May seems to disappear

May has passed and we haven't even had a chance to enjoy it to full. As usual we are extremely busy and time just flies away from us.

So putting aside that, what did had happened in May...
In the beginning of the of the month we welcomed Uncle Chris to North America where finally he got to meet all the family, especially the one, who was called after him. Mashas reaction on Chris was unforgettable. The first day after Chris has arrived she told him off, in Brooklyn English (a horror of a proper Englishman), not to splash water while taking a bath and kindly to go and clean up after himself. Last time Chris saw her in Barcelona, where not only she couldn't really speak neither English or French, but was jet-lagged toddler. Now she is a lady with attitude, who knows what she wants, when and watching you.

May was the finish line for many things: school, violin, gymnastics, choir, running. With our crazy life for the past year: (yes, we live in NYC; yes, we work and go to school in Montreal; yes, we travel every week, occasionally every second week) our kids has performed brilliantly in school. Not only they have been approved to CP and 5eme (which in a French system school, one has to qualify in order to be allowed to continue), but have shown great results over all.
David have won a French math competition, came 3rd on Canadian math competition and at the end of the year, received an award for the scientific achievements at the school.

He has been approved by his violin teacher and encourage to apply for Juilliard School and McGill Conservatory violin class, which makes our summer even busier as we have to prepare a program in order to get in.

Masha has been doing great with violin as well. She has been playing only for 3 months now but has shown a great success in technic. Started tennis lessons and continuing with gymnastics. In a week, she will be performing in a choir, which will mark the end of the season for her.

And how about Jascha? Well, that guy is a size of a 12 month baby (he is only 8), has a tooth and makes everyone happy.

We have managed finally to celebrate both Mashas and Davids birthdays (note: they are from December and November accordantly), managed to visit Ottawa, Princeton University, David met with Itzhak Perlman

and just had fun.