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Wow…what an amazing 3 weeks since I last blogged!   Literally confounded at how time is flying by.   So…that’s not too exciting but the past few weeks have been very exciting! We started an English Club at the local Hungarian elementary school.   Wow, wow, and wow…it has been so great!   We pick a ‘theme’ each week…and we have vocabulary words, songs and games to go along with it all.   Today we did Easter – with a word search, puzzles of vocab words and pictures to match them…it was all very good.   Last week was St. Patrick’s Day so that was our theme…you kinda get where we are going with this?   The kids seem to enjoy it and now we won’t be there for two weeks since there is spring break coming up and a national holiday…the kids were bummed (at least they said and acted like it – I hope it’s true). I am truly bummed J . The shelter kids are just so awesome…we see them around town and they stop, say ‘hi’, wave, smile, whatever – I love it!...

The 50 th anniversary of Sound of Music was this week (movie released on March 2 nd , 1965), which is awesome since we are headed to Salzburg next week.   I’m looking forward to the town being decked out for the celebration!   Actually they are having a gala and all kinds of events coming up in June but hoping to see some of the buildup when we are there.   We will be there for Josh’s last high school basketball games.   It’s a tournament and we are going to stay an extra night to get a chance to see some sites as well.   The Abbey and the house where they filmed the movie are on my list…we shall see! Raindrops on roses, whiskers on kittens Wait, wait…a few changes to ‘MY’ favorite things! Lights on the bridges and trams full of people Boats on the river and churches with steeples Hearing new words when I talk and even sing These are a few of my favorite things J English in classrooms and kids at the shelter Spreadsheets all over and a b...