Autumn decoration

We made this lovely little fellow today in English:) 

What did we need? 

-1 egg carton

- a pair of scissors

- some trash paper

- paint and paintbrushes 

- hot glue

...and a pair of hands, some creativity and endurance.... 

OPEN HOUSE

I am back to teaching. It seems that I cannot live without it:) 

We welcome two lovely fellows in our home each week who we share our English knowledge with. They like coming to our house. Today I received some beautiful flowers from them. We also got a little wooden teddy that was named "Tulip" by our girls. I was not able to take a picture of her for she is having her sleep in the girls' bed. It is David's present so we better watch out for her though. 

I got a chance to take a picture of Tulip today. 

NO COMMENT...

Today I asked my older daughter: 

"Why is it good to have a family?"

And her answer was: 

"Because we love each other."

SHE WAS RIGHT!!!

Can you tell us what YOU think? We are eager to hear your answer! 

Bible verses each day

With my 5 year old daughter we have started to learn Bible verses from the book called "ABC Bible verses". She is very good at it. We also apply these verses during the day....when they start an argument we quickly say a verse and talk about sensible and Jesus-like behavior. We have a lot to learn. FIRSTLY, 

A is for

"A soft answer turns away wrath" (Proverbs 15:1)

B is for

"Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called sons of God." (Matthew 5:9)

C is for

"Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord." (Colossians 3:20)

WHEN DO WE START COMMUNICATING IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE? 

We live our days "in English". I am focusing on talking in English to the kids as much as possible. The only occasion we don't talk in English is when we have visitors coming to uur house or when we go somewhere and mummy and daddy needs to speak to other people. However, we try to use our second language as often as we can. It is so much fun! 

If you want to see how we do this from birth on then follow my updates first about: 

-WHAT to SING to such a little baby? 

-WHEN to SING to him/her? 

We start the day with a song that we have learnt from a mum who also uses many other languages at home with her children. Check out her website http://gyerekkelotthon.hu/ 

Good morning, Good morning 

open your eyes, 

the sun is shining 

it's time to wake up

2. "Changing nappy" song by Hanni

Change your nappy, change your nappy 
carefully, carefully
Throw it to the dustbin
Throw it to the dustbin
Now it's clean
Now it's clean. 

We use cloth nappies at home with David.
When we travel or go somewhere it is easier to put on a paper nappy though. However, we experienced many blessings of using cloth nappies with my older daughters thus I try this again with our third child. Hanni, our first daughter was potty trained at the age of 1 and she did not need a nappy any more after that. Bekka, our second daughter was a bit clumsy using cloth nappies, however, at the age of 2 she was quite good at telling me when she needed the toilet too. 
Therefor, we try them with Dave now:) 

10 o'clock rhyme time with mummy 

Here are David's fingers
Here are David's toes
Here is David's belly button
Round and round it goes. 

...and with Hanni

I remember when I read this little cloth book to Hanni 5 years ago and now she is reading it to her little brother. Isn't is fantastic? We got this book from a friend in York. I can't be thankful enough for the opportunity we had from 2005 until 2008. We lived in the UK, made friends, learnt a lot about English culture and lots more I am not able to sum up right now. 

Reading time with Rebeka at 11 o'clock

"Toby the tiger" read by Bekka 

Family picture in August 2013 

We are greatly blessed with a cute little boy who is contented and so peaceful. 

We can not stop wondering how blessed we are by God. 

We give thanks for His love and mercy we experience every day. 

He is our Savior and loving Father! 

We live because He wanted us to live! 

I will be writing about our summer camp we went to last week. God gave me and Balazs 5 lovely days when our children were looked after by friends meanwhile we studied God's Word and had quite a lot of quite time. I learnt so much about God and what He wants us to become. 

I also experienced how loving sisters and brothers can be. Many Thanks to and for them ! 

More pictures and updates will follow later on. 

Children are blessings! 

We can't stop taking pictures of our children:) 

They are such huge blessings from God. 

We give thanks for them every day. 

Here we post some new pitures again. 

Rebeka, Benjamin (my sister's son) Johanna and David

The new arrival

I'm such a good boy

Bekka is looking after me while mummy is outside for a sec

Hannika and Dave

THE THREE!

