Aaron's First Halloween

Yesterday was first time for Aaron to do the Trick or Treating.  We pick a nice place to do that - Northbrook Court. Godiva store to be exact.  It was a night of fun (hundreds of trips on all elevators and escalators in a mall)  and of course candy, candy and candy. After mall Aaron visited his grand parents to get more candies.

Check out the cool movie from that day.
Enjoy!!!!!! The Video is finally  Here. URA!!!!!




Sorry for Delay, movie will be uploaded latter. Enjoy the picture!!!

Kankakee River in a late October.

Last week Aaron traveled to Bourbonnias, Illinois to visit his grand parents. In a waking distance from their home is a nice park with a Kankakiee river going through. It is a very scenic place and it hard to believe that only 35 miles away ( North-East  to be exact) is a "hosel and busel" of Chicago. This  mobile picture does not give the place a justus, but take a look anyway.

ABBAland (part2).

If you liked my ABBAland post, here is a trite for you, two more views of Europe from the eastern part of the continent - Russia and Poland, and as a bonus you can get an American view of its Southern Neighbours (South America).

Enjoy!!!

Double click on a map to see the details.

Russian View of Europe.



Polish View of Europe.

American View of South America

Greenland - the land up North.

On September 14 we were flying back from Europe by Crossing Atlantic, I have done it several times for last 10 years. And most of the times pilot will let you know then you are flying over Greenland. So I can say, I sow Greenland from high above ( 33 thousand feet or 10.000 meters to be exact) This time I had a camera with me and to make it memorable I got couple of pictures of the land probably most of us never going to visit. Here is a most southern tip of the biggest island in a world located north of N60 parallel.

Enjoy!

ABBAland and IKIAville is a same country, isn't it?

A stereotype or "stereotypes" is a commonly held public belief about specific social groups or types of individuals. Stereotypes are standardized and simplified conceptions of groups based on some prior assumptions.




The term stereotype (στερεότυπος) derives from the Greek words στερεός (stereos), "firm, solid" and τύπος (typos), "impression", hence "solid impression".



Recently I found several maps which represent these "solid impressions" toward the countries and areas in Europe in a minds of Americans, British, French, Germans and Italians. Take under consideration, assuming that the post and maps are scientifically correct is a stereotyping some sort.



American View of Europe.

 French View of Europe.

 German View of Europe.

 Italian View of Europe.

 British View of Europe.

Mo-uee went bau-bau.

It is almost 9:00 PM and it’s already dark outside. Aaron is overly excided and running allover the house once in a while venturing to the TV room. The moment he is where and sees a TV he is asking for cartoons by crying out phrases as “Mo-uee” or “Mutti”, which is in Aaron’s language, means movies or cartoons. The only way to make it stop and ask Aaron to prepare him to go to the bed for a night is to say – “Mo-uee are tired now, and went to sleep”. Aaron usually replies – “Ah Mo-uee Bau-Bau” – and satisfied with an answer goes to the bathroom to take a shower before the bedtime.

This is a lie we came up to make Aarosha to do things (like taking naps, or going to sleep for a night) which he dose not want to do. I think they are relatively harmless, and make kids do stuff which grown ups want them to do. Couple days ago, I noticed an article on CNN website which talks about small white lies like this which parent say to their kids to do or not to do certain things. So Aaron is not alone here. Check it out.

I say that the ice cream truck that drives through our neighborhood is the "music truck." It plays music for people to enjoy during the summertime.

--Breeze Watson; Lansing, Michigan

When I don't feel like playing with the toy that my toddler chooses, I tell her that it is out of batteries, even if the toy doesn't take batteries. It works with TV shows, too. "Sorry, honey, Dora must need new batteries. We'll check back later."

--Christine Stevens; Issaquah, Washington

I pretend fortune-cookie fortunes say things like "Your bedtime tonight will be 15 minutes earlier." Unfortunately, this works only until they can read.
--Rebecca Einstein Schorr; Fountain Valley, California

"Yes, we're having chicken for dinner." (I actually served fish.)
--Doreen Saiz Flores; Barstow, California

That the car won't start unless everyone is buckled in. I just jiggle the keys in the ignition until the last belt clicks.
--Jennifer Nilson; Roscoe, Illinois

When my daughter begged to stop at a playground, I said, "Sorry, all the playgrounds are closed now." She wisely asked why other children were playing at one we passed. I answered that they were not following the rules.
--Carol Catena ; New York, New York

My two-year-old believes that certain toys "live" at the store and are there to be visited.
--Cyn Rielley; Sutton, Massachusetts

"The tooth fairy didn't come last night because she was sick. Her substitute must have been very confused by the new route. I am sure she will come tonight."
--Julie Nichols Forrer; Plano, Texas

"Things in the checkout aisle are for decoration and we aren't supposed to mess them up."
--Erin Seebaldt Olson; Detroit, Michigan

To get our picky three-year-old to eat, we say that vegetables will make him super strong. At the table, we let him attempt to lift our arms. By the end of the meal, he can hoist our hands over our heads with one finger!
--Michele Buzek Bakker; McKeesport, Pennsylvania

"It's not red cabbage -- it's purple spaghetti."
--Anne-Marie O'Neill; Brooklyn, New York

My son had a crush on a girl on Barney. I made spinach balls -- something he wouldn't ordinarily touch -- and told him they were her recipe. He politely ate them!
--Christine Mills Searle; Cleveland, Ohio

When I'm getting ready in the bathroom and the kids start banging on the door, I pretend that it's stuck when I really have it locked.
--Sherry Whelchel Corbett; Bostic, North Carolina

"McDonald's is closed for a private party."
--Michelle Suchand Mcpherson; Virginia Beach, Virginia

I told my friend's son that the compass on the dashboard of my car was a tracking device so that his mom could immediately find us if he misbehaved.
--Rogenia Argoe Lembo
Manassas, Virginia

That I'm still 29.
--Deb Ward; Richfield, Wisconsin

"That lady on the cover of the fashion magazine is a drawing. No one looks like that in real life."
--Katie Penland; Dyersburg, Tennessee

"The sugar cookies that Grandma made are kind of spicy." (So I could have them all for myself.)
--Rebecca Scott; Sauk Rapids, Minnesota

My son thinks he has a heated seat in the back of our car, and I haven't had the heart to tell him the truth. I love to ask him if he feels his tush getting warm.
--Tracy Smith Goldberg; Hastings-on-Hudson, New York

Before moving into our house, I told my kids that we paid extra to have it sprayed for ghosts.
--Amy Talcott Kennard; Peoria, Illinois

"No, darling, I'm not upset that you ate SpaghettiOs in the living room and spilled them all over the tan couch and the beige carpet."
--Jennifer Thornton; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

"The vacuum cleaner will suck up all your toys." You should see my kids rush to clean up whenever they hear the vacuum going.
--Shasta Brucker; Buckley, Washington

Toronto Airport.

The weather in Toronto was awful, rain was puring, none stop. They told us, in order to get to the city we would have to take shuttle, which probably could stock in a Toronto Traffic, so we decide to spend the whole day in airport. Nice chicken sandwich and francophone Airport news TV this is Canadian Experience for a day. Check some cool pics from Toronto Pearson Airport.

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