The children here sure are joy to spend time with. We brought a craft to do with Anastasiya's group today, bendaroos. They were all excited and eager to participate. Ana loves "showing off" her Papa ana Mama to all her friends. She enjoys sharing the things we bring for her and taking pictures of everyone and everything with the digital camera. Any pictures she is not in, you can be guaranteed she was the photographer. She will have many photos to take with her to remember all of her friends. She does a great job with the camera, she is a natural. Advice to those coming after us: forget about purchasing an electronic translator no one understands what they are saying, purchase some picturebooks with Russian and English words to read with children, set up skype on your computer to use to call land lines and cell phones back home (landlines are free calls with skype and cell phones are only 2 cents a minute, great way to phone home inexpensively). We are thoroughly enjoying our time here with Ana and the other girls. The people at the orphanage are kind and welcoming. They are easy to work with and encouraging.
We had a shutterfly book made for her from http://www.shutterfly.com/ web-site with pictures of all her new family, home, bedroom etc. and we brought it with us to the Ukraine. WE translated into Russian below the English words what the captions are below each picture. The book is a HUGE hit with all the girls. Ana carries it everywhere and is always reading it to a group of girls who surround her as she reads. Even though we brought picture albums for her and they love those also, the hardback shuttefly book is the favorite. I would suggest to others have one made: they are easy to make and inexpensive. Great keepsake.
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