Children’s Day in Poland is here again. The Polish holiday of Dzień Dziecka, Children’s Day, is June 1st in Poland every year. We don’t have Children’s Day in the US where I’m from, so I conveniently forget it each…
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Find out how we try to be good people even on our drive home from work in Poland…
on my walk to work Lizzie on a hot day new stadium on the new road with the new bridge Sky Tower is following me – the roof of Monopol… …aka ‘relaks’ with the ladies from work…
Life in the Village is really quite educational for children. Children need to spend time outdoors. Children need to experience nature. Children need to get dirty. They need fresh air. I absolutely cannot sell the Village house. I must…
A Village Weekend Our house A City Weekend The Zoo A picnic in the park We all brought our tents Rosie’s counting…like this….Two, three, two, three, two, three. Szukam! Quick! Hide! Lizzie (in…
In defense of my SUV, well, my little SUV, my SUV-ek: Exhibit A The road in front of my apartment building Exhibit B My road to work And now that Spring is upon us, the potholes have sprung up…
I have an American neighbor. Actually, he is Polish, but he lived in America for more than 20 years before he and his wife came back to Poland to retire. By looks alone, it is difficult to distinguish them…
Today, I went to the 1st wywiadówka of Lizzie’s school career and the 1st in my mothering career. The turn-out was sad, only 2 parents made an appointment with the teacher out of the whole class, but so what,…
Happy 2010 everyone! And what is a New Year’s Eve celebration without fireworks? I can say thanks to all my neighbors for treating us to a spectacular fireworks display last night lasting about 25 minutes. As the clock struck…
Lizzie started Pre-school this week. You’d think that I’d have more time, but instead I have less. Pobudka Everybody washed, dressed and into the car. Drive to school. Unpack 2 kids and enter school. Take off 2 kids’ jackets.…
