home to home!! we have two homes...and a third one too!

Ah the big rooms and the humongous garden and courtyard...miss ya so very much. My home sweet home! It would be just a building but I have lived there once so happy so unaware of just how far away from home will set up my new home.....still very happy we have two or three homes! reuben loves mama and tata's home with having cousins on hand and aunty rebeka....Mama makes the best cake ever! It all went. THe taste was amazing...although she really did not like how she managed the decorations. I say....better taste good and look good than taste bad look good:) Mama your cakes are the best! And when you think it was all organic and hand made....that alone is a WINNER! Reuben loved it and so did we!Aunty Rebeka...and her big boy Reuben who was just too pleased to have a humongous pool all for himself in the garden.OUt and about on his birthday BIKE!:)) a bit on the smaller scale but loved the basket. It was red as well so he loved that too. It was bike time a few times a day:)Sunday am we went for a drive in the mountins....we saw amazing sights after which we had stopped at uncle Jojo's camp. We drunk a coffee (with a slight explosion) and came back down to mama's house to rest and go to church and say THANKS TO GOD FOR SUCH A FAB BOY!

after church and when the heat subsided a bit around 7pm we have got together to celebrate with Reuben being four. He was so so very unaware of it all. Until we got the cake out and we all gathered around him. He had a firework thing (sparkler) in his cake...he loved that...we sang Happy Birthday several times before it decided to go.....and he just loved the attention. He had all his cousins (first and some second cousins from Romania - Beius) I was so really touched ....he was too.Sitting down with the big cousins enjoying some toooooooting (annoying adults who were deeply into their chats:)Reuben was very interested in singing in Hungarian in the church he was a good boy.Kiddies champaign was served by daddy who is not only so pleased and proud of his 4 year old but was indeed drunk with champaign.....the day was hot and long....but who cares when one has loads of fun!!! - and is on holiday.Having two cousins in the same house that one has his holiday means they can be up to all sorts of fun things:) Reuben would wake in the morning and start with : Where is Hanna and Hanniel? I want Hanna....thanks son...good morning to you too!!!:)Oh the many many dips in the water we had ....even Zac managed to befriend the water....

Daddy was in it too but sorry this one is the one of the better ones so this got posted...:))))

Reuben loved most his time in the water several times a day as it was soooo hot 40 degress most days. We managed to keep up most nights with going to bed early about 8pm when most people were going to the park having spent the day sheltered from the sun. So while boys slept mummy and daddy set on the veranda....and enjoyed the peace and cool of the evening. Basically one would not be able to be out and about from about 10am to 8pm....still cause we had the pool and a shaded and cool house we managed just fine. We managed to send the trains we had too many of home and Reuben loved loved using the huge spaces to build tracks and play out scenes from Thomas films. He has successfully communicated in sign language pretty much with everyone....and has picked up some hungarian .....will be defo back again hopefully not before too long. BIG HUGE THANKS TO ALL OUR FAMILY AND FRIEND WHO MADE OUR STAY IN ROMANIA THE BEST HOLIDAY EVER...thank you to MUM, DAD (MAMA ES TATA) and Rebeka and my beautiful and inspiring sister in law IRENKE, my brother Jojo and their kids HANNA and HANNIEL for making us feel at home more than we could ever imagine. God bless you all. Already missing you all.

Ready for Schooollllll????

Time has come! We had to start looking for uniforms as school is starting in September. I was putting things off but then I had a school meeting and reports to write and reports written vfrom nursery to school (for me to read) and I got the bug and got out there today to get a few essentials. Grey socks, grey trousers and shorts and white polo shirts....all done. We now need plimsoles and some school logo stuff and we are done. So far he likes what he is wearing but can;t get his head around why and what is big school all about?!!

Once uniform on ....needs some christening so off we went to the garden to see just how dirty it all gets in no time at all. To my surprise R played so carefully and even ate his dinner in his uniform and did not seem to have had one little single dot of mess on them. Must mean he is ready for schoool:)))) Monday we are starting a week of half sessions 9-12 at school to meet others and get used to it.

June where have you been and gone?! Finally we got to see the NCT friends after many many months of not seeing them Wednesday pms. It was good fun but chasing Zac was not. Reuben was so happy to play with everyone. I think judging by their grinning faces they all had fun too...

I love this photo! ONe day we were a bit at a loose end and decided to go find this hidden park. Wow!!! What amazing view. I was swept off my feet (almost literally) and loved loves the sun trapped garden and the view and the equippment was fanatsic. Copperfield Park this is.

After many years of living in Kent we had somehow never managed to visit the Hop Farm. A friend suggested it so we were off to see that and I have to say I was thrilled with the place. It was fantastic. there is so much there we could have just stayed all day. I just loved and loved it....and so did the kids.

