Surprise!

Ira, the woman we are renting our apartment from came with a surprise today for the boys. She came with a McDonalds happy meal for each boy. How very thoughtful of her to think of them. Today was another beautiful day in Ukraine. The weather has been very pleasant and we are developing a routine here. We start each day with breakfast and a time of reading and praying together. We have our first visit with Mariah at 10:00 and then we come back for lunch. After lunch we generally take a walk to the market. Today we bought some fresh bread that will be fun to try with dinner. When we get back to the apartment we work on school work with the boys. We are working until it is time to see Mariah again at 4:00.When we come back to our apartment, we spend time making dinner and then we usually spend some time relaxing together in the evenings. I do not think popcorn is as common in Ukraine, and we were really missing it. We were able to find some microwave popcorn. It is funny how the little comforts of home are such a delight when you are away. Speaking of the comforts of home, so far we have not been able to find toilet paper to purchase in this town. We do not have a Russian word for toilet paper. We are hoping to solve this little dilema soon. We might have to start rationing it out because we will not see Yulia again until Thursday when she returns for court.