Summer timeline

Asya and I are back from what was Camp Number 4 of this summer for me. I was thinking that I don't want to move around any more at all, ever, but we have one more trip planned, and I got three more invitations just during the past week. They go down as no, yes, and maybe. But for now, I'm doing laundry and sitting with the Leo dog.

How we've been moving around:

June 1-10: Capernaum camp in the mountains for Bogdan, Will, Phyllis (Asya in Kyiv)

June 18: Bogdan (and friends), Asya, Jaan, Phyllis leave for Kherson

June 20: Jaan heads back to Ivano-Frankivsk with new residency permit

June 22-26: first Kherson camp

June 28: Asya goes back to Ivano-Frankivsk

July 6-10: second Kherson camp

July 15: Jaan comes to Kherson and reregisters

July 18: Jaan and Bogdan leave Kherson for Ivano-Frankivsk

July 21: Asya and I meet up in Mykolaiv for Mriyu.Diyu camps

July 21-25: Mriyu.Diyu camps in villages between Kherson and Mykolaiv, with a quick beach stop afterwards

(That's Asya and a friend)

July 24-30: YoungLife camp for Bogdan

July 26: Asya and I back in Ivano-Frankivsk

And a few more random photos from our summer so far:

Camp photos, Day 7

Day 7 was super special. The kids and parents (and some leaders) went on a trip to a dinosaur park. Then, in the evening we had our final special club and a camp fire afterwards. 

The dance of the moms + 1 "mom"

 

Camp photos, Day 6

During outdoor time everyone flew kites. And in the evening Willy Wonka's factory finally started working. We put everything we had collected over the week into it... and candy came out! (The photos didn't load in order. That's the evening first, with morning exercises toward the end.)

The actual Oompa-Loompas inside the machinery

"My" boys balancing with their mom

The moms/grandmothers often join morning exercises from their balconies.

Camp photos, Day 5

Here is more of the photographer's work. The big activity of the day was painting Willy Wonka's factory outside. And in the evening we watched a Willy Wonka movie with popcorn.