So the past two weeks have been spring break, hence the
absence to my blog. I have been working almost every day all day, doing things
with the kids. It’s been tiring, but super fun! This has been the time to do
all the things with the kids we wanna do, but that the school week doesn't
allow us to do.
In this week the kids woke up late, and I got a little later
start than usual :) yay :) we got to hang out, relax, and also do some fun
things. Oh and in the middle of it was Passover, which was cool for me cuz I have
never been part of a Passover service before.
Ok so from my fail memory Monday to Friday there were some play dates,
relaxing, games, park adventures, and ice cream, oh and photo-shoots for
Jillian’s modeling.
One of the coolest things we did in this week was go to six flags. i know i post a lot of links, but just go check out six flags' website to see first hand how cool it is!http://www.sixflags.com/greatAdventure/rides/ThrillRides.aspx but here some pictures of my experience of it when i went with the kids.
these pictures are taken off the Ferris wheel:
this tall thing standing up above evrything else is called Kingda Ka, its the worlds tallest roller coaster
the yellow one that you see here is Nitro, it was one of my favorite ones
we had to do the kiddy rides, for obvious reasons, but to be honest they were actually fun :) no suprise
Then Friday night was Passover. This was the first night of
Passover, which to me just felt like Christmas. There was lots of family, lots
of food, and a spiritual aspect to it. I met a whole bunch of my host dad’s
side of the family and his one uncle I think, has a farm with horses, so
hopefully I will get a chance to go horse riding. So the Passover Seder was
pretty cool, and interesting to learn about a different religion.
Saturday afternoon we took a 3 hour drive to Baltimore,
Maryland, a different state in America where my host mom’s family lives. We went
there because the second night of Passover was at this big country club with
like 50 member of my host mom’s extended family. It was crazy! The night was
pretty much the same as the one we had before but just more people. It was
cool.
Then on Sunday I went to church with my friend Fraser, who
lives in Baltimore too. The church there was really cool, I enjoyed it so much.
Then we met up with my host family at a deli which there great great
grandparents opened up in 1915 and is still there today. Check out the website:
http://www.attmansdeli.com/ . Anyways
it was very cool to go there, and then after that Fraser and I spent the day
paddling in the harbor, going up a world trade center memorial (27 floors up to
see the whole of Baltimore), and going for a drink, and then a pre birthday
dinner. It was so cool to hang out with a friend who I've known since I got to
America!
this is Fraser
these are pictures taken while driving around Baltimore
here is the deli :) my host mom's mom satnding outside it
the Jessica special on the menu is named after my host mom :)
this is where you sit and eat
we went "backstage"
this was my unbelievably large Jessica special!
this is the view from the memorial tower thingy, and the following photos are taken from every side of the tower so you can see the whole of Baltimore :)
here we are doing a paddle boat trip, we called our dino boat dee, after our friend danielle hook :)
Then on Monday I went with my host mom’s mom and step dad to
the Maryland zoo. That was awesome! I saw some African animals, and it was just
cool cuz it was my first time at a zoo in America, and ever! I had never been
to a zoo before that, cuz back home there’s like one zoo in the city and its
probably lame compared to any American zoo.
the entrance
stag
an actual mammoth head!
this is the worlds biggest tree i'm sure, i thought it was fake! you can actually walk in and around inside it!
here's a slide coming out the tree
farm animals!
rhinos!
zebra!
cheetah!
this is just a statue :)
So the rest of spring break was pretty much the same as the beginning... we went into new york city on one of the days cuz the kids had casting calls, and we went to the M&M store, and the Hershey store. that was fun.
a really cool burger place in the city
hot chocolate comes in a bowl! niiiiiice
the treats the kids got
i tried to make brownies with the Hershey kisses we got, but the were like rocks! oops :P
So spring break was awesome! over the weekend, i was fortunate enough to hang out with my friends at six flags again, so i went on all the roller coaster and they were amazing!!!! mindbogglingly fantastic!!! then today i just chilled.
i'm finding life easier and easier to adjust to here. many times i think to myself what the hell did you get yourself into, cuz its hard work and it takes a lot out of you, but i enjoy every minute of every day!
i feel like the kids are accepting me more each day, they respond better to me and i can tell i'm rubbing off on them. my job is becoming more rewarding :) i miss home and my boyfriend a lot, but such is life. OK time for sleep, and tomorrow its my birthday!! :)
