We spent the day with the kids at Sumy today and it has been a little eye opening. During the school year and at camp they were very closely supervised and their activities scrutinized, but right now it's a whole new ball game. The school is out of session and most of the administration is gone and the mother teachers have a vacation so basically one teacher was watching all these kids. Basically these kids were free to roam and do what ever they wanted. The kids swam a lot in the lake and we spent a couple of hours playing with the apples from the apple trees that are all over the school. You may ask how you could entertain yourselves with apples but there are endless ways. We played softball with them, made flying spears, used them to juggle and of course had apple wars. The kids love to eat them even though they are new and sour. All the kids talked about their apples when we were at the camp and now we see why. I don't have more pictures today because the kids were using my camera to make videos and it is out of batteries!!
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Wow! Every blog entry you create leaves us living on the edge!! Glad you finally got everything signed and in order, especially considering the ordeal you went through to get there. It sounds like Vladimir is a very patient person.
You said that they destroyed his old birth certificate in your previous post...without that, what offical record will he have in Ukraine? Is this considered a 'fresh start'? Just trying to understand what official staus these kids have in their homeland after they are adopted.
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