08/26/09

First thing I did when I woke up was play Go-Fish (a cardgame) with the kids in our PJ's. Me and Sophie won spectacularly. And Ben was being a really good sport, even though he lost.

While we walked on to the ferry the sun was shining. I noticed for the first time they had painted random funny notes on the railing beside the walking area. Not like graffiti, but really stuff that was obviously meant to be there. Some of the words I didn't understand, but I loved the complete randomness.

From the ferry we had a beautiful view of Bainbridge Island and we could see our new house that we are going to move into next Monday. The new house has the best view ever. You see some more of Bainbridge, you see the Pudget Sound, the ferries and in the background.. Mount Rainier..

I took a bus for the first time in Seattle. Apperantly when you're traveling within the Seattle center you can just travel for free!

The library building was amazing. It's a big, funny shaped, glass building that looks very modern. Inside it almost looks more like a museum then a library, but you had tons of books there and fun stuff to do for the kids. After playing on the computer I read the kids 4 books, they loved it.

Me and the kids stopped at Starbucks. I finally figured out that a Frappachino Caramel with wipcream is the most delicious thing you can get and that it actualy more resembles the "ice coffee" from the Coffee Connection, then the regular Ice Coffee you'd get at Starbucks.

On our way back to the ferry we walked by Pike Place Market. You have a famous fish stand there where the guys actualy throw huge fish over to each other. They even made it into some kind of entertainment show and it was really funny just to watch. Amazing how they can make selling fish so much fun! Also Seattle is just such a nice city to walk around in. It's a big city, but for some reason it has a very friendly nice vibe to it. Not like Amsterdam, where it's just very crowded, everyone seems to be in a rush and you really have to look not to loose track of each other.

On the ferry back I saw the most amazing sight I've seen of Mount Rainier yet, with exception from the sight from the airplane. It's amazingly big and it looked beautifull with the snow on the tops. If you don't know Mount Rainier, google it, and imagine this is my view everyday. ^^

Hostmom offered me to drive the car back home again and said I'm just about ready to start driving on my own without her beside me. I'm so happy she's still letting me drive, even though I got pulled over by a cop on my second drive for driving through a stopsign. Luckily this police woman was very very nice and didn't give me a ticket, even though I also didn't have my driver's license on me. She even wished me the best for my year here.

At home the kids listened to a casette I brought from Holland with a story from Sesame Street that I used to love when I was a kid. Sophie was humming along. It's cool to see they like the stuff I brought from home for them.

Dinner was good, as always. Today was salad, chicken and patatoes. My hostmom cooks daily and always tries to be healthy, and it's always yummy.

My hostdad said he would have eaten more if he wasn't still so full from eating all that sushi we made last night. My sushi making skills are a really good fit with this family, and with me usualy being kind of afraid of cooking for other people, I'm glad they liked it so much. I tried inside out california rolls of the first time last night and they were perfect!

At 9pm I was in bed again and watched an episode of The Secret Life of the American Teenager on my computer. Tomorrow my workday only starts at 9am, so I'll get a good night of sleep.

Bainbridge Island is amazing. Everyday I find something that I love about this place. If it's not the view, the cool parks, the nice feeling of being on a small island, the amazingly nice people or the new friends I made, then it's always the kids. Ben and Sophie are so great. For some reason especially if mom and dad are not around. Lucky me^^. Well anyways, just wanted to give you an impression of my life here. If you don't already feel jealous, trust me, you should be ;).