Learning Boundaries

Today is our 6th day in Russia and are waiting for Kirilli's passport to be completed. These last couple of days have been a real learning experience for Danielle, Kirill and I since the word limits and boundaries have been the main subject. I have also learned a very interesting fact about Russian culture and children: children respect their father but moms are supposed to be fun and sweet, and easy to convince. (very much like Mexicans). Kirills seemed to really embrace this since he has thrown tantrums that he never thrown when David was here. Nastya (our translator) explained to me that children love their moms but see their fathers as the disciplinary figure. Unfortunately, he has found that it does not quiet work like this with me. So he usually sulks but this morning he did have a full tantrum. So he vent for about twenty minutes while we waited when he realize his tantrum was not working he decide to pick the mess he had made and go down to have breakfast. All has been good since then.

Overall, I have to admit that they have been very good for been confined to a small hotel room. We try to go out for walks and we visited a couple of times the outdoor carnival. We also went to see a movie, which my Daughter seemed to enjoy a lot spite of been in Russian. Unfortunately there is not a lot for them to do around since more play areas are closed. We also have had limited transportation since Nick has been busy picking up families and Nastya helping people with their paper work.

Dave (Lentell) arrived last night with a gift for the kids (DS chargers, theirs died in the first try). Today he has a very hectic day. He has to pick up Nastya, visit several offices and apply for Nastyas passport, so we hope to see them tonight sometime after five. Its going to be nice for Kirill to have someone to speak Russian until we go to Moscow.

Take care and until next time.



Celia