Christmas Time At The Day Center!

 

Christmas just isn't Christmas without a party for our Young Family Club at the Day Center.  Grandfather Frost and the Snow maiden showed up to make sure everyone had a good time.

 

 

 

Why do boys this age find this face the most exciting one to make when they get their photo taken?!

 

 

Obligatory photos with Grandfather Frost and the Snow Maiden for every family!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

Fun Times

 

 Some fun photos from last week.  I tried to covertly get a photo of them playing but the strangeness of having their photo taken and the excitement of seeing themselves in the digital image on the back of the camera afterwards made them very curious.

 

Back To The Day Center

I finally made it back to our Day Center today to meet with the "Moms Club."

The weather here is changing from summer to fall and summer is not leaving easily.  My body was also in full rebellion of a climate of four full seasons as opposed to beach weather and I have been struggling with a bad cold and who knows what else.  I thought it was allergies or asthma but my neighbor caught the same thing so who knows what it is.  The crud would be a good name.

Having the crud means not being able to hang out with kids so today was the first day I was back at our Day Center and I found that most of the kids have grown so much they are ready for college now.  No, not really, but they are much bigger and we had a new little two month old that I got to hold for a while which was fun.

So everything that can be under control in Ukraine is under control and I'm back in a routine which is nice. 

Teenage Christmas/New Year's Party

Things were a little more sedate, ahem, adult for the teenage party we hosted last weekend. No Grandfather Frost or Snow Maiden. We had some games, gifts, food and a good film to show.

Day Center Christmas Party!

We had a party for younger children at our Day Center. Fancy dress optional.

Yes, the Snow Maiden and Grandfather Frost came to hand out presents and entertain us.

Do you know a Christmas or New Year's poem to recite for Grandfather Frost?

Each child got a photo with the Snow Maiden and Grandfather Frost and a gift!

Christmas Is Coming!

Yesterday we had the first of our holiday parties at the Day Center. It was fun but controlled chaos too. I probably won't be posting again before Christmas so please know that I'm sending much love and good wishes to all my blog readers! Enjoy your Christmas holiday or Hanukkah celebrations!

Too Much Fun

ChildRescue has an humanitarian center that distributes clothes. While the Moms went through the boxes of clothes this week, the little ones got into everything and had a great time trying on hats, shoes, or playing with whatever they could find.

This guy kept holding up yarn or strings and I couldn't figure out what that was all about until I was going through the photos at home and noticed his shirt. "Spiderman!" He's holding up his webs! Spiderman does seem to be the super hero of choice around here.

This was my favorite photo of the day! Babies crashing anywhere, toddlers welding metal poles that they should not be playing with and boys wearing winter hats in 100% humidity. It was time to wrap it up and go home! (The pole was removed from this little one's hands before anyone got hurt and the other little one was promptly picked up and put in his stroller where he proceeded to take a much needed nap!)

Summer Ukrainian Toddler Fashion

Summer has arrived and with it specific outerwear guidelines for Ukrainian toddlers. Hats are requirements for both boys and girls.

Adorable? Yes!