September update/ Wrzesniowe nadganianie

Juz ponad miesiac nie pisalam na blogu, bo pod koniec sierpnia zaczela sie szkola i nagle zabraklo czasu:) Dzisiaj bedzie podsumowanie ostatnich kilku tygodni i bardzo duzo filmikow. Zwiedzamy caly czas Cookeville i okolice, poznajemy nowe miejsce. Do niektorych juz pewno nie wrocimy, ale niektore okazaly sie bardzo fajne i bedziemy odwiedzac czesto. Marysia juz nie tylko chodzi, ale biega i uczy sie jesc widelcem. Coraz wiecej mowi, teraz na topie sa dzwieki, ktore wydaja zwierzeta i inne przedmioty/ludzie. Gania za Kicia i nie pozwala jej chwile pospac w spokoju:) Marysi wlosy rosna ostatnio i na dlugosc i na gestosc, wiec zaczela nosic spineczki i opaski na wlosach, a wczoraj po raz pierwszy suszylam jej wlosy suszarka bo recznik juz nie wystarcza. Poszlismy z nia na wizyte do lekarza i mala wazy 12 kilo (91 percentyl) i miezy 84 cm (96 percentyl)

It's been over a month since the last post, but I have started teaching in the meantime, and the time has shrunk. Therefore, you are getting a summary of the last few weeks and a whole bunch of videos and pictures. We keep exploring Cookeville and the area around it. We found a few places that we won't be coming back to, and we found a few that we will:) Marielle is not only walking, but running, all the time. She is learning how to use a fork too. She is saying more and more, lately she is into animal sounds, and sounds that other things/ people do. She is chasing Kicia all the time and does not allow her to sleep peacefully anymore. Marielle's hair is growing and thickening, so we started with headbands and hair pins, and we had to use a hair dryer the other day because the towel was just not enough to dry her hair.
We went for a check up and she is 27lbs (91%)  and 33inches (96%) tall.


Bieganie/ Running

Podsumowanie/ Summary

Animal sounds/ Dzwieki zwierzat i innych

Using a fork/ Widelec

Crossfit baby/ Silaczka

Cummins Falls/ Wodospad Cummins

Children's museum/ Muzeum dla dzieci

Hidden Hollow Park/ Park Hidden Hollow

Marielle's first movie (only for the really dedicated)/ Pierwszy film nakrecony przez Marysie (tylko dl wytrwalych)

Little Bounds and big Bounds/ Duza i mala Boundsowna

 Kwiaty we wlosach/ Flower head bands

 Elmo rules!/ Elmo rzadzi!

 Splash, spash/ Chlapanie, chlapanie

 Shopping, shopping/ Zakupy, zakupy

 Making guacamole/ Robilysmy guacamole

 Sezon dresowo-bluzowy/ Sweat suit season

 Birthday tata/ Tata urodzinowy

 Spineczki/ Hair pins

 Tata keeps pulling my pants up/ Tata mi ciagle spodnie podciaga

Weekend full of fun! Weekend pelen zabaw!

W ten weekend grafik mielismy bardzo napiety. W piatek pojechalismy zobaczyc wodospad niedaleko, ktory nazywa sie Burgess Falls. Jak jechalismy to pogoda byla lekko niepewna, a jak dojechalismy na miejsce to zdazylismy sie schowac pod daszek, bo przylalo konkretnie. Takze wiekszosc czasu spedzilismy pod daszkiem, patrzac na deszcz, sluchajac wodospadu i patrzac jak Marysia bawi sie zwirkiem. Jak przestalo padac to poszlismy kawalek, ale sciezki byly tak pozalewane i sliskie ze nie doszlismy do nawiekszego wodospadu. Nic to, fajnie bylo, podjedziemy tam za pare tygodni jak sie zrobi chlodniej. W sobote z rana poszlismy do parku z fontanna i chociaz Marysia na poczatku ostroznie chodzila dookola i tylko patrzyla, po chwili biegala po wodzie az do upadlego (doslownie). Po drzemce pojechalismy na festyn naszego hrabstwa, gdzie glownym punktem programyu dla nas bylo male "zoo" gdzie mozna glaskac zwierzatka. Marysi najbardziej podobaly sie kozy, mimo ze ciagle mowila o nich "muuu". Byly rowniez wielblady, jezozwierz, ogromne zolwie, miniaturowy bawol i male krowki. Bardzo edukacyjnie. Polazilismy po festynie, ale nic tam dla takich maluszkow nie bylo do roboty, to pojechalismy do domu. A dzisiaj rano odwiedzilismy nasz ulubiony park nad jeziorem ubrane w koszulki Kolejorza::) Teraz mala spi, nie wiem co bedziemy robic po poludniu.  A w miedzyczasie, odbywaly sie rozne zabawy z tata i nie, ktore tez uwiecznilismy na filmikach. Takze milego ogladania!

Our schedule for this weekend was packed. On Friday we went to Burgess Falls, since it is very close. On our way we saw some clouds, but it was only when we parked and barely managed to get under the shelter when it started to pour. So, most of our time there we spend under the shelter watching the rain, listening to the fall nearby, and watching Marielle playing with the gravel. When it finally stopped raining we went up the path to see the biggest out of the three falls, but the path was so flooded and slippery that we turned around. Anyways, we still had fun, and probably be back there in a few weeks, when the weather cools down a bit. Saturday morning we went to a local park with a fountain and splash section. Although Marielle was a little unsure about it at first, soon she was fearless. After the nap we went to the county fair. For us the main attraction was a petting zoo. Marielle liked the goats the most, although she was calling them "mooo" the whole time. There were little camels, porcupine, huge turtles, miniature buffalo, a miniature cows. Very educational. We walked up and down the fair, but there was not much to do for her, so we went home. And today in the morning, we went to our favorite park with a lake wearing our t-shirts from Poland of our local soccer team. Now, Marielle is sleeping and I don't know what we are going to do later. In the meantime between those events we have also played a lot, especially with daddy, so you can see that on the videos as well. Happy watching!



Burgess Falls

Splash park/ Park z fontanna

Count Fair/ Festyn

Our park/ W parku

Playing with daddy/ Zabawy z tata

The Park and floor play/ Park i zabawy na podlodze

Znalezlismy super park, ktory jest bardzo blisko domu! Sciezka prowadzi dookola jeziora i sa place zabaw. Marysce bardzo sie podobalo, nam rowniez, bedziemy tam bardzo czestymi goscmi. Nakrecilam filmik z pobytu w parku. Na drugim filmiku Maryska bawi sie w nowa zabawe, ktora sama wymyslila:)

We have found an awesome park that is sooo close to home! The path leads around the lake and there are playgrounds. Marielle loved it, and so did we, we are definitely going to be regulars there. The first video was shot there and on the second you can see a game Marielle came up with the other day:)

Tennessee

So, we have officially moved to Cookeville, Tennessee last Sunday. I got a tenure-track job as Assistant Professor of Linguistics at Tennessee Tech University. We are now unpacked, and figuring things out. So far, so good. The town is small, so everything is very close. Marielle is enjoying the new apartment, and the new surroundings. First, you can see a short movie from the last weekend in Atlanta before we moved, she was enjoying her breakfast and playing with the Polish doll. On the second movie, you will see how Marielle and Halsey are taking advantage of the extra space in the apartment. Also, I put out some pictures of the apartment.

No to w ostatnia niedziele oficjalnie przeprowadzilismy sie do Cookeville, Tennessee. Dostalam prace jako Assistant Professor na Tennessee Tech University. Jestesmy juz rozpakowani i teraz zapoznajemy sie z okolica. Jak na razie, wszystko idzie dobrze. Miasto jest male, wiec wszedzie blisko, a Marysi podoba sie i nowe mieszkanie i okolica. Najpierw filmik z ostatniego weekendu gdy bylismy jeszcze w Atlancie, jak mala je sniadanko, a potem tanczy z lala. Na drugim filmiku, zobaczycie jak Marysia i Holzik wykorzystuja duzo miejsca, ktore mamy teraz w mieszkaniu.A ponizej zdjecia naszeo nowego domu.

Nasze mieszkanie/ Our apartment

Dol/ Downstairs

Upstairs/ Gora

Dostalam od szefowej wydzialu/ I got this from the department head:

Marysia

Sugarloaf Mills

Dzisiaj spotkalismy sie z babcia Margaret, wujkiem Cameronem i kuzynka Amelia w molu, do ktorego dziadkowie Poznanscy bardzo lubili chodzic. Jak dojezdzalismy to okazalo sie ze zmienili mu nazwe na Sugarloaf Mills zamist starego Discover Mills...W kazdym badz, dziewczynki przegonilismy po molu, oraz na karuzeli, zjedlismy lunch, pogadalismy i do domu:) Bardzo bylo milo:) Ponizej filmiki jak sie Marysia bawi z babcia w akuku i jak dziewczynki z tatusiami jezdza na kruzeli.

Today we met with Mamar, Cam, and Amelia in the mall that my parents liked very much. When we got there, it turned out that it changed its name from Discover Mills to Sugarloaf Mills...Anyways, the girls ran around the mall, got on a ride on Mary-Go-Round, ate lunch,  and went home:) It was very nice:) On one of the videos you can see Marielle playing Pee A Book with Mamar, and on the other, the girls on the Mary-Go-Round.

Cloudy with a chance of lemons/ Cytryny i inne zjawiska pogodowe

Weekend wolny (bo 4 lipca Swieto Niepodleglosci) mija, i tak sobie spedzamy po domowemu, ale rowniez z atrakcjami. Dzisiaj bylismy znowu w molu bo leje, burza za burza, wiec nie ma jak do parku po poludniu isc. Ponizej pare filmikow jak to sie Marysia zabawiala. Spotkalismy rowniez znajoma z wnukiem, ktory jest tylko pare tygodni mlodszy od Marysi. Przygladali sie sobie, a potem...buzi dawali. Takze Marysia pierwszego buziaka ma zaliczonego. A ostatni filmik to z kolejnego podejscia do cytryny. Tata stwierdzil ze czas najwyzszy powtorzyc probe i dac jej cytryne. Wyniki ponizej.

The long 4th of July weekend is going on and we have been mostly at home, but still getting in some fun. We went back to the mall again today as it has been raining and raining and raining....so, you can see what fun stuff Marysia got into. We ran into a friend with her grandson who is only a few weeks younger than Marielle. They were sizing each other up, and then...kissing: ) So, Marielle can check off her first kiss:) The last video is showing Marielle eating a lemon..again. Daddy decided that it is high time for a repeat of the lemon test. You can see how she did below.

Lemon 2