Why I can’t fall asleep and why I can’t get up

I usually fall asleep around 10 or 10:30PM.  I know, that’s pretty late for a kid of my age but I just can’t fall asleep.  And, of course, in the morning I can’t get up early.  Generally, I need between 10 and 11 hours of sleep so it is hard for me to get up before 9.  Needles to say that I am always late for my school and I am really lucky they haven't yet kicked me out.  I had numerous conversations with my parents and we are really trying hard to solve this problem.  Finally, I came up with a pretty good explanation: 

  “My bed is really hard in the evening and that’s why I can’t fall asleep.  And in the morning my bed is extremely soft and then I can’t get out of it.  And especially when it rains outside my bed becomes even softer.“

Zasto ja ne mogu da rano legnem i rano ustanem?  Zato sto je krevet mnogo tvrd kad ja legnem i mnogo je mekan ujutro ... a narocito je mekan kad pada kisa i onda ja ne mogu da ustanem.  

Luka i tata se voze kolima i pricaju ...

Luka: Tata, stara skolica nije uvek bila stara, nekada je bila nova, jel tako?  
Tata: Tako je sine.  
Luka: A nova skolica nece uvek da bude nova, nego ce da bude stara - jel tako tata?  
Tata: Tako je sine.

Tata mi je rekao “ti si mnogo pametan sine”.  Ja sam mu odgovorio “znam tata, ja sam to sam naucio”.  

A trip to India ... well, some other time

We were supposed to go to India - the whole family.  And then my father freaked out. He woke up in the middle of the night (that’s what he told me) with some crazy thoughts and fears and decided that I am still too young for India; My mom will go without us. Well, they didn’t tell me this (she is leaving on Sunday) but I figured it out.  So last night I asked my mom “are you going to India alone”? She looked quite surprised and said “yes; you know there are some little bugs that can bite you and dad and I are a little concerned for your health.  Mommy will go alone to check it out but I will not go to see tigers and elephants without you and then if everything is OK we will go together”.”But mom, how can Bala [he is our Indian friend] deal with them (bugs)?”.  Mom was surprised again, she was looking for words ... “well” she said “he lives in India and he is used to those little bugs ...”  “Oh, I see, OK”.  

I have a good memory

Last night dad asked me: “remember when we were in Paris and we were in that cafe (boulangerie) eating baguette sandwich ...” I thought for a while and then I said “you mean when I had an orange juice made from real oranges, and when you took some veggies from my sandwich because I didn’t like them?”  My father froze.  He said “Yes, how do you remember all that? I can’t believe it. And I don’t even remember taking those veggies from your sandwich.”

Montgomery Fair

Today, we went to the Montgomery Fair.  I had many great rides: a Merry-go-round, a helicopter, cars, a real pony…  We stayed there until 9PM. It was so nice, lively, colorful lights and of course I didn’t want to go home. 

When we arrived home, I asked my parents if I could sleep with the wrist band (a ticket for unlimited rides).  I like that band and will show it to my friends tomorrow at the school! 

Back from Europe

I just came back from Europe where I visited my grandparents. My mom went to Paris and then to Venice but (although tempting) I decided to skip those two beautiful cities and go with my dad straight to Belgrade (Serbia). When we arrived the temperature was over 90F! Then we went to Raca (a remote village in Southern Serbia) and spent a week there. Raca was great and much cooler than Belgrade. I saw many animals: dogs, cats, pigs, cows, and chickens. I eat tasty fruits (plums, pears, apples, watermelons and cherries – all organic) and had long walks with my grandpa. We were looking for wolves (my obsession) but couldn’t find any. However, we found several badger tunnels. We didn’t see any badgers since they were at lunch when we were checking the tunnels.

After Raca, we went back to Belgrade and reunited with mom. Belgrade was also nice. We went to many amusement parks – almost every day – and after so much joy I didn’t want to go back to the US. I wanted to stay and play with my grandma and grandpa and told my parent that they can go back to Washington without me. However, when they told me that they were going to miss me I told them that I would come with them. It was so hard to part with my grandparents. We all cried at the airport and I cried on the plane all the way to the US.

I want to hug you!