Huge apologies to all my friends who are following us for not posting recently.
2015 was a good year for us, with the girls growing and enjoying their lives. Maria is now 7 and a bright and kind girl, loving her school and all the activities. She is very open minded and likes to try new things. This year she has been very busy with school and all her extra curricular activities: swimming, tennis, gymnastics, badminton and drama. Maria also loves arts and was awarded the BBC Blue Peter badge for her achievements in arts and crafts, as well as the “Get Inspired” badge for sports and involving friends in sports. We are all very proud of her.
Elsa has been a very sweet little sister, trying to copy everything that her older sister does and managing the most of it. She is super cute, loving her role play and her pretend friends. Elsa also does quite a lot, too: swimming, gymnastics (twice a week), tennis, drama and ballet. She loves all of them. It seems like I re-live my childhood, with Maria in my role and Elsa in my sister’s. So many similarities and so different characters, even being sisters.
2015 was a good year for us and very busy. Highlights of the year:
8 years anniversary and I turned 40 in March. My mom and aunt came to visit me for my birthday and Will baked and decorated the most amazing birthday cake I ever had.
With my mom, Lauren and Mio in New Forest
In April, we went to Polzeath, a very nice part of Cornwall, with wide beaches and lots of surfers. The views of the sea and coast were amazimg and our house was probably the nicest we have ever stayed in. We got together with Will’s parents, sister, brother and their families to celebrate Will’s mom 70
th birthday. We all had a very special time and memories to treasure.
In early June, we spent two nights camping with two of our
badminton friends, who walked the whole length of UK from Lands End to John O'Groats.
In June Will turned 37 and tried his strength again. J
In late June, we had special visitors. My sister and her
family came to the UK. They spent only a few days with us, but enough to show
them a bit around and spend some quality time together. The highlight of the
visit was playing badminton with my sister after about 25 years. We played 4
matches of mixed double against each other and it was a draw. It was such a
pleasure to see her back onto the badminton court.
Maria finished Y1 in July. Here is a picture of her and her teachers in Year 1.
In summer, Maria attended the SKY bike ride.
We went for the first time to a Butlins holiday, in Bognor
Regis, which was great fun.
We also went to London, the Olympic Stadium for the
Anniversary Games. It was very nice to be back to the Olympic Stadium and
Olympic Park, where we had great memories from London 2012.
Summer went really quick, even if we didn’t travel much. The
girls enjoyed spending time with their friends and doing different fun
activities.
School started at the beginning of September for Maria, who
is in Year 2. Elsa started her last year in pre-school. Here is the annual
pictures in the first day of school:
Elsa is now 4 years old. She had a nice birthday and my mom
came over to celebrate with us.
In October half term, we went for a trip to Paris and Disneyland.
In October we went to the Rugby World Cup to see Romania playing vs France. It was a great pleasure to meet up with our friends, Matt & Sally.
Maria turned 7 this year.
We spent Christmas and New Year's in Romania, with family and friends. We had a lot of fun and great to see everyone there.
Some other pictures from 2015:
