Category — Krembs’ Histories

The first week back to school after winter break, and Vincent received the Dragon Award today! He’s so proud. He received it for having a great “can do” attitude and being a great helper in the classroom.

On Saturday morning while Gigi with Kevin were at gymnastics, Vincent and I waited for the shipment, the landlords’ people to clear out the storage area in the basement, and the sofa factory with our new sofas to arrive. And you guessed it: they all arrived at the same exact time!

We were both pretty excited to see the trucks coming down the road. This is taken right outside our front door. The kids love having the park right across the street.

The living room BEFORE:

And the living room AFTER:

The entry room BEFORE:

The entry AFER:

The Ganesh was placed front and center right away. We still need to hang all of our art work.

The sunroom BEFORE:

The sunroom AFTER:

Right now, this is our coziest room. We just hope it won't get too cold in the winter in this windowed space.

Here you have the guest room on the first floor up, the TV room, Gigi’s room on the next, then Vincent’s room, and finally our room at the top:

(The two little red candy boxes are for our guests tomorrow morning. Adrian and Kate arrive!)

Aside from being our TV room, this is also known as the "Red Room."

Gigi is now sleeping in her room--granted, Vincent is there too, but that's going to be a hard habit to break. They are used to sharing a room.

We're looking forward to getting all Vincent's awesome art work up on his bedroom walls.

I divided my room up in two: there's a little changing area for myself behind the bed.

The kitchen–it is so nice and big!

And the outside of the house:

The garage is replete with goods: bikes, rollerblades, balls, hula hoops, or and a washer and dryer!

That’s our house!  I’m missing some outdoor shots, but that saves for another post.  We have a barbeque which we use at least once a week.  We just bought a drill too for hanging all our art–which we definitely have the space for, but I’m kind of waiting for Adrian and his expertise in placement.  We really enjoy our new home.  It is by far the most spacious we’ve ever had.  As I look around, I find it hard to believe we fit all of our belongings in our little sanctuary in Juhu Beach, Mumbai, India.  But we did! Home is where the heart is, and while we miss our old home, we are making the best of this new one.

The Parade of Nations is coming up at ASB. The Parade of Nations, referred to now as PON, used to be known as FON, the Festival of Nations. But that’s all history stuff. The main point of this post is to tell of Vincent’s maturity.

Each year, the ASB child decides which nation they will walk with across the stage to celebrate their country. Our own kids are rapidly being described as TCKs–or in other words “Third Culture Kids.” They were born of American parents in Venezuela yet live in India (for most of their life) and will move to China real soon. This could make for an issue in identity, yet PON at ASB helps celebrate our children’s diversity.

Last year, and the years before that, the kids have always walked with USA. However, Gigi wanted to walk with India last year, but in the end decided to walk for USA with her brother. It was determined last year, that this year Gigi would decide for which country they would both walk. Gigi, living most of her life in India, would like to walk with India. Although Vincent hasn’t wanted to, this morning he told Gigi that he would indeed walk with her for India.

I document Vincent’s growth in maturity through this post. I’ve also included some photos from our first September here in Bombay back on Gandhi’s Day in 2004 to celebrate physical growth.

Gigi's just about 1 here, and Vincent would be just about 2 1/2. Very sweet!

Such a cute little man!

The spunky Gig-ster!

A family pic in our Indian dress at our new school--ASB