Delaney and I were invited over to a school friend's house after school yesterday. She and her friend Daniel ran around his house, played a board game, played 'futbol' (soccer) in his attic playroom, and watched Scooby Doo (in English!) Daniel's mom teaches English, so she and I were able to visit while the kids played. We sipped tea and enjoyed homemade cheesecake that her mother made that week. They live in the "countryside" (about .1 miles beyond the city limit as far as I can tell). Its funny how the city ends rather abruptly here with farms/fields immediately where the end of the bus line is. The house was roomy and pleasant and the kids had a great time running up and down the very steep stairs (aka ladder) to the attic playroom. They have a large shaggy dog named Magnus who was happy to greet us, but since it had been raining and he was wet, we didn't give him the chance : )
Although I've had a hard time understanding children when I hear them speaking Polish, I didn't have too much trouble with Daniel's little brother Adrian (age 3) because he repeated everything he said lots of time to make sure everyone heard him (haha!) When we pulled in the driveway: "To jest nasz dom, to jest nasz dom!" (This is our house). He kept talking to Delaney and expecting her to answer and seemed a bit puzzled when his mom explained that she didn't speak Polish.
We'd love to have them visit our apartment for another play date in the near future...
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