Moving Day

The movers have come and gone, taking everything with them, including things like the "Petey the Parrot" Pinata left over from Andrew's birthday party and several chair cushions that I had promised to a friend. Even Todd's shoes were not spared and were sucked into the packing vortex before he could snatch them back. Fortunately he has other pairs as traveling halfway around the world barefoot was not the sort of kitschy travel story angle we were interested in pursuing. Andrew is thrilled about the Pinata being packed. It almost makes up for having to throw away all the chestnuts.

For now, though, we are mostly done with our work. We have moved into our friends house across the street and have begun our last week in Moscow as tourists. I don't have to worry about what to do with a gutted pinata until we get to Florida. I'll post photos the next chance I get to the computer.

In other news: the boys had a fabulous day at baseball; Andrew rounding the bases a few times in t-ball and Christopher getting his first hit of the season, making it safely home, and his Dad coaching the undefeated Moscow A's into first place! Yea, Team! While we waited for the trophy to be awarded Andrew entertained the team by having his stitches taken out.

Mueshka is airborne as I write. He was very stressed out about the move and had resorted his usual drooling, panic attack response to the cat carrier. The vet gave us some tranquilizers but warned us to test them before flying. Good thing we did as the tranquilizers had a reverse effect on him. We came home from a wonderful dinner out at the Pushkin Cafe to a wide-eyed babysitter who recounted how the cat was climbing along the backs of the chairs, trying to eat the legos, and had nipped at Katie. We decided the tranquilizers would be better served if we gave them to Grandma and just hope for the best. He made it as far as passport control without incident and we will hear in a few hours how the rest of the journey went.