So we thought it would be entertaining to add into our blog some of our dining experiences since coming to Rivna. One would think that Ukrainian food is Ukrainian food, but we've seen all sorts of new options here in Rivna. How does boiled tongue sound? Or maybe hen's stomach or dried squid as a snack with your beer? Yummy!!! Suffice it to say, we're hungry (or at least Sherri is hungry). Thank goodness we brought some Special K bars to carry us through the meals that just don't quite work out. Ukrainians are meat eaters to the max—no vegetarian pizza and you better double check your pastry too. So eat a good meal or two for us back in the US.
Today was day 2 with Peter and although he was still a bit uncertain of us, there were no tears when we took him from his group this afternoon. Our typical day for the next couple of weeks will be spending time with Peter from 10:00 to 11:30 each morning and then again from 4:00 to 6:00 in the afternoon. Our mid day is full trying to find lunch and searching for somewhere to try to get our email. I must say the teenage boys here at the internet cafes are great! Yesterday was our first day trying to see how to get email and update the blog and to say we were the center of attention at the first internet site would have been a huge understatement. We couldn't connect there, but the boys were so eager to use their English that they offered to walk us to another nearby site that they thought might work. It was one of those moments where we were so impressed by our Ukrainian hosts!
Peter clearly started warming up to us today. It was very cute how his 10 classmates all called for him to tell him that his mama and papa were here again when we arrived this morning. We had brought bubbles which were a huge hit! Like all 3 years olds he wanted to do it himself which meant a bit of a mess, but a lot of laughs. We took the bubbles in a Winne the Pooh lunch box, so he now knows two English words - Winnie the Pooh and boom, which Sherri repeated as he burst the bubbles. Surprisingly at the end of our afternoon visit he wasn't as eager to run back to his group – we take this as a good sign. Tomorrow, Dr. Yuri will come from Kyiv to evaluate Peter. He has done this for years for other international families adopting here in Ukraine, and has a very good track record. If the report goes as we expect - which is to say that Peter is a very normal little 3 year old boy - then we will formally start the adoption process on Monday. We're optimistic for a great report from Dr. Yuri and the rocky road of paperwork here will begin on Monday. That will be the most difficult part of the process. Wish us well! We'll update again as soon as possible. Again, a reminder that internet access is challenging, so be patient with us. We'll plan to tell Max more about Peter on Saturday if all with Dr. Yuri goes well.
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