Önállóság/Independence

Olivér már lassan négy éves, és elég önálló kis fickó. Reggel egyedül öltözik, aminek eredménye néha egy ilyen érdekes összeállítás. :) Most mondja valaki, hogy nem divatos?!

Oliver is almost four and is an independent little guy. In the morning he gets dressed by himself, which sometimes results in an outfit like the one in the picture. :) I think it's quite fashionable?!

Climbing Wall

Here's Oliver at the playground. His second attempt at this wall was without flaw or help. I was impressed.

Happy Birthday Melinda!

Szeretlek Drágám! ~matt

Balaton

Like last year, we were blessed to have a lake cottage at our disposal for a week. Lake Balaton is an enormous lake (the largest in Europe, I think) perfect for families to enjoy the water and sun. Here are a few pics from the week:

Oliver dancing in the sun

Benjamin hanging out with the wildlife.

Besides swimming, we rode our bikes,

played in the playground,

and I'm still not sure what else.

We did have a surprise on Friday. We were able to see the Budapest Gospel Choir in concert in the neighboring village as apart of their "village days." It was great to see them perform outside with lots of people watching. It was especially fun for Oliver who got to bang on the drums a little after the show. Thanks Marci!

After Balaton, we did spend 5 days with Melinda's family in another resort village. But you'll have to wait until we get some pictures from Péter, Melinda's brother, because we didn't take any!

We are home now, but just for enough time to wash our clothes. We will be off again on Monday to our church's family conference in a village called Vajta. We'll be back on Aug 11.

Blessings! ~matthew

Vacation/Nyaralás

Just wanted to let you know that we won't have internet access until August 2. Today we're going down to Lake Balaton for a break, then we'll spend a few days with Melinda's family in a rented house.

See ya'll later! :)
MMOB

Csak tudatni akartuk mindenkivel, hogy nem leszünk internetközelben augusztus 2-ig. Ma indulunk Balatonszárszóra pihenni, aztán Melinda családjával töltünk pár napot Zalakaroson.

Szevasztok!
MMOB

Doggy-Maci

Many of you know that Oliver has a favorite little stuffed dog that we very creatively call Doggy. Oliver got him from his Aunt Jen on the day he was born. Actually, Doggy was just used to hold a balloon that Jen brought in to the hospital. Who would have thought that he would have a career like this? Doggy stays with Oliver when he is falling asleep at night and he's accompanied us on many car and plane rides.

Sokan tudjátok, hogy Olivérnek van egy kedvenc kis plüsskutyája, akit nagyon kreatívan Doggy-nak (Kutyus) neveztünk el. Születése napján kapta Jen nagynénitől. Vagyis Doggy volt a súly azon a lufin, amit Jen behozott a kórházba. Ki gondolta, hogy ilyen karriert fut be? Doggy van Olivérrel elalvásnál és nagyon sok autós és repülős útra elkísért már minket.

Here is Oliver and Doggy in the hospital.
Itt van Olivér és Doggy a kórházban.


Well now Benjamin has a "Doggy" too. It's actually a teddy bear that he got from Oliver when he came to visit him in the hospital the first time. For lack of a better name, we have been calling him Maci (Teddy).

De most már Benjáminnak is van "Doggy"-ja. Igazából ez egy plüssmaci, amit Olivértől kapott, mikor bejött hozzá először a kórházba. Még nem voltunk túl kreatívak, úgyhogy a neve egyelőre Maci.
Here are the boys with their animals. Incidentally they both always suck their left thumb. Surely this can't be genetic? :)
Itt vannak a fiúk az állataikkal. Mellesleg mindketten kizárólag a bal hüvelykujjukat szopják. Ez nem lehet örökletes, ugye? :)

Children's CD

We would like to advertise a children's CD that was made by good friends of ours. It was produced here in Hungary and includes songs of different musical styles (jazz, blues, Irish, etc.) It is excellent quality and is enjoyable for kids and parents alike! Oliver just listened to it over and over again for days (and really, we didn't mind it until like the 36th listening).

The proceeds go towards the studio in Budapest where it was made. So if you buy the CD, you support the production of quality Christian music in Hungary!

Check out the link here. You can listen in to the songs and order the CD as well. Enjoy it and let us know how you liked it! :)

Doing dishes/Mosogatás

I left the kitchen for a minute and upon return this is what I saw! :)
Csak egy percre mentem ki a konyhából, és visszatérve ezt láttam! :)

Unloading the dishwasher is one of Oliver's chores. Because he is a big boy now, he decided that he will soon hand over his chores to Benjamin and do other, hard, manly jobs around the house. Seems like BG has taken the task seriously and is practicing already!

Itthon Olivér feladatai közé tartozik az edények kipakolása a mosogatógépből. Mivel ő most már nagyfiú, elhatározta, hogy nemsokára átadja a feladatait Benjáminnak és ő más, nehéz, férfias munkákat fog végezni. Úgy látszik, Benjámin komolyan vette a megbizatást és már gyakorol! :)

Kicking the habit/Leszokás

Recently we celebrated Oliver's "kicking the habit". In other words, he has been potty trained for quite a while, but only recently is he diaper-free for nights as well. I had promised him to throw a party for him when this happens. It was kind of embarrassing to order the cake, because the little card says: "Bye-bye diapers!" Maybe this all sounds a bit strange to you, but if you are a parent, I am sure you understand the significance of all this! :)

Nemrég ünnepeltük Olivér "leszokását". Arról van szó, hogy már jó ideje szobatiszta, de az éjszakai "pelenkátlan" állapot csak nemrég valósult meg. Megígértem neki, hogy amikor eljutunk idáig, csapunk egy bulit. Kicsit ciki volt megrendelni a tortát ezzel a felirattal, de túléltem. :) Lehet, hogy ez az egész kicsit furának tűnik, de ha van már gyerkőcöd, szerintem megérted mindennek a jelentőségét! :)

Anyone out there?/Van ott valaki?

Hi there,

Maybe there is nobody out there reading our blog any more! We don't blame you! Sorry that we have not been posting lately. We are doing fine and are quite busy with ministry and family activities.

Here are some pictures for you.


Sziasztok!

Talán már senki sem olvassa a blogunkat! Megértjük! Bocsánat, hogy ilyen sokáig nem jelentkeztünk. Minden rendben van, eléggé elfoglaltak vagyunk szolgálati meg családi dolgokkal.

Imhol néhány kép.

Benjamin is standing!
Benjámin már áll!

Oliver in a zoo near Budapest.
Olivér a Budakeszi Vadasparkban.