Konstantin plans to become a millionaire and has already built a financial system in which the entire family regularly owes him money. He keeps careful records and never forgets a debt, yet remains remarkably generous: whenever he spends the summer in Moscow, he happily buys sweets for the whole courtyard. A future capitalist with a kind heart and a highly unconventional lending policy
Two days of competition in Abu Dhabi: Kostya took bronze and 400 AED, Sanya won gold and 800 AED. Along the way, we finally nailed down our formula for surviving long tournament days without sitting around for hours inside Mubadala Arena.
The kids are back at school, and summer is officially over. We’re back to early mornings, lunchboxes, school runs, homework, activities — and the everyday logistics of family life with three kids in Dubai
Today I tried Brazilian jiu-jitsu for the first time at Roger Gracie Academy in Al Barsha. My kids have trained for three years, and I only now stepped onto the mat myself. The first session was tough. This weekend we are going with the kids to a competition in Fujairah
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!
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.
Children are my best UX test, emigration is the main redesign, family is an honest product team. I live between the bay and the desert, children’s school and a laptop with Figma. I write about life and design: honestly, with failures and discoveries, without gloss and instructions
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
My kids, who are great guys, create a variety of amazing crafts every Thursday!
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