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Little Silverfish
So it’s always interesting in other countries when it comes to bugs and Andrew and I have both had our fair share of crazy bugs in various countries. I am happy to report that in Almaty specifically (I can’t say the same for the rest of Kazakhstan) that we don’t have any crazy large or Read more about Little Silverfish[…]
How Do We Stay Warm?
Isn’t Eloise just adorable? I set her next to one of four heaters in our apartment for this blog hah. So a fascinating thing here is in the winter when the heat is “turned on.” In the cities (in City limits), mostly in former Soviet countries, the heat is literally switched on October 15th and Read more about How Do We Stay Warm?[…]
Laundry
I know how boring right? Well, this blog IS about our life internationally and for you Americans who don’t experience this you gotta know what it is like here, let’s be honest 🤷🏼♀️ So, first of all, the washers here are both A) Smaller and B) Take longer than washers in the States. Thankfully a Read more about Laundry[…]
Our Dishwasher Blunder 😣
This is a picture of some amazing dishwasher tablets that we use for our tiny little dishwasher in our kitchen (think half the size of American style dishwashers). So let me back up a bit to when we moved in to our apartment back in December of last year. There was a box of leftover Read more about Our Dishwasher Blunder 😣[…]
Crossing the Creek
We had so much fun hiking a couple of weeks ago as a family. It was Eloise’s first trip! Avinelle is at the age now where she can actually hike a little bit. She was quite slow at times, but Papa hung back to walk alongside her and sometimes carry her. Then they got to Read more about Crossing the Creek[…]
Mommy School!
So since we have changed things up a bit in our routine, I decided it would be nice for Avi and I to work on our Russian together! So on her days off of her local preschool, we do something called “Mommy School” and I cut a blank drawing sheet out of one of her Read more about Mommy School![…]
It’s Fall Here!
It’s so crazy because immediately on September 1st the weather was cloudy, rainy and much chillier than the day before, it was actually a drastic drop in temp, I would say about 10° Celsius lower which is around 20° Fahrenheit lower. Avi and I had ourselves some “book time” all cozied up in her book Read more about It’s Fall Here![…]
Into the Swing of Things
I am not sticking to Mondays as well with my blog posts, or EVERY week lol. But I want to make sure what I have to share is good, and not just a rambled mess, hah. So now that Miss Eloise has been with us for 7 weeks today (Eeek! Can’t believe she is already Read more about Into the Swing of Things[…]
Having Mom here!
As soon as we found out we were pregnant, I told my Mom to start saving for a plane ticket! My Mom got to be there for Avinelle’s birth (only the last 58 min before she was born, she almost missed it!) and a week after and even as we learned that I could only Read more about Having Mom here![…]
The 40 Days
Pic of our Eloise for cuteness!! So, since we just had a baby we are learning all about culturally what (some) people locally do both as the Baby and the Mom for the first 40 days after the Baby is born. There’s even more traditions that I’ve read about but not completely sure if it Read more about The 40 Days[…]