Back at work!

Last Wednesday was my first day back at work after summer holiday. I feel privileged to be a teacher and to have such a long summer holiday. I truly enjoyed it! But now it's time to work again!

Our kindergarten has 3 buildings. Last year I worked in Kamppi, this year I am working in Ruoholahti. It's a big change for me because I have new workmates and all new kids. 

First two days back we didn't have any kids, so we had chance to plan things, decorate ect. Like last year, this year my group has also 4 year olds - sunshines :) I am working with another teacher who is also new in Ruoholahti (she came from Töölö building). So, it's nice that this new environment is new for us both. We seem to click very well and on first day we already decided all the themes for all the weeks of the year and we also made the first 4 weeks more in-depth plan (activities, crafts ect). First two weeks are orientation and introduction because we don't know the kids and they don't know us. On third week we start the full programme (language, math ect.). 

On Friday me and all our kindergarten family went to a trip to Tallinn. It was so lovely gift from our boss. We had super fun time! First we had two ours tour with guide, then we had a lovely lunch at Cafe Komeet and after that we all had beauty treatments at Sinine Spa. At the end of the day I felt so pampered and relaxed! It was also soooo great to see my Kamppi workmates! I missed them all!!!

On our way to Tallinn. With my Kamppi friends :)

 I love little cafes in Tallinn Old Town!

 On Monday the real work started - kids came! For me it was so new to get into the new rutine at work, schedule there is a bit different. But it think by now I have gotten pretty used to it!

I don't know if I mentioned but I am working now full-time. We have 5 different shifts..but mostly I work either from 8am to 4pm or from 9am to 5pm. So far I have enjoyed it and I am sure I will countine enjoying it!!!

I had to take a day off from work today though because I needed to go to the Police Station to renew my driving license and also apply for my social security card in Finland. I got them both nicely done and now I just have to wait till these arrive :)

what you can find from youtube!

Okay, youtube is my favorite place to be on the Internet. I love watching "beauty" videos, vlogs, trailers and sure music videos ( still first two are my favs!). So, I decided to share some things that make me either happy or excited right now...

First of all, trailer of Fifth Shades of Grey. I read the trilogy and I am so excited to see the movie. I know people who haven't read the books won't truely understand it's fenomen, but all I can say is that the story is much bigger than all the sex parts that the books contains. I don't know yet what to think of the movie (since I haven't seen it, it comes out on 15th Feb 2015), but the trailer seems to me quite plain for some reason. I wouldn't have picked those actors for the main roles. But maybe I will change my mind once I have seen the movie. 

Like I said I love youtube beauty vidoes that are actually much more than beauty videos. They are lifestyle videos. I have quite many favorites that I watch daily. Some of them make vlogs too (videos where you can see their everyday life). My fav vlogger is definitely Essiebotton. I decided to share her latest vlog :)

And last but not least a good song from a good band :)

These happy summer days..

I cannot believe that my summer holiday is slowly but surely going to end... I'll go back to work on 30th July. But I know that summer and hopefully good weather are going to continue! :)

When we came back from our 4-days trip in Estonia my sister came to my place and so we enjoyed few days together. We went to zumba together and she loved it as much as I did :) We also had long walks, went to pick blueberries (it was my second time this summer) and we cooked good food! She went back to Estonia on Wednesday. I went to Estonia the next day. I had doctor's appointment in Tallinn. I was really sure whether to go or not, but I decided to go because health is so important. But came out that everything was okay (my throat was the problem why I went in first place..). Since I was in Tallinn for a day I tried to do other "important" things. I copied my diploma that I need to send to the Board of Education in Finland. I also had delicious smoothie (from Coca Cola Plaza), went to the shops and had lunch at Lido. I took a book with me so whenever I was bored I just sat somewhere and read :) I was reading "Before I Fall" by Lauren Oliver. It was such a great book!!!!!!!! I am so sad that I read it through. I just love reading good books!

I bought super yum milk custard from Estonia and I ate it with  fresh strweberry jam that I made! Delicious summer dessert!

Anyway, yesterday and today I have mainly been at home, reading. :D Actually I have been riding my new bike, as well. Yes, I have a new bicycle :D I am super happy! My dad bought it for me as a graduation gift. I love the bike. It's called Raleigh and it's perfect! My white horse :D 

You can see bag of peas and buffed corn in the basket (I just came from the shop:P)

Today I went to the outdoor swimming place, sunbathed for a while (and read a book) and then later I went to the shop to buy peas. Oh how I love peas! I have been buying them so much this summer :D I can't get enough! And to end my day perfectly, I went swimming with dad to the near by lake. The water was sooo warm! We are going again tomorrow :)

4 days in Estonia

We had a nice 4-days vacation in Estonia. On our first day we visited Jay's dad in Tallinn, went to the movies to see Transformers: Age of Extinction, and enjoyed good food! Very first thing we did was renting a car. We got a nice Skoda Superb that looked so cool and pretty! And it was so comfortable to drive it! Anyway, that was Wednesday. We stayed at my sister's house. Next morning we started our drive to Pärnu. We visited Jay's grandmother on the way there. So, we spent about an hour in Türi. I love her garden. It's kinda exotic and flowers are just soo tall! Love it :) And it was really old and small swing set there. I was swinging, eating gooseberries and blackcurrants. Summer, oh how I love it!

Then we kept driving and soon we arrived to Pärnu. First, we found our hotel and registered in. Our hotel room was very cozy and homey! Very clean and just lovely for a couple :) We were pretty hungry so we went to have a lunch at restoran Kroon. I really recommend their food! I got a stuffed pancake with mushrooms, zucchini and salad and for drink I had delicious fresh berry smoothie. After that food I was so full but at the same time I felt so good :) After that we went to the beach where we spent rest of our day. The weather was very nice and the sea water was just perfect! Only negative thing was that you have to walk soooo long before you can actually swim because the water just isn't deep. 

We triedto throw stones to each others belly buttons :D I won!

On the third day we decided to go to the water center Tervise Paradiis. We spent there over three hours and had so much fun :) We got to slide down these crazy tubes, sunabath at the balcony, I drank so yummie strawberry-mint smoothie and more and more swimming! I have always been afraid of jumping to the water, but finally I had courage to do it..and sure I kept jumping and jumping because I really liked it :D

So, after the long day in the water we had dinner ar Steffani's and then we drove back to Kohila where we stayed overnight. 

Next morning we visited my grandparents and then went to Tallinn and gave back the rental car. We still had about 6 hours until we had to go to the ship, so we walked around. There were Sea days near harbour. We also went to the Energy center (which was pretty borning) and then we had lunch and went to the movies to see Dawn of the Planets of the Apes. It was quite good :)

There 4 days were so nice :) We really got to enjoy ourselves, we laughed a lot, took our time with things and just relaxed and enjoyed warm summer days!

Great summer books!

I love reading and when I graduated university and my holiday started I was so happy to be able to read as much as I wanted!

I have already written reviews of some of the books that I have recently read. But I haven't written anything of the following books:

"The Longest Ride" by Nicholas Sparks

All N. Sparks books are very romantic, but very realistic and true to life. He's books tend to end either happily or very sadly. So, while I am reading I am always wondering which was the story is going to turn out. I was so pleasently surprised with the story he had greated. It was interesting, flowing and eventhough suspected what might happen at the end I wasn't sure. And I wasn't entirely right either. But reading this book and prediction what might happen made me somehow so excited and happy! It was such a beautiful story of LOVE! 

"Picture Perfect" by Jodi Picoult

This is quite an old book, published in 1995. But that didn't make the reading experience less boring. I love Jodi Picoult as an author. All her books are so compelling, you really can't know what comes next, how the story will end ect. She has some sort of mystery in her book. 

This book is a story of companionship and love, but not in an typical romantic andeasy way. It really is something that might happen in real life...and how hard it is to love someone and at the same time get hurt and hate the one you love. But much harder it is to turn your back to the person who loves and needs you...

I felt many emotions when I was reading this book.. sometimes it made me mad, then sad, then happy, angry, excited ect. At the end I was just neutral. 

"Shattered" by Teri Terry

It is the last book of her trilogy series. I love the whole consept of this trilogy. I have written about the first book here.

I feel it's very hard to write about this book because the story is just so rich. There are so many layers and so much action. But I highly suggest to read this book. I have never come across a writer who writes with such a flow. There really isn't time to take a breath. She has lots of dialog in her books. She also just makes everything happen. In lots of books you feel like that something is about to happen, but it takes like 20 pages.. In her books it takes 1 page! And that's why it's so interesting to read! Even thinking about it makes me so excited all over again :D

"The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

I have read all Khaled Hosseini' books. I like how truthfully he writes about life in Afghanistan. It's cruel, sometimes ugly, mostly sad. But it's so realistic. I leant so much new from this book. 

It's a story of a boy who's dad is rich and well known. They have a housekeeper who has a son. So, both of the boys are good friends inside of the house and in their garden. But out they are not because it's not normal to be friends with different social status people. These boys are like brothers. But one day changes everything... 

Recipe: Homemade granola

Like I mentioned in my last post, I made granola yesterday. I was so excited to wake up today morning and have a nice breakfast of greek yogurt, homemade granola and strawberries. It was delicious! The granola is grunchy and sweet (even too sweet to my liking). Next time I would add less sugar and I would keep it in the oven a bit less that I did yesterday because the granola is quite hard. But despite these two mistakes I still love the granola so much! It's not entiarly healthy because it does have quite a lot of sugar in it. I used healthier sugar: rawsugar.
I got the recipe from Byron Talbott's youtube channel. I will copy the ingradience list and the video here! It's so easy to make it, I promise ;)

INGREDIENTS: 

1 1/2 cups Brown Sugar
1 1/2 cups Honey
1/2 cup H2O
1/4 cup Grape seed oil
3 cups Rolled Oats
1/2 cup pistachio
1/2 cup sesame seeds
1/2 cup sliced almonds
1/2 cup sliced macadamia nut
1/2 cup hazelnut meal
pinch of salt

I personally didn't measure the nuts. And I didn't use all the nuts he did. I just added everything I wanted, as much as I wanted. I also added a bit of raisins. Overall, you should give this granola a try ;)

What's up?

When I got back from Turkey I was so excited to just be at home! Home is the best place ever! And I have really been enjoying doing whatever and just being at home! So what have I done?

I have gone by the lake to swim with dad and Jay few times. The next day after I came back from  Turkey I went swimming with dad and o'boy the lake water was so cold. But I got used to it ;) Oh how much I love swimming!!!

I also have been walking every day..or night to be more accurate. Jay has had evening shift at work which means he finishes his work at 11pm. I have walked to his work every night and then we walk back home together. It's a nice reason to go out and walk.. They whole journey takes about an hour :)

And seems like walking isn't enough exercise for me, I went to zumba yesterday. I was thinking how I should do some exercise but I have been too lazy to go out for a run. And since I have summer holidays and plenty of time I decided to go to zumba class. It was so cool :)I love dancing :D I am planning on going next week again. 

Few days ago I went to Helsinki to meet my friend. We had a nice lunch at Greek cafe and later we just had ice-cream and went to the kindergarten for a minute. I finally had time to go over there and got some of the gifts that kids had left me there. How cute :)

My blog post wouldn't be real if it didn't have food included. I have been loving halvaa that I bought from Turkey. Other than that I have been trying to avoid sweets. I came across of two recipes I wanted to made and today was the day I made them: 1) granola and 2) chia seeds pudding. The granola came out so good! I can't wait to have it for breakfast with greek yogurt tomorrow. The pudding must stay in the fridge overnight. I hope it turns out as nice as it seemed in the recipe :) I might even do blogposts of both of these recipes!

Next Wednesday we are going to Estonia to have a little 4-days vacation. We are going to rent a car so we could move around easily. We already booked an hotel in Pärnu because that's where we want to go. PÄRNU! We wanted to go to Pärnu beach last time we were in Estonia, but weather was not good at all (most days it was raining:S), but this time the weather sould be nice! I am sure we are going to enjoy our stay there. I am actually so happy we are going to Estonia because it'll be my last vacation this summer before my work starts again. When we come back to Finland I still have a week and an half before my work starts, but I will just be home..hunging out with my sister (who is coming over), going swimming, reading books ect. 

Talking about books. I have read quite many books this summer. I like writing book reviews, but since I have read quite many I feel like it would take me so much time. So, instead I will probably just mention all of these books soon in a post :) I already ordered 4 new books that should arrive next week! Something else should arrive next week too, but I will write about it when it's actually here! I am excited :D

Oh, I almost forgot. I went to the movies today. Since I knew Jay wouldn't want to see that movie, I went to the movies alone when Jay was at work. I went to see "The Fault in Our Stars". I have read the book so I was sure courious to see the movie. I must say I wasn't very touched... most people in the cinema were crying...like really crying with voice and everything. For some reason that made me laugh :O But I tried to control myself. I find the book much better than the movie.. like it is with most of the books/movies I guess. I think the book was more emotional. 

