After an extremely long break, I have realized that I miss having the records to go back to and decided to renew my hobby :) Also please stick with me as I try to navigate different layouts and potentially even adding some videos. Ilya on the beautiful Garmisch mountain top What happened in the last give or take 6 months? A lot - too much to recap, but as highlights in terms of travel - we went to Greece (Athens, Cyprus, Santorini) and we went skiing in Garmisch. Both trips were amazing but very different. Boys are doing pretty good in their respective schools. Anton is learning how to add and subtract within 10, has learned probably 1/3 of the alphabet and is learning how to put the letters into words (not an easy task). Ilya, who has changed schools this year, has pretty successfully navigated his transition from a small class of 5 kids to a classroom with 20 kids. He's made several friends and has joined our local soccer team which practices every Wednesd