Tag: interracial family
Why yes, our Christmas tree is still up on January 4th. And it'll probably be up until January 31st. And so are our decorations! Our neighbors are used to it, though. In fact, I think they started recognizing Orthodox Christmas as well. Or maybe not.
We celebrate Orthodox Christmas, which is typically a week after traditional Christmas. We don't give or receive gifts, nor do we still play Christmas music
Privyet, family!
I apologize it's been about a minute since I've blogged. The holidays snuck up on us and well, it's been a little crazy around here!
Anyhoo, I wanted to do a special Christmas post for a while so shout-out to the hubby for shooting us first thing in the morning. I kinda wish I did my hair and at least put on some makeup but then that wouldn't be
So, a couple months back, we visited the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, CA. I know it's a been a while since I've done a vlog so here it is! I hope you enjoy!
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Here are some more pics from our visit!
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The one good thing about the Facebook memories feature is seeing all of the photos you posted from a while back. I came across this gem of me and the bae:
We were married for almost five months at this point. Kinda nuts to see how far we've come along. It's also bittersweet to see where we were in terms of happiness before the heartache. I always say for those
This week kicks off Bear entering school. He only goes to school Tuesdays and Thursdays for the time being but we hope to take him five days a week soon. Here are pics from the first day:
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After I picked him up yesterday, we celebrated by going to the park and getting an ice cream bar:
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How exciting!! Grown up so fast!!
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The awesome part about being one-half of an interracial pairing is the blend of two cultures. We have soul food and varenyky. We're teaching our son both English and Russian. I've become a huge fan of futbol while my husband enjoys trap music (okay, the last part isn't really a representative of my culture, but you get what I'm
Trying to incorporate Russian while I'm learning it myself is quite the task.
I'm a native English speaker. I know a little Spanish, but wouldn't consider myself fluent. I can carry a light conversation without the use of Google translate (too much).
So, learning Russian is a task. It's a fun one, albeit challenging at times. I try to have one solid hour each day of teaching Bear Russian since all he
So technically, this was actually our first Dodgers game with Bear. We've gone to many as we live not that far from Dodgers stadium. I just did the big chop so that's why my hair is super short (I love the length of my hair now but man, having the big chop was sooooo convenient for a while! Wash and goooooo!)
Standard family pic.
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But Bear really wasn't feeling