Turkey trip

Käisin oma vanema õega Türgis ilusat ilma nautimas! Nagu ma juba enne mainisin, pole ma just suur päikesereiside fänn. Vähemalt ma arvasin nii. Ja kuigi Türgis oli ülilahe, ma siiski eelistaks rohkem kultuursemaid kohti ja vaatamisväärsusi. Tegelikult on Türgis palju vaadata ja palju kultuuri, aga me lihtsalt olime tüüpilisel päikesereisil, kus veetsime aega Kemeri linnas ja rannas :) Meil juhtus seal mitmeid äpardusi, nalja sai palju ning tõesti lõbus oli :) Puhata saime!

//I went to Turkey with my sister. We stayed in Kemer for a week. It's a typical resort area with beautiful Sandhill beach. We had all included, so we had breakfast, lunch and dinner in hotel + free pool bar. Eventhough I like to travel to the places where I can see more culture and sightseeings, I still enjoyed the trip very much! I had fun with my sister and I got to rest and relax :) //

 Even if the hat doesn't look very good on me (no hat looks good on me!), it was essential not to get sunburn in my head or sunstroke.

 I loved looking at mountains! Aren't they mysterious?!

Esimesel päeval käisime türgi saunas, kus meid kooriti, pesti ja saime massaaži ka. Väga mõnus oli! Nahk oli pärast pehme kui beebi pepu :D Meil oli kõik hinnas pakett, seega saime hotellis hommikust, lõunat ja õhtust süüa. Lisaks oli koguaeg avatud tasuta baar. Toit ei vastanud päris minu ootustele. Oli kuidagi väga ühekülgne. Lõpuks enam väga ei isutanud see riis ja juurikasegu. Aga iga päev käisime ka kohalikus toitupoes, et proovida mõningaid Türgi maiuseid jms. Iga päev sõime palju arbuusi, mis oli nii hea ja magus. 

//On our first day we went to the Turkish sauna and bath. Two men were peeling our skin and then we had nice long massage. Our skin was so soft after the treatment!

The food in our hotel wasn't anything special. At first it tasted very bad, but then we got used to it. It varied only a little. Mostly we had rice and some sort of veggies.. very little meat. It's not that we needed meat, but all the fresh salads were so tasteless..and really weird. But every day we went to the local foodshop and bought some turkish delights ect. Turkish watermelons were sooo ripe, sweet and juicy! //

Half a watermelon for me, another half for my sister.

 Delicious nuts covered with sugar glaze. 

 Freshly squeezed orange juice was so sweet and refreshing!

Teisel päeval me käisime Sandhill rannas. Sealne merevesi oli nii soe, aga samas õhutemperatuurist jahedam, nii et jahutas mõnusalt :) Ilm oli kogu reisi ajal vahemikus 35-45 C kraadi. Kuna õhk on seal kuivem, kui Eestis ja Soomes, siis sealne kuumus mõjus teisiti. Mina näiteks väga higistama ei hakanud. Aga janu oli küll koguaeg. Ja selline lämbe kuumus väsitas väga ruttu! Rannas oli kõige parem, sest seal oli väike jahutav tuul. Seetõttu päevitades ei saanudki aru, kuidas päike kõrvetab. Teisel päeval rannast hotelli jõudes avastasin, et mul on vasaku jala säär põlenud :S Suur-suur punane laik. Muidugi põles ka rindade vahelt, ja veel mõnest õrnast kohast, mis pole harjunud eriti päikest saama. See punane laik säärel on ikka veel alles, hetkel tuleb sellelt nahka..

