Six Little Monkeys Driving to the Zoo

First time we are all home alone, as K is on the road. Chilled out this morning, made sure the older three took their spelling tests. Then decided to head out to the Kyiv Zoo, we all jumped in a cab Turkish style, Ish had Isa on his lap in the front, and all the rest of us squished in the back. Got over to the zoo only to find out it was closed on Mondays... taxi cab back to the apartment.. needless to say we were all disappointed, Inayah was more on the pissed side, "So, we're just gonna go home?, I mean we could go bowling." I cooked dinner early and then left it covered with foil and we walked up to the park/ We walked around and they played and ran. I bought some bubbles from the pony ride crew, and blew them for all the children. We ended up with about six Ukrainian toddlers around us, two sisters in matching jackets enjoyed them. Inayah met a girl who was her age and spoke English a bit, the girl had a good time practicing her English. It is so funny to see the stares and watch people attempting to count the blur of children that run past them. We decided we wanted to learn how to say, "Hello, why are you staring?", in Russian. We all laughed together thinking about that. So many young people drink so leisurely, and so much public affection from young couples. Walked back home and since we were not able to make it into the zoo, feeling guilty, I bought some Sprite for them to have with dinner.... Okay, truth is I haven't had a Coke since we have been here and since it was my first day alone with them since I have been here, I need a drink!! and I derseve it!!

So to all my Coke drinkers, this one is for us.

We may try the zoo again tomorrow but hopeful to go to Meridian School for a visit and also take Idreis to the dentist. Idreis won the laugh of the day when he said, "It's geting serious!" We all cracked up. Ibrahim wins again for pest of the day, he may hold this title for the whole visit as he seems to know well how to get beneath all of our skin. One thing is for sure, we are all getting our legs in shape walking up these six flights of stairs, as you can see in the video. Isa is getting quite good at them, the first week we were here he would make it halfway and then be like, Oh, my legs, my legs", now when he gets tired he just wants someone to hold his hand.