Thursday, November 27, 2008

A Day of Thanksgiving


Ruslan and Kola


Ruslan, Hala, and Max


The play with kids who were previously hosted


Romeo and Juliet

A very brisk day in Ukraine, but the sun was out. We left the apartment around noon headed for the orphanage. It was a nice walk. We were going to see Ruslan's class perform a play today at 3:00pm. We were excited to see some of the kids we recognized in the play including Oleg, who we hosted two years ago and Hala and Max who were hosted this year. The kids did a great job. The theatre was on the third floor. We sat on wooden chairs and the stage pretty much looked like any school auditorium. It was great fun. We also got to deliver a few packages to kids who were hosted this year.

We met an American family from Alabama who are here to adopt four kids. They are planning on coming back in May for another. It was nice to meet another American couple and spend a few minutes learning about the great things they are doing. We hope to see them again before we leave.

Natasha took us to the Metro, which is like Costco, and we bought some groceries that should sustain us until we leave for Kiev. We then took Ruslan and Natasha and had our Thanksgiving dinner at Botanica. We had chicken and mashed potatoes (not quite the same as a typical Thanksgiving dinner). We talked to the kids later. We miss you guys. We all have a lot to be Thankful for today.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the picture of Kola!! Not a traditional American Thanksgiving but maybe one of the best and most unique Thanksgivings you will have. You’ll have another Thanksgiving upon your return to the Airport – a finally done reunion with your new larger family. Looks like the play was great fun – it’s interesting they would choose Romeo and Juliet.

Happy Thanksgiving from the Howicks
(I think I used the word Thanksgiving to many times here, oops, I just did it again)

Lisa said...

we missed you today! but it was great having your kids there. we love you!

Kris and Corissa said...

we missed you guys at thanksgiving!!! i'm posting some video today!

Unknown said...

We definitely missed you guys at dinner. London made sure Maggie was bossed around and entertained. Ann---I REALLY missed you during "washing dishes" time. We love you guys and are getting more and more excited for you to come home and meet Ruslan. Take care!

The Miller's said...

Thanksgiving at Botanika...yummy! Or not. Even though Botanika is probably the number 1 thing I don't miss in Poltava, I was grateful at the time to be able to find things I recognized! (hold the dill) We are so excited for you! Cindy Miller