Kuid see oli mu esimene suur probleem sel reisil. Teine probleem oli sääsepunnid! Kuna õues oli nii kuum, siis loomulikult oli hotellitoas ka täielik leitsak. Aga meil konditsioneer ei töötanud. Hoidsime iga öö rõdu ust lahti ja nii ma hommikul ärkasingi sääsepunne täis!!! Häbi oli küll ringi käia, kleit seljas ja jalad suuri punaseid punne täis. Õnneks keegi ei tundnud mind seal :P

//On our second day we went to the Sandhill beach. The water temperature was so high, but it was still cooler than the air temperature. It really was sooo good to cool down in the sea :) The air in Turkey is much more dry and therefore the hotness was more bearable. I didn't even sweat. But the hot weather made me tired very fast! Being at the beach was the best because there was more windy. I got sunburnt after my first day at the beach :/ I still have a huge red mark on my skin :S

Second bad thing that happened to my skin were mosquito bites :S My legs were full on red dots. We were keeping our balcany window open every night because it was so hot in our room and we thought our conditsionere didn't work. Later we found out there was a remote for that.. We felt really blond that that moment! //

 This photo was taken on our last day.. which was the only cloudy day :P

Alles kaks päeva enne ära lendu küsisime alt registratuurist konditsioneeri kohta. Selgus, et me ei osanud seda lihtsalt käima panna..selle jaoks oli pult, aga me arvasime (õigemini mu õde arvas), et see on teleka pult (mis pani meid koguaeg imestama, miks telekas selle puldiga ei funktsioneeri :D). Nalja igatahes sai!

Kolmanda päeva veetsime jahi peal, mis nägi välja kui piraadilaev. Jaht tegi vahepeal peatusi ja siis sai end erinevate randade vetes jahutada :) 

Ülejäänutel päevadel käisime ikka igapäev poodides, veetsime osa päevast rannas, sõime jne. Ühel päeval otustasime hotelli õhtusöögist loobuda ning läksime hoopis linnapeale ühte kohalikku söögikohta kebabi sööma. Saime küll soovitust veits erineva toidu, aga see-eest saime tasuta türgi teed juua ning koju saime kaasa imehead türgi saia!!!

Türgis on väga populaarne õunatee, mis tõesti maitseb nii hästi. See on mõnus hapukas! Me jõime seda enda hotellis :)

Ostin koju kaasa türgi halvaad, külmkapile magneti ning ühe käsitöö kausi, mida kasutan nüüd kommikausina :D Perekonnale ostsin tüüpilisi türgi maiuseid. 

//Our third day we spent on a yacht that looked like a pirateship! We got to swim, sunbath, eat good food and just to enjoy Turkish nature that we saw :)
Rest of our days we mostly went to shops, spent lots of time at the beach, ate and also rested in our hotel room. We had long conversations, we both read a book, ate Trukish snacks and over all enjoyed our stay!

One evening we decided to ditch our dinner in hotel and dined out. After our meal we got a real Turkish tea that was very dark, and we got free Turkish bread that we took to the hotel with us. It tasted sooo good!!! 

From Turkey I bought halva, fridge magnet and handmade bowl for candies. And for my family members I bought Turkish sweets :) //

 Very salty but clear and perfectly warm/cool water :D

 Vacation means you can rest and relax. It also means you can read :D:D:D

 Our typical night before going to bed :P (it didn't capture our dances and other crazy things we did in our balcony :D)

 Sisters. Do we look alike?! :D

 Our yacht!

 Dinner at local Turkish kebab place :)

 Time to fly home...

Our vacation in Estonia

Johannes ja mina veetsime nädala Eestis. Meil oli palju plaane, mida sealt teha tahtsime, kuid kuidagi läks nii, et paljusid oma plaane me täita ei suutnud. Asi oli ilmas ja muudes asjaoludes. Kuidagi on nii, et puhkusele minnes tuleb muid asju ette..ja ega nii väga puhata ei saagi. Nüüd kodus olles tunneme, et saame puhata :P

Kui eelmisel pühapäeval Tallinnasse jõudsime, siis mina läksin oma sõbrannadega bowlingsse ning Johannes läks oma venna juurde. Esmaspäeval oli meil mõlemal linnas asjaajamisi. Pärast otsisime poodidest mulle lõpetamiseks kleiti ja kingi. Leidsime need üpris kiirelt :) Teisipäeval käisin ma oma noorema õega kinos, Johannes veetis vennaga aega. Kolmapäeval oli mul ülikooli lõpetamine. Pärast aktust läksime külalistega Vanalinna Pikajala kohvikusse lõunat sööma.

