I woke up this morning at 2:30 am and couldn't go back to sleep so I decided to tackle the checking accounts and the mountain of mail waiting for me.
My mom and sister had cleaned my house & done all the laundry for our return so I don't have any housework besides mine and Alex's laundry. (And I'm washing EVERYTHING. No more crispy hung dry clothes!)
Alex woke up at 5 am all smiles and put on his shoes. Where are you going Lex? It is still dark outside. He just wants to "look" (by making circles with his fingers around his eyes) in the garage (by pointing to the garage) Okay.
Then as soon as the sun peaked over the mountains-it was still gray outside-he was on his bike, in his pajama pants but with a helmet!
He came in and made us all a salad for breakfast. Cucumbers and tomatoes with a splash of olive oil. I made eggs and toast to go along with it and despite my other children's puzzled looks at the salad-they all had some and even liked it. Wow. Veggies at breakfast-I've been trying to incorporate that for years.
Alex got dressed, made his bed and asked "Lets go?" "Where?" I asked. "School?" I wasn't planning on taking him to school today with our jet lag but I figured, if he's ready and excited, let's go. I did have to explain that the older kids leave at 7:25 and he and Rylee don't leave until 8:15. I had mentioned in Ukraine that he could ride his bike to school and he was disappointed when I made us all get in the car, as I had to bring papers and drop off the computer after-wards. He looked excited when we entered the school and sat outside the office while I spoke with the secretary. Apparently going to school will require a lot of paper work on my part, planning on the part of the principle & teacher and waiting until Monday for Alex's part.
So with papers in hand to fill out, we went back to the car and ran errands to the bank, the computer store and then to Shopko for shoes and a backpack. They were having a BOGO 1/2 off so six pairs of shoes later, one back pack and one pair of pajama pants later we were heading "da doma"!
On the way home we drove by that gorgeous gray two story house on 59th South and
Alex said "Cool hu?" pointing to the house.
"Yes, it's a beautiful house" I replied.
"Mine house relly, relly cool" Alex says.
"Yes, our house is really, really, cool."
And he's right! Last night when I walked into our home it felt so big after living in such small apartments. And thanks to the efforts of my mom and sisters it was so clean, I felt like I lived in a little piece of heaven. I have enjoyed every minute of unpacking, folding warm clean laundry, and using my garbage disposal while loading my dishes into the dishwasher.
The rest of our day consisted of people dropping by, me trying to sort out stuff with our health insurance, fix Kambree's cell phone, talk with James, running Rylee to dance rehearsal and a bunch of other busy things.
Alex spent the day rotating between riding his bike and playing Wii. We finally figured out the Digi Michelle gave to him and so now he has another electronic toy to conquer. At some point in the day he made a sign for his room that say's his name and one side I think say's open and the other stay out? Not sure. It's not in Russian or English-or maybe it's in English but Alex's own version?
My friend Lori brought a wonderful dinner of lasagna, salad, cookies and my fav, homemade rolls. Thanks Lori-you're awesome!
Tonight is Kambree's Spartonian Ball and she looked fabulous. (Will post pictures later!)
Austin was at Hayden's working on their dutch oven recipe for dutch oven cook off. I agreed to a sleep over ONLY if that terrible homemade hammock is removed tomorrow. I don't care if they have it on the side yard, but seriously, right in front of the house?
My brother stopped by with Zach to welcome Alex and they visited for awhile. Alex, Rylee and Zach played Wii while I talked with Troy about our adventures. He had refused to read my blog as he wanted to hear about it first hand-which was actually nice because I didn't have to worry about if he had already read about what I was talking about.
The kids (well Alex, but Austin, Hayden, Rylee & Devree were there too) put in a movie around 9:30 pm and I went to bed. I had been up since 2:30. Alex put himself to bed where as Rylee and Devee fell asleep on the couch and when I got up this morning-at 3:30-whootwoo and hour later than yesterday-I had to get them into their beds.
So today, Saturday is quickly approaching. It consists of:
A rehearsal for Rylee from 9:13-10:15
A parade performance for Rylee and Devree at 10:30
A performance for Devree in the park at 11:30
Wicked Tickets @ 2:00 (good thing I decided to look at the date yesterday!)
Dress rehearsal for Rylee @ 5:00
Performance for Rylee @ 7:00
And amongst the chaos and running around, a little salad making boy will tag along.
Welcome to your new life Alex....hope you like dance concerts!
My mom and sister had cleaned my house & done all the laundry for our return so I don't have any housework besides mine and Alex's laundry. (And I'm washing EVERYTHING. No more crispy hung dry clothes!)
Alex woke up at 5 am all smiles and put on his shoes. Where are you going Lex? It is still dark outside. He just wants to "look" (by making circles with his fingers around his eyes) in the garage (by pointing to the garage) Okay.
