Our First Uzbek Wedding

The gal that helps me (and also when we lived her two plus years ago) got married in October.  We know her very, very well and her fiance pretty well too.  (Truthfully, we see him pretty often, but he only speaks Uzbek and we only speak Russian and English.  So, we gesture with him lots and speak really, really basic greetings.  He plays with the boys, especially chase with Max, and they think he is great.  Safiya thinks he is great too.  They are non-traditional, even a bit scandalous here, different ethnicities and ages, plus they have dated two years.  That is much, much longer than most couples.)  The wedding was loud! but fun.  It was completely non-religious and an interesting mix of east and west.

 

 

   

School Plays

So these plays are really more like serious productions... backdrops, costumes, songs, dances, and memorized speaking lines.  My kids enjoy doing the plays and seeing themselves in the videos later, but they do not enjoy all the extra practice beforehand, which they say takes away from playtime.

The first play had Seth and Victor and was, the best I could tell with my very elementary Russian, about welcoming fall.

 

 

Seth dancing with "fall"

 

 

 

  The second play only had the smaller kiddos.  They were all fruits and vegetables and absolutely adorable.

The carrot and the peas

Mama and her Sweet Pea... I'm pretty sure the teachers made this costume.. impressive

Back "Home"

After the travels, Paka and Bebe came back here for more sight seeing, adventures, and bits of daily life.

Celebrating Bebe's birthday

Saturday morning soccer

A visit to a madrasa here in town

Keeping up with the boys