All Girls are Princesses

Assumption: All little girls want to be princesses. FALSE.

The assumption may be false, but only because some female infants are brainwashed to think they want to be something else, such as: spies, policemen, mailmen, or dolphins....

Fortunately for you, not only did I want to be a princess, I am.

So, like what any fifteen-year-old princess would do when trapped in a city of foreigners, I took refuge in what princesses love most: clothes. =)

I went to the shopping center today with my two new friends, Pihla, and Annu. We spent four hours going store-to-store, making fun of ridiculous clothing, finding some wow outfits, and ultimately buying a grill flipper, but leaving the lobster hat to be claimed by someone whose need was even greater. How kind. =)

....So the next time you hear a little girl say that she doesn't want to be a princess, you know something is wrong, and you should begin looking for the jar (the one they're keeping her brain in....) for every girl wants to be a princess.

Confession: I googled.

Rainy Day Tellings

The last couple of days we were invited to members' houses for lunch! =) Thursday, we went blueberry picking with the family too. Yesterday, with the other family, we had root beer floats! =)

Last night, I was the last one (in my room of Merinda, mikaela, and our little cousin) to go to sleep. I noticed that the window wasn't open, and it gets really hot in our room, so I opened the door to the balcony. During the night, it started raining, not like sprinkling either. RAINING. So I had to get out of bed and close the balcony door because of the noisy rain.

This morning, my dad, grandmother, mom, and sister went to a bakery and got us munkki (s), a sort of doughnut pastry, with jam inside, and covered in sugar! =)

After eating these yummies, I tried to write some more, but I got distracted, talking to Tirosh... No, actually, I was looking at the pictures on our computer, and I found this cute one....well, it is kind of hard to be cute at midnight, but still. =)

...So, we were supposed to go to Lehtisaari (an island) today, but because of the weather, I'm not so sure that we're going.

Hope you guys are having a sunny summer.

Oh, so the school that I'm going to go to is Lyseon Lukio. Well, that's the one that I'm thinking I'm going to, at the moment.

Hey, it's yellow. Who wouldn't want to go there? =)

Copper-Haired and Harry

Copper-haired me:

My dear, loving, kind mother, graciously cut and dyed my hair for the fourth time.

...and then when I took these pictures for my blog, Jonathan, oh-so-lovingly made fun of me.

In Black and White
And my favorite B&W picture

Yesterday, Jonathan and I went to see Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.

It was fantastic! ...though I don't know why it was only rated PG. ..?

Anyways, my favorite part was just before the above picture, when Harry has just taken the "liquid luck." =) Love it!!!

If you haven't seen it, see it ASAP!!

Missing you guys bunches!

p.s. mom, no more correcting my blogs: you're the foreigner, remember?

Hannah's Final Finnish Photos

Greetings from Finland! Sorry I haven't been writing much, but in a house of six people, it's kind of hard to find a time when the computer is free. =)

So, these are the pictures that I haven't been able to put on my blog yet.

The beginning of the Finland adventure.

Myrskykallio-- =)

It's sort of like the beach, if the beach were made out of boulders, and were on an island.

Hannah and I walked the grounds of the temple while my mom and her friend were in a session. The temple is beautiful!!

Our new ward had a crepe party. The crepes were delicious, the weather was a bit rainy, and the bugs were all over us!!

So, Hannah and I had the crazy idea to cover our faces, but we only had our scarves...

When we finally arrived in Jyväskylä, we found a park a block or two away from the apartment. Mikaela named it the "train park", for obvious enough reasons.

Hannah left yesterday, the 17th.

Harry Potter came out yesterday. I haven't seen it yet.

My grandmother and aunt from the U.S. arrive in Finland today.

They come to Jyväskylä next Wednesday.

Today is karkkipäivä, or "candy day."

I haven't been to a bookstore yet.

I'm not sure why.

I have a library card! =)

Last summer, I read 14 books all the way through.

This summer, I have read one whole book, My Sister's Keeper.

I'm slipping.

I'm missing my home,

my friends,

my Kimmi,

my room,

the library,

the movie theater,

the church building,

and all my church friends.

The youth in this ward sort of keep to themselves,

so of course I feel great.

Hope you all are having a fantastic summer.

Missing you all,

Matilda

Poll for Hiukset

Hello fellow friends!! Sorry I haven't been on for a while, but we didn't have internet for almost a week. ... I know. It was just as hard as you think it would be. =)

Anywho. I've been writing more. I actually think that I have the beginnings to a new story, so I'm excited! I've also been debating what to do with my hair. As you can see in the below picture, it's getting... "out of control," as hannah puts it. So, I will think about it a little more, and if any of you have any suggestions, questions, or warnings (such as I shouldn't dye my hair purple....actually, not a bad idea. =)) then I will take suggestions for...hm. maybe a week, and then I'll try to get something done to my hair.

Hope you all are having a FANTASTIC summer vacation!!! Love you all!

. oh, by the way, "hiukset" is "hair" in Finnish