We spent yesterday trying to kill time and keep the boys busy. I went to the market to get enough food to last us until Thursday morning. Though I knew we would still need a couple of things like bread and water. At about 11:00am we walked to the post office to get some stamps for Jacob, then down to the underground mall. On the way to the mall there are several vendors selling various things from T-shirts, music CDs, key chains, passport holders etc. One lady was selling children’s books. We were able to get three good books and one of them had English and Russian describing house, transportation etc. Mother found a Ukrainian music CD. At the mall we went to the bookstore and Mother bought a couple of books to give to Alex for Christmas and his birthday. There was a newsstand near there and she also got a USA Today. She could finally read a paper. Jacob loves hot chocolate and they have vending machines in many places around town. We also had a hard time to know which item on the machine was hot chocolate. Well Alex got the gist of what we wanted and was very helpful to get Jacob’s hot chocolate and one for himself. Mother and I stopped at coffee shop and got an American coffee with cream. Love that stuff. I have been trying to finish up getting our translator a thank you gift but with the boys it has been hard. So my sweet Mother said she would watch the boys while I went out. It was nice to be able to get around quickly without as many distractions. We are counting down.
I had promise Jacob we would go back to the park today but I wanted to show Mother the nice department store that I had found. So we walked down the street to the store and then sent Mother back to the apartment and we went to the park. The park still had a lot of snow and Jacob of course was having a good time. Then just 10 minutes later Alex says he needs a toilet. Well finding a toilet is not easy. We started walking around one block in hopes to find one so we could go back to the park. Well that did pan out. So, I told Jacob that we would have to go back to the Square. We go to the underground mall to the WC. The WC cost 2Hryvnia. I then got the boys a drink and we headed back to the apartment. Hopefully they felt a little tired. We went back out at about 4:30, when it was dark to take pictures of all the lights. There was also a large stage that had been built in the
last couple of days. It was pretty cold in the 20’s and after about an hour we went back to the apartment. I had bought some sparklers and after we had supper I took the boys right outside our apartment to light them. Well I wish everyone a Happy New Year. Our new year is starting on a good note by us coming home and with a new little boy. Our plane leaves at 12:10pm tomorrow. We are counting the hours now.
I had promise Jacob we would go back to the park today but I wanted to show Mother the nice department store that I had found. So we walked down the street to the store and then sent Mother back to the apartment and we went to the park. The park still had a lot of snow and Jacob of course was having a good time. Then just 10 minutes later Alex says he needs a toilet. Well finding a toilet is not easy. We started walking around one block in hopes to find one so we could go back to the park. Well that did pan out. So, I told Jacob that we would have to go back to the Square. We go to the underground mall to the WC. The WC cost 2Hryvnia. I then got the boys a drink and we headed back to the apartment. Hopefully they felt a little tired. We went back out at about 4:30, when it was dark to take pictures of all the lights. There was also a large stage that had been built in the
last couple of days. It was pretty cold in the 20’s and after about an hour we went back to the apartment. I had bought some sparklers and after we had supper I took the boys right outside our apartment to light them. Well I wish everyone a Happy New Year. Our new year is starting on a good note by us coming home and with a new little boy. Our plane leaves at 12:10pm tomorrow. We are counting the hours now.
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