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• Nur-Sultan

  This Monday was handshake day. It's been a long week, so handshake day seems like it happened a month ago. Bidding this year was much more involved than it's... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Halloween 2020

  

  We had a low-key Halloween this year. Our Halloweens are usually low-key, but this year was a really low-key year. A few weeks before Halloween, there was talk... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Happy Birthday, Elizabeth!

  

  Elizabeth turned one this week. I know it's cliche to say, but I can't believe how fast the time has passed. It's a been a strange first year, as Elizabeth was... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Back in Wonka-Land

  Last week, my Russian teacher's daughter fell ill. She wasn't terribly ill, just tired and feeling low, which could be caused by any number of issues. My... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• How to Your Hands on Money That is Already Yours

  Brandon and I are working on a project (which will get its own blog post once it's done). We started talking about it at the end of last year, looked for artist... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• It's Bidding Time

  This Monday started the six-week long time that is known in the State Department as bidding season. Similar to a worldwide game of musical chairs, it's the... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Welcome, Fall!

  Last Friday, a wind blew through Tashkent. Clouds rolled in as the Virginia creeper covering our pool house blew wildly in the gusts. A few smattering drops o... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• End of Quarantine

  As of Friday, we have officially been in Tashkent for fourteen days and our quarantine is over. I can't say that the quarantine was particularly onerous - we'v... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• High School

  Kathleen started high school this year. It's crazy to have a child in high school, as I clearly remember my own time in high school. Even crazier was realizin... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• First Week of School, Jet Lag Edition

  All of the children started school this week. I really hate the first week of school. Summer is not only a break for the children, but for me as well. Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• 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