12/1/13
Round two of eating Thanksgiving has begun. My entire family came over to have my Thanksgiving dinner. My host parents helped heat up all my dishes as well as make some Polish dishes so there would be more to eat. It was a twist between an American-Polish Thanksgiving.
We all sat around the table eating my food. Everyone ate 2 full plates of food which made me really happy. Babcia Maria was pleased with the way the food turned out. I cut everyone a piece of turkey because it was my turkey…well my host dad designated this position to me. It was an honor to have everyone enjoying the dinner I prepared. Everything was finished except for a small piece of turkey but I will enjoy that for lunch tomorrow.
I am very proud of myself for deciding to make Thanksgiving dinner and following through on my commitment. Before, I would say I would do something but never follow through on my promise. This is a new leaf consisting of hard work and dedication.
Today is also the 5th day of Hanukah and my host mother remembered. She bought me gelt which was a huge honor! The gelt were shaped like Euros and the chocolate was really good. I didn’t think my host mom knew about Hanukah or when it was happening this year, but she surprised me with a small bag of gelt. I told Agata why we receive gelt on Hanukah because she didn’t know about the Jewish tradition of the dreidel game.
Today was full of my family traditions from back at home and I taught my family here all about them.
Stephanie Raquel
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