He is getting hungry....

the siblings who love each other a lot

 

Bekka and David 

                                                                    Daddy and his fisrt son

                                                  All together in the hospital Davy is 1 day old:)

                                                                           All together 2

                                                                      with the girls

                                                                    Mummy and David

                                               Bekka and mummy with the baby brother

May 2013 Some new pictures of the girls:) 

Happy birthday Bekka!  
She turned 3 on the 18th of May 2013 
Johanna turned 5 on the 1st of May 2013 and we are expecting our third one in May, too!

We had lots of fun in Bekka's birthtown, Nyíregyhaza, in the adventurepark. They were really smart:)

May 2013

Bekka

Hanni

EXCITEMENT!

I have not been writing for a while now. I did some sewing though but had other urgent things to do too such as PACKING the suitcase for a long trip, PRAYING for a safe delivery and PRAISING God for His goodness and mercy that this time has finally come:)

We are counting backwards from now on. 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1, and our third CHILD will be with us. We all look forward to his coming so much! 

Please remain in prayers for a safe delivery and a nice start:) 

We trust God that all things will go according to His will! 

Pictures will follow next time!

Pictures of the "new" family member:) the Blue Kangaroo:) 

I think they love the new additions:) 

"I love you Blue Kangaroo"

"They are mine" she said

"I love them to bits"

I wonder what they will look like in a month time...
if they look like this (slimy and chewed on...) now

"I put a blanket on him Mummy" 

Do you like reading? 

What is your favourite book? 

Ours is: 

I Love You ,Blue Kangaroo!

This is the title of a fabulous book written by Emma Chichestre Clark. I have been thinking for a long time what I shall give to my daughters for their 5th and 3th birthday this May when this fantastic book arrived from a friend. 

My younger one reads the story with such passion that I could nearly cry and my older daughter says it by heart by now. 

I think that they have deeply fallen in LOVE with the characters. Therefore I made two of the characters for their birthday and hid them in their beds for tonight. 

Here is Bekka's BLUE KANGAROO:) 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY my lovely daughters! 

GOD bless you and keep you in HIS grace and LOVE forever! 

We love you so much!!!

HELLO BOYS and girls:) 

Hm.... Is there anyone visiting my blog who does not know the following song?

"The wheels on the bus go round and round"

I guess everyone who has ever been on this blog knows this song. It is because he/she has kids or because he/she is a (nursery school) teacher or lived in England and heard this song in the "funkids radio". http://www.funkidslive.com/ . 

We often listen to this song and it is an everlasting favourite in our family and in our English groups. There were no days going past without me singing this song when I was teaching little ones. I loved this song and so did they. 

I got bored with it though and therefore I decided to sew this BUS so that I have some fun again with the song. (It is important to keep ourselves happy while teaching:) 

It is a functional little toy that you are able to teach with if you want to. 

What to teach: 

- the "Wheels on the bus" song

- the names of the shapes (3D) that occur on the bus

- you can hide the personal in the pockets:)
- actions 
- new vocabulary 
- practice fine motor skills by using the pockets 
- prctice speaking and understanding skills 

- and anything else you think would come useful for your kids/students

The front part of the bus

The end part of the bus

Have lots of fun acting out the verses OR 

changing the pictures in the pockets 

while singing the song!

You can put new vocabulary in the pockets

http://supersimplelearning.com/songs/original-series/two/the-wheels-on-the-bus-learn-it/

"Játsszunk angolul!"

English Festival 

in Veszprém 13/04/2013 

A bunch of committed language teachers organised an event called "Játsszunk angolul!" last Saturday. We invited parents who think that early language learning is fun and important. It was a great morning event. We were dead tired at the end but it was worth it. I was in the "playgroup" with a lovely bunch of kiddos and enjoyed playing and singing along with them. 

You can find more about the program here at this web site.  http://www.csoppangol.hu/  At Rita's website you can also find Hungarian information about her English groups. 

We played a bit with my new cubes and letters 

I sewed another day. 

Here they are: 

 We agreed that knowing English means: 

education, fun, love and joy. 

What would you add to these?