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• America!

  

  On July 30, we boarded a charter flight in Tashkent and about thirteen hours later, got off in New York. After our flights through Korea had been cancelled two... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• How We Do Homeschooling

  Recently I've gotten a lot of questions from friends about homeschooling. With the announcement of online or online-hybrid schooling in a lot of school... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Still Here in Tashkent

  I haven't been keeping up on this blog because nothing has been going on. Recently Sophia complained about not seeing people. I pointed out that she sees... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Happy Birthday, Brandon!

  

  This week Brandon had a birthday. Birthdays get a lot less personally exciting as an adult. Getting older isn't as great as it used to be, your presents are... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Hello, Summer!

  

  School ended the week before last. The last week of school, the weather decided that spring was officially over and the temperatures went from low-sixties and... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Happy Birthday, Sophia!

  

  This week we celebrated Sophia's birthday. Twelve doesn't have the same significance now that children transition from primary to the youth program at the... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Family Home Evening in the Pool

  Spring here in Tashkent has been rather uneven. Of course, spring is a season of uneven weather - never does the weather slowly warm up in a perfectly rational... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Easing Up

  Friday morning, I bundled the kids - complete with masks - into the car, and we left the house. As we drove through the neighborhood, everyone started commentin... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Happy Birthday, Eleanor!

  

  This week Eleanor turned six. Uzbekistan has loosened up their lockdown this week, but all the fun places are still closed. It made for a pretty quiet birthday... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• A Breath of Normalcy

  

  One of the small tragedies of quarantine in Uzbekistan has been my yard. Last year I spent a lot of time and money getting pots, dirt, and flowers for the yard. Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Easter

  

  We had a very lovely Easter, despite the cold and rainy weather. After teasing everyone with warm spring weather, Tashkent treated us to a late snowstorm... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Treading Water

  It feels like a wave has swept across the world. When the wave was far off, crashing across China, followed by Iran, and then Italy, we knew that it would make... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Uzbekistan Update

  Life here in Tashkent is strange. Inside the walls of our gate, life marches on in its usual progression of days. We all wake up every morning at our usual time. Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Riding It Out

  Friday evening, Uzbek Air flew the first ever direct Tashkent to Washington flight. On it were about seventy friends, colleagues, and associates from the US... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Rsv

  

  We have all been trading colds for the past month. Many friends traveled over Christmas break and everyone brought back sicknesses, including a nasty cold that... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Coronavirus and Travel Plans

  We haven't made a habit of living in popular tourist destinations for the majority of Brandon's Foreign Service career. With the exception of Cairo, most... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Elizabeth Update

  

  Elizabeth continues to be a charming baby, and I decided recently that she is enjoyable 23 3/4 hours of the day. And some days she's just pleasant the entire... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Snow Play Saturday

  

  This Saturday we finally made it back up to the mountains. I like that Uzbekistan has mountains, but they're much less convenient than they were in Tajikistan. Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Halfway Done

  We have now been in Tashkent for eighteen months and have eighteen months left. One one hand, this feels like a long time, and on the other it feels like we jus... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Life Lesson: Don't Stick Pencil Leads in Your Ear

  I have no idea why children stick things in various orifices. I don't understand what causes them to look at a small item (bean, bead, seed, etc) and think,... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING