Wow, time really slips away, and my blogging diminishes without a computer. I've been finishing up our yearbook at school, so every minute has been devoted to that. I finished today! Things have settled down a bit since the robbery. We were upset for about a week, and then it went away. Things are just things, and they are easily replaced. Well, easily replaced in the summer. I am thankful that it happened not too far from a trip home. It stinks feeling suspicious of people around you, though.
Things are good otherwise. The weather has finally turned, and there are tulips everywhere. It's so green and you can see the mountains again. Winter in Almaty is definitely not my thing, but I really like having a spring again.
Sophia is crusing along the furniture. She stands up in her crib now. Every morning I go in to find her there, rocking the side back and forth. She's finally sprouting her top teeth. They're going to be biggies. She's growing, growing, growing. A couple days ago the nanny said to her, "Kak kissa gavarite?" (What does a kitty say?). Sophia made a meow noise. Then she made a barking noise when asked what a doggy says. I know, I know, she's not the first to make animal noises, but it's so cool to see her development.
Last weekend we had a bingo night sponsored by our parent-teacher organization. Joe and I won a book about Kazakhstan and a night out to dinner. We can't wait to use that. We'll have to have our nanny sit for us! It was a lot of fun and Sophia had a good time taking it all in.
School's been interest. There's been some unrest between teachers and administrators, but Joe and I just continue to look around and say, "Are you all crazy? This place is awesome." Maybe they all need to spend a week at good ol' EAIS. They'll know how good they have it then. Today, someone actually said our school was unorganized. Seriously, they dont' know what disorganization is. So Joe and I have the most positive attitudes around. It's nice for a change.
I'm off to school concert tonight. Thank goodness the weekend follows. I hope that everyone else is cherishing spring as much as we are.
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Glad to hear that things are well. That's cool that Sophia is making sounds but even cooler that she understands Russian!! It makes sense but it's very neat that she is on her way to being bilingual.
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