Exploring

We have been hard at work around the house and the yard. We decided we should take a few breaks every now and again to explore. 

Last week all four of us made a short drive to George Washington's Mount Vernon. It was a great day despite the sunny and warm conditions that we experienced. We learned quite a bit about crops that Washington grew on the grounds.

Today we decided to hop on the metro and travel into DC. Our destination was the International Spy Museum. This was a lot of fun. We enjoyed the interactive "become a spy" activities throughout the exhibits. I especially enjoyed the section on Codes and Ciphers. The boys got to come up with virtual disguises for their secret agents.

July

 Major oopsie-daisy! It has been a while since I posted. Well in the all the news that is fit to print is that all four of us have made it back to the US and are settling in to our new home in Virginia. Myself and the boys headed back early in June and Andrew arrived back in mid July. Because I am horrible, I will just post a collection of fun things that have happened over the past month and half. I aim to get back into weekly posting.

Goodbye Fiji!

Recovering from our flights

Happy Father’s Day Grandpa Nick!

A friendly game of chess

Reunited with Silvio!

Gotta have some pizza at Papa's

Happy Birthday Grandma!

Pug brothers relaxing in the heat

Human brothers playing in the pool

4th of July visit

Cousins!

What a crew

It’s always hard getting everyone in the shot

Watching some 4th of July fireworks

Playing with army men

Our new digs in Virginia

Mommy and her boys - trip to Mount Vernon

Overlooking the Potomac

Had some delicious gelato with a friend

Union Mills Civil War reenactment

learning things...

How can we not stand next to the big guns?

If it fits....

A trip to Gettysburg

Delta battery monument picture

Enlisted the aid of Grandma Carol

Ventured a trip on the metro

We are all alright

Made it to our destination - the National Building Museum

To celebrate the birthday of our friend from Fiji, Vivia!

Brothers!

June

We have been keeping very busy as time shortens here in Fiji. The boys have been working hard on their distance learning while I have been packing and wrapping up things with the school board.

Andrew received an award for his work during this tour.

We also said goodbye to our two fish, seeing as they do not fly well.

Anniversary

Today, we celebrated our 13 year wedding anniversary. This is the first time while in Fiji that we could celebrate together. In fact, the last time we were in the same place together, it was five years ago. We went to the Taj Gateway in Conoor, India.  This time we get to enjoy dinner in out house as the containment zone in Suva still stands. So I made some chocolate cupcakes to mark the occasion.

Oops

Well, it seems I have missed a bit. We got through week 4, which landed us in another 4 day lockdown here in Suva. We did manage a bit of outside time as the weather was sunny.

We got through week 5 of school. it included a fun little interlude of storytime with and astronaut, which I managed to get up on the projector screen.

I experimented with fresh okra that I saw for produce delivery.

In just the past day or so our compound has become home to a pack of cats. Unlike the cats at Clarke Street, these holler a lot. They sound like crying babies and persist on doing this right underneath the windowsills.

We also had a lovely time this weekend catching up on Skype with our wonderful friends from the staff college in India. It was like we had not skipped a beat these 5 years.

On to next week, which will consist of a lot of packing, like so...

Another Lockdown

 Well, there have been a few more developments with regards to our COVID situation here in Fiji. Several cases have now cropped up of significant concern. These happen to be individuals who work at the local supermarkets and markets. I guess I agree with the known information about the B.1.617 variant that is seems to transmit very quickly. In light of this, Suva and Nausori will be on lockdown again from Friday evening at 11 pm to Tuesday morning at 4 am. We hope this is enough for them to find all possible spread and get people into quarantine.