Late Christmas

I finally arrived to Mojacar, Spain and I received the best present ever! One big present with lots of small presents inside. It involves green books and sweets. What more could I want?

Poney Express "Les Petits Matins"

Andreea

I spent such a lovely morning with Andreea! More photos here

Santa time!

Santa came earlier this year to the kids from "Ana and children" center. 

We had quit a blast!

Had to chase the taxi boy...

... saw some flying hooves

....sang Christmas songs with Dana

..received huge bags with presents...

and got really proud about it ;)

We laughed at Santa's jokes..

...and had an interesting chat with an elf....

And after a long day we had to say goodbye and be good for next year. :)

The kids also need help so if you have some spear toys or anything you think would be good for them please help.

Trec trenuri pe trupul tău Ioana

"Ioana, trec trenuri pe trupul tău
Precum gândurile,
Stai cu braţele încrucişate la piept,
Trenurile se zbat pe trupul tău fără să găsească gara
La încheieturi sau când se bat cap în cap oasele.

În tot arealul ăsta căruia alţii i-au trasat marginile
Cu un băţ pe nisip,
Îţi faci oameni din plastilină şi îi laşi în sălbăticia
Faptelor
Găseşti la tot pasul
Obiecte de care nu mai ai nevoie,
Care nu mai pot să te mulţumească.

Dai cu piciorul în bălţi de carton,
Lumina întoarsă pe dos dă la o parte
Hâtia din geamuri
Ca să se nască lumi din mame terestre, 
Pielea ta Ioana naşte pietre în loc de tumorete.
Oamenii de pe lângă tine
Aleargă în toate părţile 
Ca să scape de umbre şi de scame,
Cad cu timpul de gât,
În toată devenirea asta,
Unii încearcă să-ţi pună piedici,
Alţii să fie mai oameni printre oameni.

Nu vrei Ioana să fii,
Nimic din ce nu poţi,
Nici măcar puţinul pe care îl rupi de la alţii,
Sau fiecare mască a celor din jur
Pe care o poţi trage spre tine
Până când o crezi
Şi o inserezi în sine până la dizolvare."



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Meanwhile at home....

Osi's schedule is way different than mine. He usually sleeps during day time, plays and seeks attention during night time. If you want to wake him up when he naps you have to be very persevering because you have more chances to win the Nobel Prize than make him react.
Having in mind all this, some of my Kinder toys decided to take advantage and have some fun :

You would think all that laughter and noise would make him angry, but he only raised his eyebrow for a second....

...changed his position.....

...to end up dreaming he was on a nice warm Miami beach...

Weekend goodies

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I found this really nice article on Guardian's Books page. Inspired by Dave Eggars's San Francisco project 826 Valencia, the famous writer Nick Hornby with a couple of art entrepreneurs created opened the first Ministry of Story center in London. This is such a beautiful idea and a great opportunity for kids to let their imagination fly and create stories and magical worlds.

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The New York Times offers us a list of 100 Notable Books of 2010.

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And last but not least, The New Yorker enjoys us with a series of interviews with 20 young writers called "20 under 40". You can see the list here, and 2 of my favorites Jonathan Safran Foer and Nicole Krauss. 

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Finally, he's mine!! Happy, happy, joy, joy!!

Do you know that feeling when you're reading 2 good books but then you begin another one that's great and you know you won't touch the others until you finish the last one?