June 5 (Kaz)

June 5
The weekend before Rob left we went for a picnic in the country with our translator, her 2 sisters and our driver and our coordinator Baheet, and this was the feast we had.

When Rob was here he forgot to post about "French Maid"Day that every other American man saw while he was here. OnMay 25th, the last day of school, all of the kids go down to the RiverWalk in the afternoon. The girls where the same STYLE outfit as they wore the 1st day of kindergarden: a short black shirt with an apron, pony tails with white pompoms, and fishnet stockings and high heels. It was a common topic of conversation for several days with the men and Rob regreeting napping through it. Sorry perverts, no one took pictures.

The visit with Andrew was good today, we stayed outside the whole time, played on the rug on the grass, rode the merry go round and walked around the building about 15 times. He wouldn't fall asleep until I put the blanket over his head and made it darker, then he crashed.

After lunch I went to the internet cafe to upload more pictures; I brought my camera dock but forgot the camera.

Here's the other side of our picnic in the country.

And one of the big rocks and trees we drove 3 hours to see
Since I was a member of the Bruce Willis fan club back inteh day when he still had hair, I feel compelled to fulfill my duty and post this picture. Even in Kazakhstan Bruce Willis is in the tabloids.

In case you saw Astana in the news last week for the burning "Cigarette" building, this was it. And yes that is a ferris wheel next to it.