This blog started as a week-by-week look at our lives in 2010 (hence the address) in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Now, with the closing of my other blog, from-russia, I've decided to extend this blog to cover 2011 as well (despite the address--which really bugs me now that it's inaccurate).

Sunday, March 20, 2011

2011, week eleven


The AASSP cast of Into the Woods.
(Note the darling little chicken sitting stage right.)

I decided to costume them in black with one accent piece in color. I think it worked well.

(for the curious) R-L, front to back:

Jack's Mother, Jack, Red, Cinderella, C's Prince

Baker's Wife (whom I adore--she's been in all my shows here. Her favorite roles, according to her bio in this program were a flying monkey in Wizard of Oz and a bird girl in Seussical! She was also Wendy in Peter Pan and Helena in Midsummer. ), Baker, Mysterious Man, Witch, Rapunzel's Prince, Rapunzel

Giant's hen, Steward, C's Stepsisters, Wolf, Granny, Mama Bear, Goldilocks

Narrator, Cinderella's (dead) Mother, C's Stepmother, Baby Bear

Friday, February 25, 2011

2011, week eight



This box cracks me up.

Unbeknownst to me, Lexi put it in our Target shopping cart on one of our stock-up trips this summer.

Do you see that it is in Braille? Of course the Braille only says, "band aid". It doesn't mention that it's Hello, Kitty Band Aids. Can you imagine some blind executive showing up for work with one of these covering a shaving nick?

And the side tells you to seek professional help for medical emergencies. I guess Kitty isn't an MD.

Friday, February 18, 2011

2011, week seven

At Shuvolovka, celebrating Maslenitsa.

Friday, February 11, 2011

2011, week six


On R 'n' R (Read and Relax) Day, we had a tent up in second grade. (This was a very overstimulating day for Lexi. Actually, all of February was with one special day after another.) AND it was the day that Lexi "got" to take Albert home for the week.

Friday, February 4, 2011

2011, week five


Lexi wants a car just like this one when she's old enough to drive.

Friday, January 28, 2011

Friday, January 21, 2011

2011, week three


The car is not available, again, so we went to the new Stokmann's on the metro and took a cab home. Look what we found! Very. exciting.