hungary family 2

in december i went to a teacher party to celebrate christmas and the end of the first semester. there i met an english teacher from my school who is on maternity leave (which can last a few years) and has two small children. her name is annamari and i found her fun, charming, and un-hungarianly friendly. we talked for a while and she invited me to come to her house and play with her 3 year old daughter, whom she is teaching english. i agreed to do it sometime, why not.

a while later she called to set up a meeting with her daughter. since then i have gone to their house almost every weekend to play with her kids, eszter (esther) and dani (donny). eszter has just turned 4 and dani is a cute little 1 year old. when i visit eszter and i read books, play outside, dance, watch movies, play silly games, make up stories, and just have a ton of fun.

one thing i like about going to their house is that it's like being part of the family. in the house there is annamari, her husband zoli, her mom (whom i just call grandma, i think), eszter, and dani. we all gather for a homecooked hungarian lunch each weekend. i like that i get to eat delicious traditional food without cooking or paying for it. :D i also like listening to the hungarian being spoken but having annamari there to translate if i need it.

silly

getting ready to go to the playground

readin'

the little cuties (this was my desktop for a while)

dani likes to read upside-down, i guess

eszter just likes to BE upside-down (i was wearing her hat)

slidin'

we went to "salt lake" together and saw some fish

and walked around

brother and sister - in a box

there's dad! zoli is so good with them

aw, eszter was helping grandma make some food

grandma joins in the fun some times too
box dani

eszter dressed up for farsang at school, little butterfly

there they are! isn't this a fun hungarian family?