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Before we knew it summer ended and the school year began. We prepped by buying a whole lot of masks and hand sanitizer. But school was in person!! Every day for Malcolm and Miral and half of the week for Adam.  I was worried about the boys wearing masks all days, being at school, andContinue reading “First Days”

We came back from Greece and decided to keep living like we were on vacation! First up, long coffee mornings at our favorite coffee place in Kyiv- Raven Cafe.  Homemade frappes, almost like being on a beach in Greece…. Clinging to summer attire We decided to go on day trips to explore parts of UkraineContinue reading “Vacation Dreaming”

 For Miral’s birthday we had a special day at home and then a BBQ at the Embassy with our friends. It was great to be able to celebrate with friends. We kept it small and invited our bubble and were outside and it was a great day. We are pretty lucky to have the EmbassyContinue reading “Peppa Pig and Pork Tacos”

How has it been three years since Miral was born?? (yes I know this post is 9 months but we still need to celebrate her turning three and catch ourselves up to current times).  In honor of Miral’s 3rd birthday here are 36 months of my little Miral.  I was aiming for 36 pictures butContinue reading “Three years of Miral”

When we arrived in Athens we headed right out to explore a bit before meeting our friend Elianna for dinner, but it started raining, so we hopped on a sightseeing bus and it ended up being the best rainy activity out there! These three LOVED it! Miral even squeezed in a little nap.  The rainContinue reading “Acropolis or bust”

After a week of exploring Paros and checking out every beach on Paros we decided to take a short ferry to Antiparos and see what it was all about.  My band of explorers in their pajamas Lazy mornings   Finally we got out of the house and got on the ferry, ready for our longContinue reading “The opposite of Paros”

After six months of Covid lockdown we made the decision to go to Greece for a vacation. It was the first time we traveled in Covid times and the anxiety and mask wearing made the three hour flight seem endless. I was pretty nervous the entire time, convinced we would get Covid, but I haveContinue reading “Ice-cream, sunsets and beach naps”

Somewhere along this last school year, when we moved two months into the school year, the boys started a new school in a new country, again, and we had 4 months of home schooling thrown in there during a pandemic quarantine, Adam finished second grade and Malcolm finished kindergarten.  It wasn’t the school year anyContinue reading “I hope you have a fun adventure”

While the Embassy BBQs were great, we still had a lot of Covid vacation hours to fill.  It was spring and starting to get warm so we started spending more and more time outside. First up, we needed some haircuts and with Covid numbers on the rise in Ukraine we decided to go to daddyContinue reading “Dandelions everywhere”

 As the weather started getting warmer we started spending more time at the Embassy. Parks were still closed and the Embassy had color teams that could never meet but on Blue days we could go play and ride bikes in the Embassy. We were always there with the same three families, so one chilly dayContinue reading “Bubble Magic”