Rúnak megfogalmazhatatlanul nehéz éve volt, amiért nem panaszkodott, nem húzta a száját (legtöbbször 🙂 ), csak csinálta, csinálta, csinálta. És a nulla német nyelvtudásból, év végére- a mi és az iskola elvárásaival ellentétben-, hiteles osztályzatokat kapott, és lezárták a tanévét, mint bármelyik helyi diáknak! Közben részt vett versenyeken, lenyelvvizsgázott angolból, és a Renzo Gracie Academy bécsi akadémiájának brazil jitsusa lett.  Ez az elképesztő év viszont még messze nem ért véget, és ez az elképesztő fiú csak most kezd belejönni igazán! Szeptemberben rendezik az íjász világbajnokságot, ahol Rú versenyzőként indul. A tavalyi európabajnoki II. helyezés után sokat vár magától, és eredményes versenyre számít, amihez nélkülözhetetlen az edzés.  Nos, ha kisbaba van…

As one of the “add-on souvenirs” of our visit to Hungary, this beautiful book found its way into our Klosterneuburg home as a piece of Hungarian children’s literature! Laci and I agreed in advance that we wouldn’t come back without a mother-tongue storybook, and since then, we’ve almost finished reading the tales about the little mouse. I’m really trying to take it slowly and savor the magic of the Hungarian language and the stunning illustrations, but I’m an ‘open book’ for anyone who’s been reading for a long time—and you know just how much I can get hooked on a good book. Looks like this applies to storybooks, too! 🙂

Mom, may God bless you with many more years! You’ll see, you’re going to have an amazing year—maybe even the best one yet…! Million kissesxxx

And here we are—time is flying by, and although I could shed a tear over the passing moments, somehow I’d rather look forward to the ones still to come. And I’m already feeling happy about them…!

This is what a baby looks like when, sometimes, mom really is everything to him 🙂 For example, when we’re waiting for Ruben on our favorite bench before the hairdresser, with a full tummy, after a nap!

This is what a baby looks like when not only the mother is everything to him 🙂

As a little Father’s Day side note, here’s another glimpse into our days with this all-boy family! While Rú was off on his own adventures, after work we headed to the cool branch of the Danube in the city, where Wolfie saw such a large body of water for the very first time. And although he looks just like his dad, his personality is mine, so you can imagine how enchanted he was by the gently rippling water’s surface…!

This year’s Father’s Day was a little more special than the previous ones, because a little baby celebrated his daddy with us too! Those who have been reading this diary for a long time know how much I love books, and I read a lot to Rún from the time he was very small. Unfortunately, however, our most beautiful books are carefully packed away in a warehouse in Vác, so the smell of paper and the beautifully painted pictures are missing from our home—at least if we want to read a book in Hungarian. And the books we’ve downloaded on Kindle feel a little far from our emotional world. So…