something they never knew in the States. We had lunch and spent the day with Csaba and Eva which was fun. Luna and Liam love playing with Eszter and her toys. We had some Palinka (not too much!) and discussed the possibility of a road trip (yep driving to Poland!) together to Auschwitz. We’ll see if we can all afford it.
Today was a lazy day. James went to Csaba’s for work and Hungarian. I stayed home and cooked a yummy 2 course lunch. I made stuffed paprika with vegan cheese and TVP and a second course of pasta and fresh tomato sauce.
We are back in the routine of school. Luna has progressed well in math from complex addition and subtraction to multiplication. At first she had a hard time but then something clicked and she got it and wanted to do more and more problems until *I* was exhausted! Liam is writing numbers and letters and observing. Byron is almost 60% finished with his Algebra II homework. James is working on reading with Luna. She is reading a chapter book called the “Pony Mad Princess.” All three have a strong grasp of geography. Byron knows every European country, capital, location, major mountain ranges and seas and now flags. Luna knows several countries, the ones we visited. Liam can easily point out on a map Spain, Portugal, France, Norway, Italy and Romania. And of course languages. Everyone has received a taste of languages (French, Italian, German, Dutch, Norsk, Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Romanian and Hungarian). Liam has an ear for the sounds and pronounces perfectly. Luna and Liam have switched to Hungarian easily. Byron feels like he has forgotten much. I feel like I know nothing but am comfortable with the sounds. Byron and I are still in Spanish mode. We talked at lunch today about continuing language study when we return. After traveling and realizing how little Americans know, I am committed to establishing fluency in Spanish and another language. Luna is already learning Chinese and we will add Spanish. Byron is learning Spanish and will continue with Hungarian. Liam will learn Spanish and something else. Today he said he wanted to learn German.
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