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• Living in Dushanbe - Winter

  Did I ever mention to you that I hate winter? I was raised in North Carolina where, as one clever wit once put it, winter is like running through a freezer... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Busted

  I’ve been doing some decorating. I’m not really much of a home decorator; spending money on stuff whose only purpose is to sit around your house and collect dus... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Potty Training, for the Fifth Time

  I hate potty training. Most things in parenting haven't lived up to their bad reputation. Babies staying up all night? It doesn't last that long. Terrible... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Happy Birthday to Me

  

  This past week was my birthday. I love birthdays. It's one of the few days (Mother's Day is theoretically one of those days) I can sit and read a book, not... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Adventure Monday

  

  Last Monday was a holiday (thanks, MLK!). We've spent a lot of our time sledding recently, so Brandon and I decided to mix things up a little and go hiking. Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING

• 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