The LUSH life

Here's a further glance into what we're up to...Ken and I have been swapping staying home with the kids since our nanny has been ill.  I've quite enjoyed it.  Not only have the mornings been great because we don't have to pry ourselves from the kids, but nap times are spectacular!  I haven't had two hours just for me in who knows how long.  I read, reflected, relaxed and never thought of laundry or dishes or picking up scattered toys.  That was Wednesday; Friday I snoozed for an hour with Rawly (little Z's night times haven't been full of slumber since Christmas break) and then did the same as before.  Plus I have still was able to do  the normal household "chores".  Our excitement Friday was having the "worker men" come to fix our stove.  They weren't able to fix the oven however, so we're still waiting on that.  It was out for a week, what a hassle.  Luckily we know our neighbors who were friendly enough to let us cook at their place for a few days.  As such, we've been living it up luxurious style in the mornings, let me show you!

Yes, that's right...we're eating cold cereal, I know, now you're thinking...whoa, really frivolous.  Well, in Ukraine, it is.  My cousins (the thrifty cereal shoppers claim that they never buy a box for over $2) would be appalled at the outrageous prices here, and Cheerios--we have to get the plain, non-sugary kind on the black market of sorts.  And PB too, but that's generally reserved for Saturday pancakes.

All aboard!

It was a big day, the water men also came and brought our eight five-liter jugs that are forming the train you see here.  Zoya loves doing the choo choo dance.  Rawly uses the potato masher as his handle (how they carry two at a time) to be a water man too.

And we're back!

We left the blogging world for awhile...our good friends had their blog attacked by a student and in all of the hullabaloo, I choose to disconnect.  But thanks to my cousin, always the faithful follower, I decided that I should start back up--for the kids' sake perhaps more so than yours :)  I want them to know as much about their birthplace as they can, since after all, they will always be part Ukrainian.
So the answer to the question you may now be asking is, "yes," it's official.  As of December 1 we signed our letter of intent with QSI stating that we would not be returning for the 2013-2014 school year.  As in typical Chapman fashion, of course we swing back and forth in questioning our decision.  Ken will be finished with his Administrative credentials this spring and I would like to begin my Masters in Library Science...We inquired about non-teaching jobs at KIS, since career wise, it may be good to get the experience under our belts, but after milling over it during break and then talking with our director, I feel closure in saying "paka" good-bye.
The month of December we were  I was pretty dead set on returning to the States.  I'd like to say home, but as we've been trying to instill in Rawly that home is where ever we are together as a family.  We've applied to a range of places both on American soil and abroad, who knows were we'll land.