Kamppi

Yesterday Matilda and I went to Kampii which is inside of Helsinki. We first went in a mall but I didn't buy anything. Then we ate at McDonalds...haha. We saw Transformers 2 in a big theatre, it was pretty cool. Afterwards we went to a church that was in a rock, it was interesting.

This is the mall it had 6 stories! I didn't get all of them.This is the roof of the church from the inside.

The church.

Inside the church.

Flamingo

Yesterday we went to an inside waterpark called Flamingo. It was a lot of fun but I didn't get to take that many pictures because we weren't allowed to. It was inside a hotel so there wasn't that many people there which was nice. They had a couple of fun water slides. I just wish the water was colder, it was really warm. We also did some shopping and I got this cute butterfly ring! This is us on the bus on the way to the waterpark.Behind me are the diving boards they were really cool. They are hard to see and next to them there are 3 slides that you can't see. This is the baby pool.

Mikaela on the baby slide.The four of us around the palm tree! Mikaela on the family slide. That is what we called it...I couldn't go down all the way without stopping because there wasn't enough water!

Saturday and temple pictures

On saturday Matilda's cousin Jaron got baptized. I played the piano some of the time...which means playing Sweet Hour of Prayer (the only hymn I can play). After the baptism we went to Soile's house (Sirpa's sister and Jaron's mom). She has two other kids which you have seen in previous pictures. We had pizza and cake there. It is fun to be around Sirpa's family, even though I don't understand what they are saying. But most of them speak some english with me. And when we came back to the apartment I watched a movie with Matilda and went to bed.

Temple side view.

It is beautiful!

The lake and Sini's apartment

On Friday I went to an Indian restaurant for Matilda's grandparents anniversary. It was really good but it was a lot!
After that we went to a lake and met Sini (Sirpa's sister). She works at a foster home for kids who need time away from their families. We went there after swimming in the lake. Then Sini got off work and we went to the grocery store. (me, matilda, merinda, and sirpa) We then went to her apartment and were able to go in the apartment sauna. It was my second time in a sauna! I like them, I wish we had them in the states! It was just me, merinda, and matilda in it, we had the sauna to ourselves. And when we got too hot we could go outside on the balcony. We got home late that night so I couldn't blog about it.

Us at the lake, it was freezing but not as cold as the sea was the day before.
This is me in the grocery store. In most stores there is a Candy King. As you can see there are different types behind me. I have to admit that I have gone 3 times to it. The candy here is soo good!

This is the sauna that we went in.

Here are the showers outside the sauna.
This is the view of the sea and apartments from the balcony.

The lovely clouds that night.
After the sauna. And notice how bright it is outside. It is about 10:30 at night and that is about how dark it gets here.

Beach and Temple

This was on Thursday. We went to the grocery store to buy food for lunch and then we took it to the beach. The water was freezing! And after I went in the water I slept in the sun. And later that night Matilda and I went to the only temple in Finland with Sirpa and her friend. We didn't get our temple recommends so we just walked around the temple grounds for two hours. It was a beautiful day so it worked out well. I will put temple pictures up later.
Way out in the water.
The four of us in the cold water.

Tori, Suomenlinna, and Tuomionkirkko

The beginning of the day started on the metro. All of these pictures are from wednesday. Matilda didn't feel good and Mikaela wouldn't have lasted this whole day. So it was me, Merinda, Sirpa, and their grandpa came part of the time. There are way more pictures than this, I had to pick which ones were the best.
The tori is a market place where there is food and a lot of homemade things you can buy. It was fun to look around.
Eating breakfast at the Tori. That is Matilda's grandpa with us.
The President of Finlands House. She wasn't there because there are not any guards and the flag is not up.
On the boat.
Suomenlinna, an island we went to. We hiked around everywhere. My feet were so tired by the end of the day!
When we first arrived to Suomenlinna.

A cannon.
The Sea.

There were these beautiful yellow flowers.
A cellar type thing.
Finnish flag.
A tunnel on the island. There were a lot of tunnels that we climbed through. And we saw some prison cells.
Inside.
Inside of Tuomionkirkko.
And a picture from the top of Tuomionkirkko.
These are the stairs we climbed to get to Tuomionkirkko it wasn't that bad. But after walking everywhere in Suomenlinna I was done walking for the rest of the day.
This is Tuomionkirkko it is a church building and it is huge and beautiful.

Lazy Day+watermelons

Us eating the watermelon. :)
I ate a frozen watermelon today. It is like a popsicle, very fun!

So today was pretty much a lazy day, besides the watermelon. Matilda and I just read our books inside and outside. I just read my book and watched a movie. I read My Sister's Keeper, it was a very good sad book. Maybe tomorrow I will have something better to tell.

New clothes!!

This skirt is adorable! I love it!!
I got this cute dress that is black, purple, and pink. And I already had a shirt to go under it.
Matilda and I got matching dresses! Her's has pink flowers and mine has yellow. Then we both got cute jackets to go over them.