The end of the year was always a busy time, but this year was even more busier than ever. First it was a performance in Kate’s classroom, then Middle School graduation and Elementary School graduation. Add showcase week, and you…
How to take over the wor.. I mean, how to survive 8th Grade
Taking over the world is a simple task when you think about it. Here, at Evergreen, the teachers know exactly how to do it. They also try to destroy you in the process, because they all would like to have…
Tinker Crate. Hydraulic Claw and Fiber Optic Stars
Hydraulic Claw When I first got the box from Tinker Crate, I wanted my Dad to help me, because i didn’t know if it would be hard, and i was afraid of failing. But then a few weeks later, my…
Pancake Week 2017
I came from London at the end of the Pancake Week. Wait, Pancake week and no pancakes? No, it is not about us. That’s why while I was out, dad and kids were busy cutting dry straw and let it dry.…
Snow Days in January 2017
Starting the middle of December 2016, the usual rainy winter changed. Every now and then the temperature dropped below freezing, and in the mornings we saw either a thin layer of ice or a little bit of snow on the…
Small snow run – Tillamook State Forest
Christmas of 2016, weather is cool and calm, sun shines through thin clouds. Surrounding hills and mountains are covered with snow – why not to go out and explore some nearby trails?
First Day Of School 2016
Last couple weeks of our big vacation went by pretty fast, soon me and Andrey went back to work, and it is now the time for the kids to go back to school. In the last couple of years I…
Kate Talks
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Pancake Week 2016
After parade ended we went home, all wet and frozen but still happy. Dad was busy with the straw woman, who was the reason of our party. I didn’t waste time and made a pancake dough, and started to make pancakes…
Russian Lessons, October- December 2015
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