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Easter Cakes and Red Carnations for Babushka
This morning, Paul and Yuri ran to the market to pick up a couple of “Easter Cakes”. Easter cakes are a Ukrainian tradition. The cakes look like round towers topped with frosting and sprinkles. They come in different sizes and you find them in all the stores before Easter. Renee and I did not try one but, like most Ukrainian cakes, they appear to be dry and a little hard.
On their way home from the store, Paul and Yuri cut through the park and bought flowers for Yuri to give to Babushka. There was no doubt in Yuri’s mind what color the flowers should be. Red is the favorite color of Yuri, Babushka, Renee and Paul. Yesterday, we bought an Easter card and we all signed our names in English and Russian.
Sasha arrived in his Taxi and Paul escorted Yuri to visit his Babushka one more time before he departs for America. Yuri’s brother, Viktor, lives in the same building as Babushka so, Yuri will spend Easter weekend with the both of them.
While Paul was out, Renee bought tickets for our flight to Kiev. (Yeah! We are getting closer to being home!) Renee also bought a couple novels (in English) to help pass time between now and our arrival back home.
This afternoon, Renee and I enjoyed the DVD of “Chariots of Fire”. Neither of us have seen it since it debuted in 1981. We forgot how good it was. Later, we ran to the market to stock up on groceries. We think the stores might be closed Sunday through Monday to observe the Easter Holiday and we did not want to get caught short on food. And, as always, we continue to do laundry in the sink!
Note, our high-speed internet is down, limiting our ability to post a lot of photos Paul had planned to post. So, we are making our posts the old fashioned way… dial up. We hope to be back up with high-speed by Tuesday.
As always, thank you for taking time out of your busy lives to post your comments or to send email. We love hearing from you!
This morning, Paul and Yuri ran to the market to pick up a couple of “Easter Cakes”. Easter cakes are a Ukrainian tradition. The cakes look like round towers topped with frosting and sprinkles. They come in different sizes and you find them in all the stores before Easter. Renee and I did not try one but, like most Ukrainian cakes, they appear to be dry and a little hard.
On their way home from the store, Paul and Yuri cut through the park and bought flowers for Yuri to give to Babushka. There was no doubt in Yuri’s mind what color the flowers should be. Red is the favorite color of Yuri, Babushka, Renee and Paul. Yesterday, we bought an Easter card and we all signed our names in English and Russian.
Sasha arrived in his Taxi and Paul escorted Yuri to visit his Babushka one more time before he departs for America. Yuri’s brother, Viktor, lives in the same building as Babushka so, Yuri will spend Easter weekend with the both of them.
While Paul was out, Renee bought tickets for our flight to Kiev. (Yeah! We are getting closer to being home!) Renee also bought a couple novels (in English) to help pass time between now and our arrival back home.
This afternoon, Renee and I enjoyed the DVD of “Chariots of Fire”. Neither of us have seen it since it debuted in 1981. We forgot how good it was. Later, we ran to the market to stock up on groceries. We think the stores might be closed Sunday through Monday to observe the Easter Holiday and we did not want to get caught short on food. And, as always, we continue to do laundry in the sink!
Note, our high-speed internet is down, limiting our ability to post a lot of photos Paul had planned to post. So, we are making our posts the old fashioned way… dial up. We hope to be back up with high-speed by Tuesday.
As always, thank you for taking time out of your busy lives to post your comments or to send email. We love hearing from you!
Prayer Requests - For Yuri as he spends this weekend saying good-bye to his Ukrainian family. For our family back home spending Easter weekend without us. Finally, please begin praying for a productive day on Friday, April 13. That is the day when Yuri’s birth certificate will be updated with his new last name, notarized and registered. Each of these steps occurs at different offices across the city. Pray that we will complete all of these steps in one day so we can fly to Kiev on Saturday. Thank you!
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