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Sunday, April 14, 2013

Half term happenings

Half term in the UK is a one week school break that happens halfway through each term - hence the name "half term" (I think). (just a brief explanation for my outside of UK readers :)

We kicked it off with a visit from our adopted "cousins" on Sunday after church; it was nice to have lunch together and just chill after; some of us even managed to squeeze in a little nap sitting on the couch (no name naming; and no, it wasn't me). :)




On Monday we went to the dentist. Ok, that wasn't part of the "fun", but it wasn't bad either, judging by this picture... :)
                                                 

On Wednesday it was our turn to visit the "cousins", who live about 20 minutes away. After lunch and lots of playing, we went on a quick trip to their shopping center and got to see Rastamouse!



On Thursday we went to the Leamington library, where we enjoyed listening to Jeremy Strong, a children's book author ("The One Hundred Mile an Hour Dog" and many others). 


He was very kind to agree being in a picture with the kids:


On Friday we visited our dear Romanian friend Alina. She and her husband used to live in Leamington Spa, a mere 10-15 minutes away, but moved near Oxford 2 years ago. We haven't seen them since they moved and now they have a one month old baby boy! So we took the 45 minutes trip and got to see her, her sweet Alex, and her lovely, lovely mom; we also got to enjoy some real Romanian food. :) Ok, just to delight my Romanian friends, this is what we had (and tell me if this is not a typical, 100% typical Romanian menu!) - salata de boeuf, supa de pui cu galuste, snitele cu puree de cartofi si salata verde, chec cu cacao la desert! Told you! :)




This was back in February, we've been back to reality for quite a while now. :)

3 comments:

Ioana said...

So nice! It's funny though because I also took the kids to the dentist on Monday morning on their spring break! lol
And, yes, that was a nice Romanian meal! YUM! :) Te pup!

Cristina Karekar said...

Nice half term happenings!! :) Loved the pictures and the fun you had! We're due for a dentist appt that I keep forgetting to schedule, ughh!! xoxoxo

NSCorb said...

love the pics! its nice that they have some 'english/american' cousins to play with! :) great fun!