So, August 14th marked Nadya's Second Gotcha Day! Second? Wow! Doug took the day off work because I had new teacher training and he and the boys ran over to a Russian Candy Store and bought Nadya plenty of Russian Candy! (At this point, she had completely spaced of Gotcha Day and we didn't mention anything because we thought a surprise would be fun!) So, after they returned - with the candy in their possession, Carter came running in with his sack full of Candy and yelled in his LOUD Carter Voice-
"GOTCHA!!!!"
and handed over the bag of candy!
Here she is with her Loot!
Then he took all FOUR, yes four kids to lunch at a Russian Restaurant for Borscht. (unfortunately, I was not there to capture the moment in photos!)
Nadya was thrilled to have Borscht.
(Borscht is a Russian soup with Cabbage and beets that she had quite often in the orphanage.)
That night we baked brownies, Sang Happy Gotcha Day (to the tune of Happy Birthday) and opened presents. She always gets a Gotcha Day Dress- as she got the day we went to court and she also got new jammies, new flip flops, and a new gymnastics leotard. We still can't believe it has been
2 years. Time flies!
(Borscht is a Russian soup with Cabbage and beets that she had quite often in the orphanage.)
That night we baked brownies, Sang Happy Gotcha Day (to the tune of Happy Birthday) and opened presents. She always gets a Gotcha Day Dress- as she got the day we went to court and she also got new jammies, new flip flops, and a new gymnastics leotard. We still can't believe it has been
2 years. Time flies!
Two Years Ago- Holuy, Russia August 2007
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That's sweet!
ReplyDeleteHey, have you ever made borsch yourself? may be while you are in hyper active mood you'd try that? ;)
funny----- Nope, but I did buy cabbage to make it soon!
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