 

Neljapäeval ja reedel olime niisama Kohilas. Külastasime mu vanaema jms. Laupäeval käisime Johannese vanaema juures, veetsime aega mu sõbranna Laura ja tema kutiga ning õhtul hiljem grillisime mu õe aias. Pühapäeva õhtul läksimegi tagasi Soome. Tagasi vaadates olid tegelikult kõik päevad toredad ja tegusad, kuid selliseid tõeliselt puhkamise päevi polnud. Ilm oli ka niru. Me oleks tahtnud Pärnu randa minna, aga ilmselgelt vihmaga sinna ei lähe :P Eriti hea meel oli mul Eestis olles oma koera, kassi ja õepoega näha :D

Jonathan has mustache!

 My sweet Bonnie :)

 Mister Chuck :)

Ostsime õega endale reisi Türki. Seal on hetkel üle 30 C kraadi sooja. Läheme reisile tuleval laupäeval :) Ma polegi oma vanema õega niimoodi kahekesi varem reisinud, aga usun, et saab tore olema! Ma muidu olen selline reisija, kellele meeldib ringi käia, kultuurist osa saada, vaatamisväärsustega tutvuda jme. Mu õde naudib pigem sellist reisi, kus saab päevitada ja tõeliselt puhata. Meie Türgi reis peaks just selline tulema. Mul on selle üle hea meel, sest tunnen, et pärast 5 aastat ülikooli ja sellist vihmast ilma, mis praegu on, vajangi päikest, kuuma ilma, head sööki ja mõnusat seltskonda!!! :) Juba 4 päeva pärast olengi soojal maal :)

Mulle pole ikka veel kohale jõudnud, et ülikool on tõesti läbi. Enam ei pea töölt tulles mõtlema sellele, et on vaja kirjutada magsitritööd. See tunne on niiii mõnus :) Praegu on mul töölt ka puhkus kuni juuli lõpuni, seega olen kindel, et seda suve naudin ma täiega!!!

Suve plaanideks on peale Türgi reisi lihtsalt kodus puhata. Tahan rohkelt puuvilju ja muud värsket kraami süüa, sest millal veel kui mitte suvel, eks?! Lisaks tahan katsetada mõningaid retsepte, mis mul varutud on.. eks ikka selleks, et mitte ühesugust toitu koguaeg süüa. Täna näiteks tegingi penne pastat koos peekoni, brokkoli ja küüslauguga. See tuli ülihea! (retsepti sain SIIT). 

Samuti on mul juba välja valitud mitu raamatut, mida tahan osta selle kinkekaardi eest, mida mu töökaaslased mulle kinkisid. Too laupäev, üks päev enne mu Eestisse sõitu, pidasime töökaaslastega Nati juures pikniku. Minu üllatuseks kinkisid nad mulle raamatupoe kinkekaardi ning kaks fotot, kus me peal oleme (üks oli minu rühma laste pilt ka). See oli neist üliarmas. Mul oli ausalt nii kahju neist pärast lahku minna (pidin varem lahkuma, et koju pakkima minna). Kuid sain nendega mitu tundi aega veeta ning meil oli väga lõbus!:)

Our picnic was rich of food!

//Jay and I spent a week in Estonia. We had quite a lot of plans what we definitely wanted to do. Like usually, our plans were somehow ruined. Every time we go to Estonia we think we can rest, relax and that we have time to do whatever we have planned. But somehow we always end up doing things that we didn't plan and not fully enjoying the vacation. It's not that we didn't get any rest or didn't enjoy our days, but it's just that we didn't do these fun things we wanted. 

When we arrived to Tallin, I went out bowling with my friends. Jay visited his mom and brother. On Monday I had some things to do in Tallin and later we were looking for a dress and shows for my graduation. On Tuesday I went to the movies with my sister and Jay was hunging out with his brother. On Wednesday was my university graduation. After that we went to a cafe in Old Town to have a lunch. On Thursday and Friday we were just at my sister's place and also visited my grandparents. On Saturday we visited Jay's grandparents, went to my friend Laura's place and later had BBQ at my sister's place. And on Sunday evening we came back to Finland. So, that was our roughly our week. We sure did more things each day, like went out to have dinner. I also ate some macroons that I was really looking forward to :) Jay also did some shopping. Me and my sister were looking trips to Turkey the whole time I was there and finally found that one that satisfied us and we booked a vacation in Turkey :) We are leaving this Saturday, 28th June! I am pretty excited. I have never been to a warm country and I have never travelled just with my sister (usually I have travelled either alone or with Jay..). But I am sure we are going to have lots of fun!!!

