Today has been a long day! The children get up at 6:30 so not only are my days and nights mixed up because of the time change but just about the time I feel like I fall asleep they wake up. They wake up, make their beds and wait for us to wake up, of cource we hear them and are up as soon as we can get dressed. George was here at 9:00 to try to get us an appointment for passports for the children. We were not able to so we went for a long walk in the park. The park has woundering sidewalks, river and some small amusment type games and rides. Ray and Maxim played a game but Sasha was scared. They all road a train and we took a buggy ride ride (poor horse). Most of the rides were shut down. They were just starting to get them running for spring. The children walked the whole time, even Sasha, and never complained. On the way the way home we stopped at the market for food... again. After lunch we went to get the photos done for the passports and ended up waiting for over an hour in the car because when George went in to talk they were not ready for us yet. Everything went well and finally we are one step closer to getting everyone home. Pictures are done, passports filed and now we wait for them so we can go to Kiev for Visas. Victor went to the bakery while we were in for passports he bought freash bread and filled the whole car with its wonderful smell. We were all starving in just a few minuets. The children (we helped) at the whole loaf on the way home! We cannot get them full no matter what we feed them.
George says that there is a circus in town and maybe we will try to go tomorrow. I hope it is nice, I worry about the animals.
The children are great. They are picking up on words already. Sasha like to copy what we say and make a game of picking on us. We are trying to learn some russian but it is not going well. Ray is trying to help us pronounce words but it is more funny than anything, it is impossible! Shawn and the children pass the time with rubber band fights. I am so glad that he is so mature for his age (ha ha). Things are going great. I love that we are here and no one has to go to work, it is a great time to bond and learn about each other.
We miss you all and can't wait to be home.
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