An early unfortunate discovery: crabgrass exists even in Russia!
Jaan enjoying his first hot dog at the dacha.
Necessity - the mother of invention.
Cuddling up inside when it was still cold outside.
Sunny weather!
Close encounters with a butterfly.
Russian poster child.
...but all-American when it comes to mud!
Jaan watering the rhubarb
Enjoying eating outside.
Jaan showing off his new swing.
Raia helping mama plant cucumbers...
...and watering them all on her own!
Early moorning cofffy....
Jaan helping Raia dress
Jaan "working" on papa's bicycle.
Jaan gardening...
...and planting flower seeds.
Raia doing her part.
Supper (grilled chicken)
Washing up...
...dirty feet...
...and dirty faces.
Weeding together.
Jaan going for water with papa.
Scary Monsters!!
Jaan in his nest.
Our "street".
Helping papa fix the bike.
Easy in, easy out!
Helping mama rest
Look, mom! No fleas!!
SNAKE!
Following the snake with mama.
An early unfortunate discovery: crabgrass exists even in Russia!
Jaan enjoying his first hot dog at the dacha.
Necessity - the mother of invention.
Cuddling up inside when it was still cold outside.
Sunny weather!
Close encounters with a butterfly.
Russian poster child.
...but all-American when it comes to mud!
Jaan watering the rhubarb
Enjoying eating outside.
Jaan showing off his new swing.
Raia helping mama plant cucumbers...
...and watering them all on her own!
Early moorning cofffy....
Jaan helping Raia dress
Jaan "working" on papa's bicycle.
Jaan gardening...
...and planting flower seeds.
Raia doing her part.
Supper (grilled chicken)
Washing up...
...dirty feet...
...and dirty faces.
Weeding together.
Jaan going for water with papa.
Scary Monsters!!
Jaan in his nest.
Our "street".
Helping papa fix the bike.
Easy in, easy out!
Helping mama rest
Look, mom! No fleas!!
SNAKE!
Following the snake with mama.
10 comments:
Awesome!
Great photos. The first one is classic!
Oh! I love all the pictures!! Thank you SO much! I feel like we're there! Love you all! Baba Julie
As much as I like to hurry summer here in FL, I hope the days drag by slowly for all of you so you may continue to enjoy the dacha! Ideal is the best way to describe it!
Yeah! Bravo! Beautiful! What lovely memories theirs will be! Thank you so much for sharing them with us!
Love, Shannon
Not until just now had I been able to do more than glance at this set; finally the opportunity for more careful study has come. You have captured the delights of summer in the country for all of us--thank you! Much love to each one....
Phyllis, just curious about what the babushki have said when they found out you're expecting AGAIN.
;-)
Plus, you KNOW we want belly photos.
У меня есть тоже велосипед. Я покупала им(?)в Апреле. Я люблю ехать на велосипеде. Я улыбалас когда я видела фото с Виллом и велосипед. Я помню мы ехали много на велосипеде в старые времена.
On another topic-I've now read through Philippians(multiple times), Colossians, and am half way through James. The great thing is that it's progressively getting easier. I only had to look up 24 words out of the last chapter that I read this morning. Yay!
Oh, and happy late birthday, brother. We're getting old. =-)
Glad to see you are enjoying things!
What did the babushki say? Most just shake their heads and cluck. You have to realize that a third child here is like maybe a 6th? 8th? 10th? in the USA. And having them less than three years apart is considered a Huge health risk. One of my babushka friends straight out just said, "You don't need another!" Other than that, they just talk about me behind my back as "that poor girl."
I'm not big on belly photos. :-p Just use Google image search to find a cow or a whale or something, and then you'll know what I look like. :-) A while ago I heard Will talking to someone. She asked how I'm feeling, and he answered, "Like a hippopotamus."
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