Pizza Plus...day4

As you all know by now...Sevastopol is not known for snow and so our first fun with the girls today was walking outside and seeing them grab handfuls of snow as fast as they could to make snowballs. Also stomping on frozen snow and hearing it crunch beneath their boots seemed to be a favorite activity.

At the Potato House we found our first mistake, was coming to a place with too many easily seen large screen TV's...perhaps McDonald's has it's advantages after all! But with Galya's help (our translator) the girls were able to order pizzas we didn't even know were on the menu, especially the tuna and mussels selection! I had a small piece and almost gagged but wanted to be a good example of someone who eats what's good for them so managed to keep a straight face.

Papa (aka David) made sure the meal was complete by taking the girls back to the ice cream counter and returning with insanely huge bowls of ice-cream stacked high and decorated with tall spikes of chocolate. A quick parenting discussion had to be held as to whether children had to eat all that was in front of them and after thinking clearly about how sick they might be if they had finished it all, it was decided they should eat only what they wanted:)

Another interesting parenting moment was after taking many cute photos in the restaurant (including one taken by a stranger helping out) and then exiting, the girls excitedly pointed out the sign on the door clearly prohibiting taking photos inside the building. What could we say but, "We're sorry!!"

A fun part of the pizza time, was having the help of Galya in asking the girls questions about their interests and ours, that our Russian is inadequate to cover. We learned that they both really like mathematics, and the older daughter loves cross-stitch and the other loves to draw. They didn't seem surprised that I was a teacher of reading (note already too many quizzes on their ABC's) but were curious about David's love of plants. When told that Papa plays guitar a "cool" was uttered making David's day.

All in all it was a another wonderful day with these delightful girls!!

Love, Lorelle and David