Kiev, don’t cry!

It rained tonight. Maybe they were tears because we’re leaving? :)

We went to get the visas at 2pm today and met several adoptive families at the Embassy. The Hoffmans were one of them and their daughters Elaine and Lisa entertained the twins. Isabella was shy at first. Isaac on the other hand was his usual flirt…errr..self! It was quite comical to see these two teenagers exhausted running around chasing Isaac, while he was just getting warmed up. Now you can appreciate what I had to go through these last weeks and I’m no teen! Thanks a lot for your help and your nanny services are always welcome ;) Too bad we couldn’t capture any images of the activity while there.

We got back to the apartment and I prepared some food for the kids, gave them the usual bath a bit earlier, played around a bit (daddy the monster chasing the kids…my apologies to the neighbors below) and put them to bed by 9pm. Yep, they complained and cried, but were asleep within a couple of minutes. It was a tiring day for them with no afternoon nap.

So now we’re almost all packed. I just have to take a nap before waking up around 6:00am, take a shower, finish the last bit of packing and make them some breakfast.

Alas, this will be the last post from Ukraine. It has been an absolutely wonderful adventure that we will never forget and will cherish forever. We have loved interacting with the wonderful people of Ukraine; always very nice, gentle and helpful. The whole experience was just perfect and we enjoyed it so much that it might not be the last. I’m sure the upcoming years of parenthood will be challenging, but we knew that already. Do svidaniya, poka!