Like nomads, but with more stuff

Haven't written in a while about Alex and dairy, because I thought we had everything figured out. I mean, the coughing is over (knock o...

American kids growing up abroad miss out on US history. Stories abound of children experiencing their very first year in a U.S. public scho...

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 ...

Back when Zoltan was in sadik last year, Sensei Talgat came every week to teach karate to the kids. A friend of ours also brought her son t...

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

Because of the internet, and the ridiculously low (comparative) cost of nuts in central Asia, I have started making cashew milk rather than...

Within 24 hours of beginning school at his British school, this was the conversation I had with my son: Me: Zoltan, did you leave your sw...

The kids are junior archers! A couple of weeks ago we went into the steppe for a picnic and for them to practice shooting the bow.  When ...

We were supposed to go camping last weekend. The weather was turning up perfect, and we figured it was the last (and first) chance this ye...