Hey there! This is Bree.
As we mentioned yesterday, tonight our new neighbours came over to visit. We originally were going to have them over for supper, but they were busy then, so they stopped by later. It was actually warm enough that we could sit out on our (rather tiny) deck for a little while and enjoy the dusk, before moving inside.
We got to know them a little better sitting together and chatting than we did yesterday hefting furniture. We really like them!
Inna is Russian, like we thought. Well, originally, at least. She hasn't lived there since she was a kid. She has a little bit of an accent but her English is pretty much perfect. (Probably better than mine, and I don't speak anything else!) Inna is an art historian, and she came here to work at the provincial museum. She has really interesting stories about traveling for her job! Overall she's the most talkative of the sisters. Inna said maybe she can teach us to speak Russian. That would be really neat.
Maia is the shyest, even though she's an adult like Inna. She was born in Canada but her parents were from Rwanda. She seems really nice, even though she didn't talk much. Maia is a math teacher, and she applied for a job at Fiona and Evelyn's school, so they may be seeing each other there too. (It's hard for me to imagine anyone liking math! But Maia says she likes it a lot.)
Summer loves to write and read, so she has things in common with me and Josefina and Felicity... but she also loves horses like Evelyn! Summer actually knows how to ride horses. She takes lessons. I think Evelyn is going to start hinting to take lessons, too, once she gets her cast off her arm. Ev had fun talking to Summer about horse stuff.
Kiwi is really funny. She loves to tell jokes. She does gymnastics, and was showing us her tumbling routines in the yard. (Good thing we clean up after our dog or she could have gotten a nasty surprise!) She and Fiona seemed to really hit it off. They're the same age and they're both natural born performers. In their eyes they're both stars!
So, those are our new neighbours. Tomorrow night they're coming over again. Inna and Maia are going to watch Grey's Anatomy at our house with us teens and our guardian, and the younger girls are coming to play. Should be fun! It's cool that we're making new friends!
Love,
Bree
That's so cool to have your friends be your neighbors as well! My friend JJ lives 20 minutes away. Have fun watching Grey's Anatomy!
ReplyDeleteEmily
Wow, twenty minutes is pretty far, especially for people who don't drive. It's really nice when friends are within walking distance. Neighbours is even better.
ReplyDeleteTonight is the season finale of Grey's, so it should be good!
Love,
Felicity
Grey's was good - but apparently not the finale like we thought. We had a really fun time... and we'll be doing it again next week! ;-)
ReplyDelete~Felicity
Glad to here you guys had a fun night, Felicity! Actually 20 minutes isn't too bad. Where I live everyone is used to driving a lot to get anywhere. JJ's house is on my way home from school, so Mother often just drops me off. Sometimes I stay the night and Mother picks me on the way into town and drops me off at school. My poor cousin Mac has an hour bus ride everyday to school!
ReplyDeleteEmily
Yeah, that's different from here. We live in the city, so we can get to most things by walking or taking the city bus. Sometimes the bus takes awhile but it's more because of scheduling, transfers, or indirect routes than because the distance is actually far.
ReplyDeleteKirsten and Bree are taking driver's ed, though, so soon we'll have sisters driving. I'm not allowed to start till next year because I'm only fifteen, but that's not TOO long.
Love,
Felicity
Salut!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that you got to know your neighbors. They sound like truly great people! I cannot say that my neighbors in France were overly friendly. The family who lived to the left of us consisted of an older couple. Their stories about Lille during German occupation are quite interesting! Or, I should say were. They strongly dislike my mom now- long story. The family to our right is Mère's nightmare. They have three older teenagers, and Mère HATES teenagers (I guess she hates her own kids! Lol...no, she makes exceptions for Sandrine, Sébastien, and me.). Anyway, Mère swore that these kids turned over our trash can and ding dong ditched us...
Keep us updated on your neighbors! :)
Sabine
Hi, this is Bree.
ReplyDeleteSabine, your Mère sounds... intense. I'm sure she's a good person but she doesn't seem like she'd be the easiest person to live with. No offense!
Our neighbours really are cool. We all like them. I think we're going to be good friends.
I'm sure we'll be sharing more stories with them in the future!
Love,
Bree