Yesterday evening Virve and Keijo came by with Niila to celebrate Virve's birthday. I cooked (trout stuffed with herbs and lots of garlic- hadn't done that in a while), Virve baked, Keijo was responsible for music and pictures... :-)



Niila and Seita hadn't seen each other for quite a while, and it was quite hilarious to watch them play. They're still the same size- I'll have quite a big dog, I think. Nice.



Today we ended up with 4 visitors altogether. First my Albanian coursemate stopped by, followed quite closely by one Finnish friend and her little daughter. I was very glad about her coming, since she's also a good friend of Tapsa's and I hadn't been so sure if we'd stay in touch. With her I noticed again how much more easy it is to speak Finnish with people I've known and spoken Finnish to for a while- I'm neither stuttering like an idiot nor feeling so ... insecure with them. ;-) With Virve and Keijo yesterday we also tried- but since we talked mostly English lately, Finnish feels weird and we soon end up switching back.
Anyway, then Virve missed me so much that she stopped by again for a cup of coffee. ;p
It was the best weekend I had in a while.