Saturday marked Rawly's second birthday and Zoya's first month. With
slumber still in our eyes, Ken and I went in to Rawly's room singing
"Happy Birthday" (there's a tradition in Mexico
were the birthday person gets woken up to "Las Mananitas", so we
modified the idea, maybe we'll make our own song one day too. Then
Ken and Rawly made special number "2" pancakes for us. Rawly loved his "happys"
(candles) and kept wanting to put them in his food all day long.
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| The birthday boy dressing himself |
Our friends Johnny and Ira go down to orphanages in a mining town called Krivoi Rog about every other weekend. They really wanted to give some of the kids something special--coming to Kyiv. Most of the children have never left the orphanage grounds (unless it was to transfer to a different orphanage.) So they raised funds to bring twenty kids for the trip of a lifetime. They came by overnight train and went sightseeing, to the zoo, ate lunch at McDonald's, played soccer at the new stadium where the EuroCup will be held this summer, and then split up to have "family dinners."
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| Anton, Artyom, Sergey thought that Sloppy Joe's were hilarious |
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| Banana split sundaes |
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| A masterpiece in the making |
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| Our neighbors (from Idaho too!) on the left and Peter (from church) translated for us. |
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| Watching the festivities |
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| Not sure who was more excited, Ken or the boys |
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| Happies for everyone |
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| С Днем Рождения! Happy Birthday! |
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| Too stuffed to finish |
Such a sweet thing to do for those kids! And I seriously can't believe Rawly is already two! How are you adjusting to being a mom of 2? :)
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