Sherwood Family Nonsense

Brandon and I are not very adventurous ex-pats.  With four children under six, we're not very mobile and there is always someone  who...

Last night at dinner Brandon was quizzing the girls on their spelling.  He enjoys trying to find tricky words to dupe Kathleen, and is very ...

The last time I shared my adventures in driving  here in Baku, I told about my run-in with road construction.  Somebody here had decided tha...

Edwin loves juice.  If we let him, he could probably drink at least a liter of juice a day.  But I'm a mean mother and more importantly,...

Recently Edwin and I had an interesting conversation .  Since then, every time he has called himself a princess, Brandon and I have correcte...

A few months ago, I made the mistake of teaching Kathleen how to use our camera.  Usually she asks if she can take pictures, but sometimes I...

Back in September, I confessed that Brandon and I had decided to homeschool Kathleen.  I had been teaching her for some time already, but a...

The weather this last week has been very pleasant.  In mid June we had a day or two of one hundred degree weather, and I resigned myself to ...

As of Friday, we have lived in Baku for six months.  Now for those of you who live Normal Lives where you do mythical things like buy houses...

A month or so, I finally went to the embassy and got my ID.  After I had my (unflattering) picture taken, I had to have my security briefing...