Halloween

we went trick-or-treating last night and Hannah was a dalmation, Jordan a pumpkin and Marina a Geisha and James was a cow and I was a pumpkin also. We had a good time and Marina didn't want to go either. She kept saying, "I scary" because she was afraid people would want to talk to her in English. Once she figured out that all she had to do was say "trick-or-treat", hold out her bag and walk away, she was into it!! She even was at the head of the pack going from house to house and then didn't want to quit :) On the way home she said, "I like trick-or-treat!" It was fun to see her, once again, do something for the first time. They don't celebrate Halloween in Ukraine.

I think everyone is adjusting well, and the girls seem to be having a great time together. We haven't started school work yet, but I will next week. I wanted to take a week off to relax and get adjusted. I still feel a bit brain-dead myself. It seems I have forgotten how to cook and have been burning things and I can't seem to multitask yet. I guess I'll get back up to speed soon. (I hope)

Marina's English is getting progressively better and we are not having to use the translation books or websites very often at all. She seems to understand most things pretty well. So far it has been like a big sleep over for the kids. I wonder when the newness will wear off??