To be honest, Jay and I both are so happy to be back at home. Travelling is nice, but somehow we never get to fully rest and relax when we are away from home. I guess that's how it ends up with most of the trips. I hope that Turkey trip will be relaxing (I guess there won't be many sightseeings anyway). I am usually that kinds of traveller who likes to see the culture, sightseeings ect. But my sister likes to lay on the beach, get a tan and shop. I guess this kind of trip actually allowes to rest. So, I hope I will enjoy it :)

Other than that everything is great. Weather in Estonia was very miserable (and so it was in Finland). It's also raining today :/ Crazy summer!!!

I cannot believe that my university is totally over. It feels weird, because last 5 years it was a big part of my life. But I am soooo ready to leave it behind :D

Day before I went to Estonia I went to Nati's place for indoor picnic. All my workmates were there and we had lots of fun. They surprised me with such a nice leaving gift: bookstore giftcard and two photos (one of all the teachers, other of my group's kids). I was so sad to leave them all! 

I have already a list of books that I want to buy :) Yay!!!I am totally going to enjoy the summer :D //

Past few weeks...

Viimased paar nädalalt on päris kiirelt ja tavaliselt möödunud. Kui nii võib öelda. Välja arvatud ehk Johannese sünnipäev. Ta sünnipäeva päeval olime kodus (ma olin haige), kuid tegin talle ikka tordi ning äratasin lauluga üles. Õhtuks tegin ka tema üht lemmikut sööki. Järgmisel päeval aga läks ta tööle ning ta ei teadnud, et töölt koju tulles ootab teda väike üllatus. Kutsusin ta venna koos tema pruudiga külla. Ning minu õde tuli ka. Kodus ma vaaritasin süüa ning kui Johannes tuli, siis saime kõik koos sööki ja head seltskonda nautida :)

Pärast seda aga on päevad suht tavaliselt möödunud. Ikka töö ja kodu vahet käies. Ühel nädalavahetusel käisin väliujulas ka, aga no nüüd on ilmad jälle nii vastikud. Eile ja täna on vahelduva eduga padukat sadanud. Nii palju siis suvisest juunikuust. Ei, tegelikult pole asi nii hull. Pool juunit veel ju ees :)

Ükspäev käisin töökaaslastega piknikul pärast tööd. Tähistasime Nati (praktikant Hispaaniast) lahkumist meie lasteajast. Ta tegi ülihead hispaania omletti piknikule :) Väga tore oli lihtsalt värskes õhus istuda ning nii rahvusvahelises seltskonnas juttu ajada (vahepeal läksid lausa keeled segi :D). Homme lähen tegelikult ka töökaaslastega välja. Taaskord Nati ärasaatmisele - seekord "tähistame" tema minekut tagasi Hispaaniasse. Meil on plaanis minna randa ja grillida, pikniku pidada. Samas nüüd kui ilm selline on, ei tea, kas piknikust tuleb asja.. Võib-olla läheme siis Nati juurde koju. Igal juhul on mul juba piknikule söögid valmis ostetud :) 

Eile oli mul päris emotsionaalne päev. Mu viimane tööpäev Kamppi lasteaias osutus kuidagi nii kurvaks. Nii kurb on mõelda, et järgmisel kooliaastal ei töötagi nende samade töökaaslastega.. ma kutsun neid pigem sõpradeks! Eile käisin ka Ruoholahti lasteaias, kus hakkangi tuleval kooliaastal tööle (mõlemad on Finnish-American lasteaiad, ainult erinevad majad...ja erinevad töötajad loomulikult). Tegelikult asuvad need majad üksteisest 150 m kaugusel, seega võin alati Kamppi majja külla minna. Aga see pole ikkagi sama.. Kurb meel on mul igal juhul. Oleksin saanud Kamppi jääda, kuid sel juhul edasi poole kohaga, kuna nad ei vaja töiskohaga töötajat (vähemalt hetke seisuga). Aga Ruoholahtis saan täiskohaga töötada. Vahel mõtlen, et kas ma oleks pidanud ikka Kamppi jääma, mis sest, et poole kohaga.. Ei tea. Johannes ütleb, et küll mulle uues majas ka meeldima hakkab ja et küll ma seal uute töötajate, ruumide ja lastega ruttu ära harjun. Tean, et tal on õigus, sest Kamppis alustades oli ka kõik võõras ju. 

