What I forgot to tell you about

Oh, life is starting to get busy again. Too many events planned for every weekend. If we want to go anywhere for a day trip, it seems, we have to plan months in advance when we should do it. For some reason, we have never been this busy when we lived in the states.

So what have we been up to?

*It is still very cold outside. I mean, it is APRIL and it is still in the 40s, sometimes 30s during the day?? (around 5-10 C) That doesn't feel like spring. When I ask people around here about when the weather actually gets nicer, they say, "In September". What?

*Kids have been playing outside quite a bit. Alex just got his first scooter--and it is GREEN! (He's been riding on Katya's pink Barbie one-hehehe). Mark loves to be outside now. He is walking very well now that he doesn't wear snow boots. He doesn't have to flop on his tummy and crawl over the entrance door step any more--it was very funny for a while.

*Our street is getting new people s l o w l y. Three new families have moved in since February. But we still don't have next door neighbours, hoping it will stay that way as long as possible. Remember? Our house is one of the units on the end, and there are four units, two-story townhomes, connected to each other.

*All kids had the stomach flu a couple of weeks ago. I am just glad that Katya is old enough now to know when she is going to throw up and knows to do into a bowl:) Poor little girl was waking up every 20 minutes, so we finally just let her sleep on the floor in our room. She felt so special!:)

It was Mark's first experience, and he did not enjoy it at all, but endured it well. Alex didn't throw up at all, didn't feel sick at all, but he still had to spend lots of time in the bathroom. Sorry for TMI.

*As you know from the previous post, Robert went for five days to Tokyo. We had lots of fun with the kids and with my good friend B. and her kids (her husband was with Robert). It's great to have good friends who call you every day and whom you see almost every day. Together we had Family Home Evening, pizza/movie night, and lots playdates. Our time without husbands went rather quickly (not that we didn't miss Robert or anything).

*Robert is leaving to MN in two weeks. He has a very cool conference to go to. I am super excited for him, and not just because he gets to learn new stuff, but also because he gets to see some of our close friends from our dental school days. I would love to come with him. Maybe next time. He will have a long list of things to get while he is in the states and lots of returns to take back to the stores (that were way too expensive to send back). He will go to Target!!! Oh, what could be better than that???

As I am writing this, kids are in bed, exhausted and drained from a day full of fun and sugar. Today is Easter Sunday! Great spiritual meeting at church (although trying to entertain Mark for three hours doesn't seem very spiritual) followed by a very tasty dinner with friends. Lots of ham, potatoes and dessert! I am overstuffed and need to go to bed.

Happy Easter and Hrystos Voskres!!!