Dozing at Dinner

Poor Dima almost fell asleep at dinner the other night!  I'm not sure why we found - and still find - this so funny. Maybe it's the way Denis is laughing in the background... It's been an exhausting month. May is wearing us out with all the end-of-year happenings, packing up the apartment, etc. Hang in there, Dima!

Other April Happenings

I can't believe it's May 1st! April was a busy month for us. Besides two birthdays, we had the following going on:

Easter - This holiday is always low-key at our place, but the Easter Bunny did manage to come. The boys then got to gather in The Back Yard for a chilly egg hunt!

International Day - It was fun to see our two Russian-born boys at the Parade of Nations. Aren't they handsome?

KA Concert - Denis and classmates performed a concert for parents one afternoon. They all sounded great and looked fabulous in their national dress.

Here's a 4-minute clip of the concert for the grandparents!

Swimming - Be it at the pool for lessons or just splashing around the River Mall now that the weather is warm enough, D&D love the water.

Around the house / Out on the town - Here are a few random shots of us doing random things.

A trip to the annual sumo tournament in Osaka (in March)

A game of peek-a-boo!

Yum!

Lola and Dima doing what they do best - eating!

 Denis painting a carp for the upcoming Children's Day holiday

Denis and Max doing what they do best - being silly!

Sewing & Quilting - When I've been able to find a few spare moments, I've spent them sewing and quilting. I've been making some things for my new craft room (more on that later) and trying to finish a quilt I started back in Peru. This quilt - named Los Animales for all the amazing wildlife we saw while living in Peru and traveling around South America and Antarctica - has been sitting in my projects-to-be-completed tub for five years now, and it's time to get it done! My goal is to have it done before we move into the new house (more on that, too, soon) so I can hang it in the kids' play room. (Yes, this new place we're moving into has enough space for a craft room, a play room...)