Yeah, my Spanish teacher is cool

Today was a normal day, except that my Spanish teacher was a little weirder than he normally is. The bell rings, he comes in, hands out an assignment, tells everyone that a kid in my class named Lázaro is in charge, and walks out. So we definitely got a lot done that period... 

I'm so excited for tomorrow! Yippee for Sweet Sixteen!!! Thanks to a bunch of people who have already wished me a happy birthday<3

Cookies

Today I made cookies with my grandma for my class for my birthday. 

Only two more days until I'm 16 and can legally drink/buy alcohol in Switzerland...!

I also Skyped with Kiley and Rose:)

Happy day:)

Happy almost Friday!

I'm pretty sure time has never flown so fast as it has here. Even though I'm homesick sometimes and I miss so many people, I've made some amazing friends here and I know I'll remember this year forever. The school year is already 1/4 done?!?

Anyways, today I went to school and came home in the dark... But it was only 5:30. Wacky short days.

Only 5 days until my birthday! :)

Umbrellaaaaaa

Today I had a half-day of school (like every Wednesday) and it rained the whole day. :/. My grandma decided that for my birthday she would buy me a new umbrella, so today we went umbrella shopping. So exciting, I know. But I actually found a really cool one... :)

Also, when we were in Zurich I noticed a bunch of things hanging from the buildings and I asked my grandma about them. Apparently Zurich gets all lit up with Christmas lights during the holiday season. I'm so excited for Christmas already... Is that weird? I can't wait to see what these look like lit up though!

Tonight was a holiday called "Rabelichten", which means " turnip lighting", which means that you carve turnips (kind of like pumpkins in the U.S. But different-see the post "Happy November!" for details) and you walk through the streets where the streetlights are turned off with the lit turnips, and it looks really cool. It was super fun, even though it was raining nonstop all day today-it even snowed a teeny bit tonight! (This is a group of kids holding their turnips-you can't see it very well)

The Piano Problem

So I really thought it was Wednesday all day today. I have no clue why... Oh well...

Today I went to school like usual, then came home and made dinner and did homework and played piano for an hour. But I realized that I have no new piano music and it's hard to find free stuff on the internet that's the right skill level and fun to play... So if anyone wants to gift me piano books or music or that sort of stuff for my birthday (13 days!!!) I would love it...:) Music in general is just pretty awesome. Especially Owl City and Taylor Swift.

Also, it's almost my dad's birthday! I made him a card today and hopefully it won't arrive too late. <3