Over the Rainbow-The deVitry's in Ukraine

Today was a pretty good visit, all told.  Viktor was concentrating on his puzzles and did a very good job.  He was much more behaved today then yesterday.  Slavie?  Well, Slavie is Slavie!  He really is a Bart Simpson, through and through!  Just like any other four year old, he gets bored easily, and wants ALL the attention.  But he thinks he is funny, what to do?  Yesterday, another couple, from Israel, were visiting with their newly adopted son, so of course our two boys wanted to make a party out of it and play with the other boys' ball.  A good idea until they start kicking it (inside) and just plain going crazy wild!  I know when they learn more English, we will have a better handle on them, as we see how well behaved and respectful they are to the caretakers and secretaries in the orphanage.  And these women come out and help us every time they think we need a back-up.  (Thank you, Lord). It seems as if maybe our boys are easily stimulated with the different toys and fruit we bring them every day.  We will have to be careful and introduce new toys slowly, little by little, as needed.  They think we are an endless supply of these things now, and take it for granted already.  Typical kids, right?  So, we will appreciate anything and everything people want to give to our kids, but we will have to store things out in the shed and only let them have a little at a time.  This is very important, that when we arrive home our house does not look like a toy store, cause then mamma and pappa will have to be mean and take most of the toys away.

Our afternoon visits with Lillianna are always delightful and a lot quieter!  She is a little sweetie and when she wants something she butters us up with sweet talk and kisses.  Works every time (almost).  We love our kids dearly and every day is a new adventure for us.

So that is all for now, same news as before.  James and I are getting very good at making purchases and communicating with the locals.  Last night I made borscht and it was very good!

Thanks for the comments, folks.  We look forward to reading them every time we go to internet cafe.

Till next time, da Svidanya!

Love, Jamie and Wanda

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