Up at 3:00 am to fly out at 6:20 am (kiev time)

Sunshine!!! It is a beautiful day today. It is the first sun we have seen since we have been here in Kiev. It is supposed to be 40 today and warmer tomorrow.

Yesterday we went to the war museum. It was very cold but I think everyone enjoyed being able to see and play on the tanks, airplanes, and cannons. The museum itself was closed but there was still a lot to see. The statues and carvings were amazing. The children did well listening. Sasha was making me nervous in her boots climbing on the tanks, the bottoms are very slippery.

We ended walking to the store two times because there is nothing close enough to be able to buy enough food to make it through the day. The children are getting irritated with not getting what they want but are surviving. I needed to spend a lot more time on my Russian. It is not always east to get the to understand that it was the store that did not have something and not that I just did not buy it for them.

We fly out at 6:20 am on Monday (12:30 am Monday morning for you). We have to be ready and out on the street at 3:45 am. Sounds like fun hugh? We have to carry suitcases and make 3 children ready to move down 4 flights of stairs when we all should be sleeping. Should we make bets on how we do? We are so ready to be home. We miss everything about being home. We should arrive in Detroit at 1:10 pm. We have to go through immigration and they have to review all of the children’s paperwork before we can enter the US. No one knows how long it will take but we sure hope we have everything we need. Cheryl is picking us up at the airport in Shawn’s truck. After that we are on our way home!