Like nomads, but with more stuff

My day started, unfortunately, around 4am when Zoltan had a nightmare. I managed to crawl back into my own bed an hour later. I did get to ...

Structured Learning It's been about 12 weeks.  We have switched teachers three times.  We had our first assessment - a miniature/frien...

FSI is like a college campus on reunion weekend, every day. Where else do you find so many adults with jeans and backpacks?  I'm gues...

I waited a little long, so they only arrived today. But my kids are getting the thrill of opening up a little door each day and finding a ...

What a joy today to see the package at the door and find that Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls has finally arrived!  It was a Kickstart...

We try to strike a balance with the kids on unhealthy behaviors (screen time, junk food, etc). We don't want to completely deprive them...

Language training is still wonderful. I definitely speak German better now than I ever spoke Russian, even after banging my head against th...

... too many wheels, to be honest. Right before we returned to post from R and R last year, we bought a cheap car for a cheap price. Then...

We've been in class about 3 weeks now and settling into our routines and slowly developing some ability.  Some highlights include: ...

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...