PLAYING FOOTBALL HAS NEVER BEEN AS EXCITING EVEN i WAS GETTING EXCITEd

Let me tell you this son of mine is a SPIDER or something. No matter what physical activity he encounters he goes for it and look what he does!!! reaches all goals. I hope he will make it into life and not stop ever at hudles I am teaching him to be a WINNER but not at all costs.

How fab is this?! A dino world in one HOP FARM there must have been Dinos before the Hop right?? :)))

Animals are still the favourites!!! He loves loves loves any sort of animals. This little black piggy was rather sweet and the bunnies too

Wow!! Still at Hop Farm we also had a mini Golf area. I know nothing about golf but I would say it was so cool had so many things to do....thats one.

Giant cushions pillows things wow...scary but is my son scared?! Nope....and whats scary for me is when 16 months old Zac follows his older brother like a little sheep. I am sure will soon be all white haired!!!

I don;t want to go on too long but another visit was to lego Land!! It was truley HOT possibly the hottest day of June so far! We were melting, getting lost, hungry and fed up....tired and shattered but had an amazingly good time. This was also because our dearest Romanian British friends Elena and Alex with Nicholas and Andrei were with us. It was like being home for a little while. Kids enjoyed rides but I was dissapointed with the quequeing and the short time of the rides. I guess it is a main attraction worth visiting for sure but I would say unless your kids are good at quequeing and patient don;t go there instead go to HOP FARM especially on a week day as there is hardly anyone there.

I think this concludes June well.....!!!! Now we are in July and we have two major things we are preparing for.... a week at his BIG school starting Monday the 4th July, A TRIP BACK HOME TO ROMANIA on the 13th and Reuben's 4th Bday at home on the 17th July (or thereabouts depending on when everyone can make it) and a huge bday fundraising event on 31st July here in UK. All being well you should soon hear more from us....for now...hope you enjoyed this post!!

doing doing more doings

We had been working and doing and doing things latley! Enjoying Reuben being at home 4 of the 5 days that he normally would be in nursery! We had decided this would be a really good time to do things together before school starts. I am so proud of myself for doing it for 4 weeks. Its so hard but its so worth it. My nearly4 year old is amazing!! Here is a moment with Mr. Crocodile that we made today while Zac was asleep!

My boys are loving the colouring and just writing time.

Here is Mr Interesting:)) Loves his bike so very much...this is when I wish I had a bike myself:)

Some few months ago Reuben has gotten into his Bakugan and now he loves his new tent and hidaway place in the living room.

Daddy time is so special! Both boys love having daddy around and its always so good for mummy too!

Reuben always loved animals especially if they come with a sticker or two. He is so interested in knowing everything and generally asks what its called in English, French and Hungarian:)))

It was great having aunty Ellie here. Reuben asked that aunty Ellie sleeps with him first night however after the initial enthusiasm he asked for mummy....but he was so excited to have aunty Ellie. NOP NOT AUNTY ELISABETH but aunty Ellie. I was so pleased he was so friendly and affectionate. I am always intriqued by his welcoming and his ability to gage who are the people who geniuinly are interested and like him. He is so good at asking people if they would like a coffee and goes and proceeds to make it....bless! My gorgeous Reuben my pride and joy!

Looking at this picture I have to say I am not regretting ever and how could I possibly?! having a second baby. I am looking at my boys and just feeling so amazing about the friendship and bond that only brothers and siblings can have. I was so selfish when I thought I could deprive Reuben of a sibling. I am blessed with 4 brothers and sisters and I am TRULEY BLESSED and so pleased and happy my sons will know what its like to have a sibling....hope and pray they will always stay this close....and have a special bond.

Aunty Ellie spent a lot of time in the kitchen...too much time. We had probably gained a lot of weight!!

I am a happy mother of two amazing boys! One who;s blog I am writing is the most amazing gift I have ever received (this is not to say the other is not). I can not say how very special a first baby boy is....I am doubley blessed and very very happy content. If I ever doubted there was God I would know there is by looking at my two gorgeous sons

Aunty Ellie had some very special times with my boys. Reuben as always felt it was important to show off after all he is nearly four a proper almost big boy.

In this photo R was eager to tell Zac that when you go to bed you need no shoes....Zac was taking it all in. Actions speak louder than words!!

My beautiful sister Doceova Elisabeta known as aunty Ellie. We used to look very alike...until my hair went black and hers went.....rusty...:))) She has been my support my help and my amazing amazing big sister always. I love her to bits.

We had not so long ago discovered the secret Garden with fish, ducks, water lillies and such. Its been amazing really. Its a 5 mins walk from our house....and soon will have a picknick there.

Among many other things we had been out and about and on one visit we had just seen these strange things:)) there were a few of them.














So much to share so many things to talk about! Its always in a rush these days but hope these have given you a good idea of what we had been up to. Its been a busy busy time...birthdays and many other things and outings. We are slowly getting ready for our 10 day holiday and hope to celebrate R;s bday in Romania. Before that we should enjoy a week in school getting used to what it will be like in September then holiday then few weeks before Rebeka will spend 3 -4 lovley weeks with us. A lot of good comming our way. God is good.

Loads more fun fun fun

Hello! Here is Reuben with aunty Ellie. Oh what a fine pair these two are:) They love and love spending time together. Aunty Ellie is spending her well needed vacation here for 1 week.
Hello!:) Three friends in the rain:) Noah, Reuben and Luca:) They have not met for some time...and although no one else was out there here we are all meeting up in the rain.
Yap, and we spent some time at the fairs for the Dickensian festival. I am finding it so strange that for someone who thought Dickens and learnt about him I am now living in his world and yet still not sure I get him or that I like him!!! Do I have to?!
Anyway, here with lovley MAYOR friend Ted Baker. What a fine and lovley man. R wasn;t impressed and was a bit tired!

Had a bit of too much rain recently. All good for the garden but less good for us all as we are running out of ideas of what to do ....in and around house. Here we all had pop corn on the kitchen floor with Mr Octopus. He seemed nice....so we bought him home from the Dickensian Fair:)))

More cake or biscuit making:))) what can I say boys had so much fun. Since we are on the old and antiqueing stuff like Dickens...I was proud to tell Reuben that the rolling pin he was using was the one from Great Grandma Green probably about 72 years old....not sure he got what I was getting at but still.....

Summer Summer Summer time....

Ah do we know its summer?! Oh yes! And we are really welcomming summer as really we need all that Vitamin DDDDD!
During half term we had planned to do seaside but I chickened out last minute due to Zac being somewhat not himself. He seems to be a bit trantrumy and gets so easily upset...don;t think its here to last but I just wanted to keep an eye on him and be nearer home...however Reuben kept asking me and I promised no matter what Saturday we were going to the beach!! And here we are...I was pleased we were not alone...my friend Marie and her family was there so boys were enjoying the digging (which originally was done by 13 years old Ben)....
It was such a good and lovley day. To see the infinate sea to think beyond the box to try and keep prospect of us being so small in relation to the univers and its creator....I was trying to do the usual thanking God for all....and although I was unable to concentrate with the two children, tired body and mind....loads of people surrounding us and the lovley chats....I still managed to say a HUGE THANK YOU TO GOD for a wonderful day, for amazing friends, for family and their love and off course for the struggles we face that hopefully will draw us closer to God and give us the strenght to carry on....

As alwasy 4-5th of June means Dickens Festival here in Rochester. Dickens was a Victorian novelist who wrote some pretty grimp but to the point novels...Twice a year we have a huge weekend of commemoration. He was known to be writing loads of his books in Rochester (and around Kent...and the south coast) and so there are like hundreds of people who will actually dress up and there are formal parades, all shops are open...people come from near and far and well there is a huge fair at the castle and we alwasy take the kids to enjoy some rides...its the first year the brothers have been together:)))

For those of you who don;t recognise the second oldest cathedral in England that my friends in the backgrounds is Rochester Cathedral, I love it more from outside then I do from inside. I often walk up to the Castle which is opposite it and marvel at the Cathedral....what huge vision people must have had to build such a huge and elegant building. I wonder how many prayers and people have been emtering that sacred place. Back to Reuben he actually loves the Castle grounds weather there is a fair and rides there or not. He enjoys the open space and the green and always asks with great interest about the maps that show the original look of the Castle and points out the Cathedral and the river medway that runs along one side of the castle, the boats...I love how he is so facinated by it all. Today he said he understood there were some people who like fancy dress...when asked whom he wanted to be like he said SPIDERMAN....makes sense hey?!:))

Good weather also means we are seeing more and more friends. here we are at the Cathedral Tea Rooms (the most beautiful garden and caffee) and Reuben has been enjoying special time all day with Nicholas one of his first ever friends, that he looks up to and loves.

And while his younger brother Zac sleeps we often do some crafts...here he is making a Dino painting for Alfie his best friend.

Mummy had a massive clearout and while at it boys took an oppotunity to form a band to the horror of the neighbours who were probably wondering who these idiotic kids were?! Well they know...my gorgeous sons...

When stuck for ideas....ahhhh (well nearly never) my sons do funny things like this:) Reuben particularly feels happy if he manages to make me faint or have a heart attack so here he attacks his brother who is safely hidden and my beloved car:)))

Another craft afternoon with granny Smith....playdo ing and making burgers:)))