We went to Birch to see Nastya for her birthday
This was the best restaurant I’ve been to in Dubai so far
Dubai became a real journey of emigration for us, rather than a pretty postcard. At first it was difficult, unfamiliar and so hot that any trip became an ordeal. We rebuilt everyday life, looked for schools, homes, friends and our place in a city that never stops building. Four years later, the UAE has become home, though the journey continues — through neighbourhoods, work, cars, coffee, mistakes and new attempts.
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International Day at School
This time the children themselves and their nanny went to International Day at Raffles World Academy school and I arrived only at the end for a couple of hours and the first quest was to find the children, since they were scattered around the entire perimeter
From Dubai with a British seal of approval: a new stage in your legal career!
We celebrated Ira’s graduation from the Law programme at Middlesex University Dubai — two and a half long years, but she did it and finally earned her dream: a British diploma. A great day, the whole family together. An incredible ceremony at Royal Atlantis on the Palm
Children suddenly lit a fire on the ground without any warning
As soon as you turn away, you come into the garden, and there are children making a fire with all their might, burning wood and paper and cardboard and declaring that they are very happy and they are children and therefore they simply have to light a fire!
Operation “Parental Bed Takeover”
Dasha is already asleep, Sanya is as happy as if it were his idea from the very beginning, Kostya holds a strategic position deep in the frame, and we parents have officially lost control of our own bed.
We went to the classical…
We were able to go to the classical one, first misled Konstantin, promised him that there would be a musical there and he barely agreed, but there was a classical one
Sanya and Kostya created various crafts
My kids, who are great guys, create a variety of amazing crafts every Thursday!
Konstantin is a football player
Next Wednesday he invited me to a training session so that I could evaluate the progress of the little man
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