Then as soon as the sun peaked over the mountains-it was still gray outside-he was on his bike, in his pajama pants but with a helmet!
He came in and made us all a salad for breakfast. Cucumbers and tomatoes with a splash of olive oil. I made eggs and toast to go along with it and despite my other children's puzzled looks at the salad-they all had some and even liked it. Wow. Veggies at breakfast-I've been trying to incorporate that for years.
Alex got dressed, made his bed and asked "Lets go?" "Where?" I asked. "School?" I wasn't planning on taking him to school today with our jet lag but I figured, if he's ready and excited, let's go. I did have to explain that the older kids leave at 7:25 and he and Rylee don't leave until 8:15. I had mentioned in Ukraine that he could ride his bike to school and he was disappointed when I made us all get in the car, as I had to bring papers and drop off the computer after-wards. He looked excited when we entered the school and sat outside the office while I spoke with the secretary. Apparently going to school will require a lot of paper work on my part, planning on the part of the principle & teacher and waiting until Monday for Alex's part.
So with papers in hand to fill out, we went back to the car and ran errands to the bank, the computer store and then to Shopko for shoes and a backpack. They were having a BOGO 1/2 off so six pairs of shoes later, one back pack and one pair of pajama pants later we were heading "da doma"!
On the way home we drove by that gorgeous gray two story house on 59th South and
Alex said "Cool hu?" pointing to the house.
"Yes, it's a beautiful house" I replied.
"Mine house relly, relly cool" Alex says.
"Yes, our house is really, really, cool."
And he's right! Last night when I walked into our home it felt so big after living in such small apartments. And thanks to the efforts of my mom and sisters it was so clean, I felt like I lived in a little piece of heaven. I have enjoyed every minute of unpacking, folding warm clean laundry, and using my garbage disposal while loading my dishes into the dishwasher.
The rest of our day consisted of people dropping by, me trying to sort out stuff with our health insurance, fix Kambree's cell phone, talk with James, running Rylee to dance rehearsal and a bunch of other busy things.
Alex spent the day rotating between riding his bike and playing Wii. We finally figured out the Digi Michelle gave to him and so now he has another electronic toy to conquer. At some point in the day he made a sign for his room that say's his name and one side I think say's open and the other stay out? Not sure. It's not in Russian or English-or maybe it's in English but Alex's own version?
My friend Lori brought a wonderful dinner of lasagna, salad, cookies and my fav, homemade rolls. Thanks Lori-you're awesome!
Tonight is Kambree's Spartonian Ball and she looked fabulous. (Will post pictures later!)
Austin was at Hayden's working on their dutch oven recipe for dutch oven cook off. I agreed to a sleep over ONLY if that terrible homemade hammock is removed tomorrow. I don't care if they have it on the side yard, but seriously, right in front of the house?
My brother stopped by with Zach to welcome Alex and they visited for awhile. Alex, Rylee and Zach played Wii while I talked with Troy about our adventures. He had refused to read my blog as he wanted to hear about it first hand-which was actually nice because I didn't have to worry about if he had already read about what I was talking about.
The kids (well Alex, but Austin, Hayden, Rylee & Devree were there too) put in a movie around 9:30 pm and I went to bed. I had been up since 2:30. Alex put himself to bed where as Rylee and Devee fell asleep on the couch and when I got up this morning-at 3:30-whootwoo and hour later than yesterday-I had to get them into their beds.
So today, Saturday is quickly approaching. It consists of:
A rehearsal for Rylee from 9:13-10:15
A parade performance for Rylee and Devree at 10:30
A performance for Devree in the park at 11:30
Wicked Tickets @ 2:00 (good thing I decided to look at the date yesterday!)
Dress rehearsal for Rylee @ 5:00
Performance for Rylee @ 7:00
And amongst the chaos and running around, a little salad making boy will tag along.
Welcome to your new life Alex....hope you like dance concerts!
6 of my blog friends said something...:
Nothing like getting right back into the swing of your life. Welcome home! Because I'm food oriented I wondered what you just had to eat as soon as you could?
Welcome home!!! I didn't know your daughter was on the drill team. Both of my daughters Chantell and Chelsie were on it for all 3 years. Nothing like getting right back into things. Now you are into the fun stuff. Everything will be new and fun.
Glad you enjoyed the dinner, and I hope you're remembering how to do life afain.
WOW! sounds so good! I will talk to you all soon.
wow! you do not waste time... glad to are that all is well... keep this up ! get rested too.... hello to your mom....
Wendy - sounds like you are getting back into the swing of things again. We're so glad you made it home safely. I am sad we won't be reading about any more of your adventures in Ukraine, but at the same time, we are looking forward to hearing how Alex is adjusting to his new life. It sounds like he loves it already. What a cute kid he is. We're still in Kiev. If you get bored, come take us to Tequila House. :)
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