i perpaired a baking project of brownies for the kids after school yesterday which went very well! i wrote the recipe in english, using the crazy US measuring system which started a lot of questions... "our oven doesnt go to 375!?" and "...a teaspoon?" i wasnt too mean, i gave them a cheat sheet with conversions to look up. [brownies=math+english!] before the pan of batter was in the oven, the children were not saying anything behind my back and no one was helping me when i realized they were indulging in the bottom of the batter bowl. precious. the computer was there and i just had to take a few shots with the poor quailty of photobooth !
i have started labeling pink post it notes around the kitchen in english and swedish. to help with both parties. it is just hilarious when the kids and their friends come over and notice them; they run around like a scavenger hunt and read them all! hmm...
perhaps the home will be covered in pink post it notes soon..?
i opened a bank account today. im pretty excited about it. i have a bank account in sweden! WOWEEee.
the table tennis drive tonight was so eventful! i picked up the children were discussing different languages and who of their classmates spoke or knew other languages. [this was in swedish i will have you know..] i blurted out, "I KNOW CHINESE!"
which, i know 2 lines in chinese thanks to claire in boston. "push the one with the handle" is the phrase. but spoken in chinese of course it sounds terrifying. the children were quiet and asked, "what was that." i explained to them the phrase, about opening the correct door with the handle. i then asked the boys to translate, "push the one with the handle" in english to swedish.
a few times of repeating and a question of, "handle? what is a handle?" the three boys worked as a team through english and swedish to their final presentation of:
ÖPPEN DÖRREN MED HANGTAGEN. [if that is the proper spelling.]
i was so excited, and proud i got a bit loud because all three boys covered their ears through my enthusiasm ! i understood them in swedish, we took a left turn detour through chinese, touched base with english, and went back into swedish!
wow. what a day!
my new music finds, are from stockholm, called shout out louds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cq5flXMRrE
[tonight i have to leave it.] sorry, youll have to copy and paste the link.
which has been remixed by another swedish artist, kleerup who i am seeing next weekend with THE FAMILJEN:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGqTCCbSL8k
[det snurrar i min skalle.]
its a dream come true!
xoxo.
p.s. spencer fenn arrives from england tomorrow for the weekend. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"remember that time we met up in sweden!?"
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