Praegu aga mõtlen pigem suvele ning ei muretse uue tööaasta pärast :) Igal juhul olen õnnelik, et saan teha tööd, mida armastan ning FinnAm lasteaed on tõesti super!!!!

Ahjaa, ülehomme (pühapäeval) läheme Johannesega nädalaks ajaks Eestisse. Ma nii ootan meie minipuhkust :) Mul on Eestis mitu asjaaiamist (uued juhiload, arsti juurde, juuksurisse, ülikooli lõpetamine jne). Aga samas on meil ka palju aega lihtsalt puhkamiseks ja huvitavateks tegemisteks! Mul on juba paar mõtet, kuhu kindlasti tahaks minna :) Ja kohe kindlasti pean ma Eestis makroonse saama, sest mu isu on lihtsalt nii suur :D

Loodan, et mul on meeles Eestis olles ikka pilte ka teha, siis on mida blogisse postitada :)

Pean ka toidust rääkima, sest ma olen ju selline suur gurmaan (ei, tegelikult lihtsalt meeldib süüa!). Viimasel ajal olen püüdnud jälle šokolaadist hoiduda, mis on üpris hästi õnnestunud. Palju olen mureleid söönud :) Njämmm!!! Samas ma tunnen, et kui ilm on selline vihmane, siis kõht on ka koguaeg kuidagi tühi :/ Üleeile õhtul tegin rabarberi-mooniseemne muffineid, mis ma eile tööle kaasa võtsin. Kõigile väga maitses (mulle endale ka:D). Panen ehk selle retsepti millalgi blogisse ka :) Oeh, kuidas ma suvel rabarberitest kooke jms küpsetada armastan! 

Tuli meelde ka, et ma vist ei maininud, et mai lõpus oli magistritöö kaitsmine ka, mis ju oli üks suur ja oluline asi. Ma olin niiiiii õnnelik, kui see läbi sai. Suur kergendus ja pingevabadus kaasnes kohe selle läbi saamisega! :D

//Past few weeks have been pretty normal and easy going. Jay's birthday was so fun! His actual birthday was on Friday and I was sick that day :/ I still made him a cake night before and in the morning I woke him up with a song and he got to blow off candles on his cake. Rest of the day we spent inside. My dad came over for dinner time, too :) Next day Jay went to work and he had no idea that when we would come home there'd be a surprise for him! I had invited his brother with his girlfriend and my sister to our place. His brother had never visited him here in Finland. I of course cooked a lot and when Jay came home his was very surprised :) We enjoyed good food and great company!!!

Other than his birthday, rest of the days have been so ordinary. I have been to work every day and after work I have been home, doing normal things. One day after work I actually went to a picnic with my workmates. We were celebrating that our intern Nati was leaving our kindergarten. We are going to have a barbeque tomorrow at beach to celebrate her going back to Madrid as well. It's fun to chat, listen to good music and eat good food :) I only hope the weather won't let us down tomorrow! It's raining so heavily right now :/

It was pretty emotional day yesterday. It was my last week in Kamppi kindergarten. Next year I will be in Ruoholahti. They are both FinnAm kindergarten, but just different buildings (different rooms and workers too). They are about 150 m from each other, so it's not that I am going to move work locationso much..it's just that these teachers in Kamppi are absolutely cool and nice and sweet and overall I just love working there! Not to mention all the kids!!!! But they don't need a full time worker there next schoolyear, but in Ruoholahti I can work full time. To be honest, right now I am thinking is that a good decision that I wanted a full time job?! I will just miss my Kamppi family so much! So, yesterday was emotional. But Jay told me that when I started in Kamppi everything was so unfamiliar to me. Exactly like in Ruoholahti right now. But he's sure (and I'm as well) that eventually I'll feel so comfortable in my new workplace as well :) Time will show ;) But since how I am officially in holidays till 30th July, then I want just to enjoy my summer holiday and not to think of next schoolyear's work :P

Jay and I are going to Estonia for a week on Sunday. I can't wait for that little mini vacation. I have some plans for us already :) I am sure we can rest a lot and will have lots of fun :) I definitely want to go to our favorite restorants and I sooo want to eat macroons :D //

Little picnic with my workmates:)

Background of our kindergarten's spring show. We did Peter Pan play :)

 Birthday cake for Jay :)

 Time to celebrate :)

 Some decorations too!

 Banoffee cake! Delicious! Recipe you can find here!