We made it through the first week of school. The kids have done better then expected. All three have made a few new friends. They were exhausted, though. We are up at 5:45 AM and out the door by 6:30 to catch the bus. Their bus ride is almost an hour to school. It was even longer on the way home, but now our driver, Stephen, is going to be picking the kids up from school on most days. This will cut their ride home to about 45 minutes.
There are only ten Americans at their school and three of them are Struncks!
The kids have come home with all kinds of questions about the British words they are learning in school. (Rubbish, rubbers(erasers), trainers(tennis shoes), etc.)
Brian had his first trip for work this week and was in Mumbai and Delhi. He was in Delhi on Wednesday when the bomb incident happened there. Turns out he wasn't anywhere near the bomb, his flight was landing in Delhi at about the same time the bomb went. I did not know this though, and was pretty freaked out until I heard from. I couldn't sleep that night and while watching TV heard that there had just been a mild earthquake in Delhi. Brian felt the quake but was fine but just one more thing I was worried about!
I started working from home this week when the kids went to school. It was actually quite nice and felt good to be getting back into the swing of some normalcy.
This week, I also met two families from the US (Minnesota and Idaho) that live in our neighborhood both with kids around the same ages as Sarah, Jono, and MK.
Our air shipment has arrived in Bangalore!! It will take several days for it to clear customs. We are hoping to be in our house in a week. The key word is hoping. We have been told that it may take awhile to get through customs. Our boat shipment is scheduled to arrive around October 18. We can't wait.
Today, Saturday, we found a store that sells trampolines. We have one on order and are hoping to have around the same time we move in to our house. Sarah is so excited about this. We haven't been able to find a tumbling coach yet, but we keep looking.
There are only ten Americans at their school and three of them are Struncks!
The kids have come home with all kinds of questions about the British words they are learning in school. (Rubbish, rubbers(erasers), trainers(tennis shoes), etc.)
Brian had his first trip for work this week and was in Mumbai and Delhi. He was in Delhi on Wednesday when the bomb incident happened there. Turns out he wasn't anywhere near the bomb, his flight was landing in Delhi at about the same time the bomb went. I did not know this though, and was pretty freaked out until I heard from. I couldn't sleep that night and while watching TV heard that there had just been a mild earthquake in Delhi. Brian felt the quake but was fine but just one more thing I was worried about!
I started working from home this week when the kids went to school. It was actually quite nice and felt good to be getting back into the swing of some normalcy.
This week, I also met two families from the US (Minnesota and Idaho) that live in our neighborhood both with kids around the same ages as Sarah, Jono, and MK.
Our air shipment has arrived in Bangalore!! It will take several days for it to clear customs. We are hoping to be in our house in a week. The key word is hoping. We have been told that it may take awhile to get through customs. Our boat shipment is scheduled to arrive around October 18. We can't wait.
Today, Saturday, we found a store that sells trampolines. We have one on order and are hoping to have around the same time we move in to our house. Sarah is so excited about this. We haven't been able to find a tumbling coach yet, but we keep looking.
Wow Kelly! So glad you are writing; love hearing how you guys are doing. :-) Have a BLAST with the trampoline. It will bring smiles to all your faces. XO
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Kelly, for all the px and the narrative. The kids look great! Is the rickshaw (?sp) their transport to school?....your transport to where you need to go? BEAUTIFUL hotel environs! But I know how eager you are to get into your home.
ReplyDeleteLove you,
Joanne/Ma/Grandma