Like nomads, but with more stuff

 ... a few days late.  This year was a pretty good one. It started with chocolate chip waffles and Alex' card. The card included a secre...

The last post foreshadowed this one.  They say if you state publicly something you want to do, it creates more accountability and makes it m...

This was definitely a birthday for the books. The mantra of the day for the kids was "Kind, loving, agreeable" - meaning if their...

Ever since I was informed my next post would be Frankfurt, I have been planning to return to Malta and show Alex where she was born. The ...

This one is a good one. A really good one. Our car got packed up to head out of Astana about six weeks ago.  On Thursday afternoon it was d...

[Oops, somehow this never got published....] In the two weeks before packout we had excitement - some serious stuff, some less serious, s...

It is 8:43pm. My mom and I were trying to arrange an online chat, and she was having so many problems with it I finally said don't worr...

One of our grand plans for next year (no longer next year, but rather in about 4 months!) is to hire an au pair to give us more flexibility...

In child raising there are the obvious milestones we celebrate as they inch closer towards independence:  when they can walk, dress themsel...

The other day Terry and I had what I've started calling "a spirited discussion" about how much travel is actually likely when...

Just like that, the little blob Alex used to call, simply, "baby" is six!  His personality is deepening into everything we gleane...

My baby girl is a big eight years old!  What did this year hold for her? We made chocolate cupcakes with white frosting for her to bring ...

Two wonderful things happened this week:  One, Zoltan was his class' Star of the Week. Then Sunday night his very first tooth, that had...

The day after the "psych out" I was certain something new would arise to prevent the resumption of cohabitation between my stuf...

The car is here, cleared customs, registered, insured and ready to drive. We only noticed after we got it home that the windshield wipers h...

Glory glory be. 23 days after arriving at post our air freight has arrived. 

Alex started school for real today. She rode the bus for the first time and was collected at the bus stop by our new nanny for the first ...

I had my Russian language exam Friday. I went into it feeling confident - I knew I was at the right level, my teachers has prepared me well...

After Zoltan's T-ball game this morning, we went to the library. While we were looking for books appropriate for Alex, Zoltan was also ...