Ukrainetrip
posted on Apr 02, 2008
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Yesterday was April Fools Day. I am not sure if April Fools Day is celebrated in Ukraine. Olia sure loved the day! She came home from school and ran up and hugged me. Then she said......what is on the back of your sweater? I reached my arms ba... read entire post
Ukrainetrip
posted on Mar 01, 2008
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Last night Dan took Olia to Dave and Busters, an indoor arcade. They have skee ball, games, food, etc. It is sort of like an indoor boardwalk! People earn tickets as they play the games.... read entire post
Ukrainetrip
posted on Mar 12, 2008
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Olia has been quite sick for the past few days. She has a high fever and a hacking cough(which keeps me up all night because she sleeps with me when she is sick). She started to tell me about the times she was sick when she was in Ukraine. She to... read entire post
Ukrainetrip
posted on Mar 12, 2008
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This is the note Olia emailed me today at work!
hi mom I am not pheal good today
I am all wayes hate to be sick
I am real sorry for dont tiping you so long.(I am real sorry fo
love troe f... read entire post
Ukrainetrip
posted on Mar 14, 2008
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Olia is still sick! I took her back to the doctor's today and he ran a few blood tests and did a urine culture. He said he is fairly certain that she just has a virus, but because he doesn't know her history, he wanted to run a few tests. The doc... read entire post
Ukrainetrip
posted on Mar 16, 2008
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We spent the weekend at a cabin upstate. Dan, Renee, Sam(Renee's boyfriend), Olia and I left for the cabin Fri. afternoon. Joe and Kat met us there on Fri. evening. Renee baked a cake for Joe because today is his birthday. Dan went food shopping... read entire post
Ukrainetrip
posted on Mar 18, 2008
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Yesterday I took Olia for her first American haircut. Her hair was so short when she first came to the U.S. that she never wanted to get it cut. Before she went to the internat she had waist-long hair. She still gets a little teary when she talks... read entire post
Ukrainetrip
posted on Mar 20, 2008
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Yesterday Olia and I went o see her pediatric eye doctor. He said he does not see her eye wander or cross any ... read entire post
Ukrainetrip
posted on Mar 20, 2008
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I had to quickly type my last entry because I had to make dinner for Olia before her softball practice. Olia was really excited to go and meet her friend Olya. When they called us on the hotel phone to let us know they were at the hotel, Olia got... read entire post
Ukrainetrip
posted on Apr 10, 2008
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Olia told me that she and her two friends are chased by boys at recess. The boys want to hug the girls(so they say). I have a feeling that if Olia and her friends actually let the boys catch them and said they could hug them, I think fourth grade... read entire post
Ukrainetrip
posted on Apr 14, 2008
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Ukrainetrip
posted on Apr 16, 2008
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Olia's picture was in the newspaper today and she was so excited. The fourth grade classes at her school performed self-written RAP songs about famous Americans a few weeks ago. The kids all dressed in character. They all looked really cute in their... read entire post
Ukrainetrip
posted on May 03, 2008
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Renee's missionary friend Esther sent us a magazine from her college. There was an article in it about Esther's work as a missionary in Ukraine and there was a picture of Esther with Olia and several of the kids from her orphanage! Olia was really... read entire post
Ukrainetrip
posted on May 18, 2008
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Dan and Olia came home from camping today. They had a lot of fun! Olia came home with about seven badges. The girls slept in pink tents! Apparently the Girl Scouts in this area fund raised for breast cancer last year and raised a great deal of mon... read entire post
Ukrainetrip
posted on May 22, 2008
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Yesterday after school Olia went to her school friend's house. She was supposed to go one day last week, but Olia was home sick that day. She had a great time yesterday playing at her friend's house. The little girl's mom said they played great t... read entire post