I don't know how an entire month has passed since I last posted. Time has flown because we have been busy with lots of fall fun here in Kyiv. Stricter restrictions seem to be put into place everyday as COVID spreads here in Ukraine, but we have managed to have lots of fun while still trying to mitigate risk as much as possible. Here are the pictures from our last four weeks.......
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| Diplomacy must go on, even during pandemics, so I'm still participating in the Attache Spouse Association. This photo was from a coffee morning hosted at one of the Hungarian spouse's homes. We had traditional food and drink from Hungary. It was such a fun time. |
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| Chatting it up with the Romanian Attache spouse and Peter's commanding officer's husband, with whom I was also accidentally twinning. |
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| I was so excited to find a pumpkin patch type sale here in Kyiv. It was for one day only, but I got enough gourds to make a centerpiece and a couple of carving pumpkins for Peter and the girls. My uber driver was definitely confused by the American woman who wanted to fill his trunk with these items though. |
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We didn't have time to order Halloween costumes because the mail is so slow to arrive here, so we created home-made costumes. Here Susannah is working on her Susan B. Anthony accessories.
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One of our neighbors hosted a super fun Halloween party so the girls were able to dress up a couple of times in addition to trick-or-treating.
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| All the fall fun made Sally really tired. |
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| Sarah Avery is in a little story-time group in our neighborhood that meets once a month. Susannah is the helper. This was the end of their Halloween meeting. |
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The girls also had a virtual Halloween parade at school so they dressed up on this day too. (Susannah was Hermione Grainger this time. Sarah Avery stayed true to her original costume and went as Sally.)
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Speaking of Sally, she has been such a perfect addition to our family. On this day, I had washed her bed and put it on the steps to carry up to her crate in our room later. She found it and squeezed onto it for a nap right there on the stairs.
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| Peter and the girls carved pumpkins. This year, Daddy brought out the power drill to get the job done. ;) |
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| We were so thankful that our neighborhood has enough American families to do trick-or-treating. |
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It was cold and rainy, but the girls had a blast.
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Sarah and Sally
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| The girls have had a two week period of home learning last week and this week due to community spread of COVID at their school. Luckily, their recess periods coincide everyday so we can walk to a playground together and get some fresh air. |
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I've tried to soak up every minute of these mornings with my girls.
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Aunt Liz sent us a care package with these painting kits for the girls. They loved working on them in their spare time between zoom meetings.
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Peter got dressed up for a fancy dinner one night last week. We wouldn't let the girls get any closer for the picture because we didn't want to get him dirty. ;)
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| My baby and me during a school break. |
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The girls have both joined girl scout troops here. This year, Susannah is a junior girl scout which means they start earning some really cool patches. On Sunday she earned her archery patch and even hit the bullseye!
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| This is Sarah's little daisy troop. We met in a neighbor's outdoor kitchen for COVID safety, but the fire and hot cider made the girls toasty warm for their meeting. |
And now we are looking ahead to Thanksgiving next week and then Christmas break. Next week, we will be thinking of all of you and saying a prayer of gratitude for all of our friends and family that support us and love us and pray for us from afar. We love and miss each of you.
