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• Sledding, Again

  

  This past Saturday we went sledding. Sledding is an activity that, unlike hiking, the children never get tired of. Never mind that sledding involves walking up ... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Living in Dushanbe - Doorbells

  We have a doorbell on the outside of our gate. It hangs on the wall next to our courtyard door and anyone who feels like ringing it can walk right up, press... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• How Brandon Doesn't Like to Celebrate New Year's

  New Year's is not a big holiday in the Sherwood Family Household. Back a long, long time ago when I was young, childless, and irresponsible enough to enjoy slee... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Adventure Saturday: Sledding

  

  Sledding season has officially begun. It actually began a few weeks before Christmas when Dushanbe got nine inches of snow. But the sleds we had ordered for... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Celebrating Christmas

  

  Last year was not a good year for Christmas in the Sherwood family. Living out of suitcases in a temporary house for five weeks ended on Christmas day when we... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Happy Birthday, Edwin!

  

  Edwin turned six last week. I find this kind of amazing, that my third child is six now. There is a qualitative difference between five and six. Clothes aren't... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Caroling, Caroling Now We Go

  

  Last Saturday I hosted my very first embassy party. Dushanbe is a small enough embassy that pretty much every party is an open invitation party, which is... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Snow Day

  

  Dushanbe is not a very cold city. Everyone here desperately hates winter, counting down the days until spring as soon as the temperatures start dipping below... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Christmas Shopping

  

  I need (maybe need is a strong word) more Christmas decorations. When we pulled out our Christmas decorations from their two year-old mover's wrap this year, I... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Norman Rockwell Moments

  Four years ago we bought a piano. I had grown up with a piano in my house, taking lessons for five years, and wanted my children to learn too. Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING

• A Dream Come True

  When I was a child, my parents never washed Sunday dinner dishes. After filling up on pot roast, mashed potatoes, jello, and rolls, they would inevitably stretc... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Happy Birthday, Joseph!

  

  A few weeks ago Joseph turned four. I remember when Kathleen turned four. She was so big; she was able to dress herself, feed herself, use the bathroom by... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Thanksgiving 2015

  

  The only picture that got taken all day.This year we hosted Thanksgiving. Last year we got to to sponge off of someone else's work, milking the... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING

• One Year Down, Two and a Half to Go

  A year ago Saturday we stumbled off an overcrowded Turkish airlines flight into the cold, dark early morning Dushanbe air. I remember cheerily chatting with... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING

• And the Heat is On

  Last Friday a man rang my doorbell. He was here, he announced, to put in a new water pump for our heating system. I quickly let him in and went back to my work. Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Unrequited Love

  

  Edwin loves his little sister. He really really loves Eleanor. When Joseph was born Edwin wasn't even quite two years old and had no conception of babies and... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Marine Ball 2015

  

  After a hiatus last year for language training, Brandon and I attended our third Marine Ball. Since we're at a new post with new people, I got to reuse my... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Cold, Dark Times

  

  It's finally thinking about being winter here in Dushanbe. After a long, gorgeous tail end of summer, the falls rains have come and with them cooler weather. Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Eleanor at Eighteen Months

  

  As we got ready for church last Sunday morning, I realized that, had we been living in a regular church unit, it would have been Eleanor's first Sunday in... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Russian Progress

  The children and I have just finished our second month of Russian study. When I finally gave in and started, I honestly didn't expect much progress very quickly. Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING