It’s Smiley Rylie’s birthday! The four of us went to Kiev for the day to play at the Aquapark. After a three hour taxi ride (full of “are we there yets”) we arrived at a day of fun for Ry. We started with bowling and then grabbed lunch. Even though it was about 1pm the restaurant was empty, we were the only customers in the restaurant (Ukranian’s do everything late). After studying the menu (which was in Ukranian, which is not similar enough to the little bit of Russian we know), we politely asked for chicken fingers and French fries with a Sprite for the girls (yes, in Russian). The waitress kept offering Tony a steak so he finally relented to that with a Greek salad (it was written similar to Russian). I ordered Rissotto, because it sounded good and Rissotto is risotto in every language! Tony’s steak (which I’m certain was veal) was the best steak he has ever had, ever! Poor baby cow (don’t fret, they don’t let the boy cows grow up, hamburger and steaks are still a bit foreign to the locals). On par with our normal life in Ukraine that of course the light over our table burnt out while we were dining, I’m not sure how in a restaurant with the capacity of 100 tables and being the only patrons, that ours went out.
Ry and I went shopping (the store was much like JCPennys, even with awesome sales). We shopped 1 ½ hours in the small store; I was trying to not shop for Ellie and myself even though there were great sales (it was Rylie’s special day)! We got Rylie a fun and spunky birthday outfit and grabbed a few other great items for a great price (for both girls, couldn’t resist, I miss shopping for them). In the mean time Tony and Ellie did a scan of Megamart (the grocery store that is very similar to an American store). They were on the hunt for specialty items (there was a rumor of American bacon); Ellie spotted the bacon first. I think half the store heard the little American girl jumping and singing “the bacon station, the bacon station we found the bacon station!” We finally met up and went to the Aquapark for 3 hours of splash time in the wave pool and fun water slides. I believe this was the highlight of the day for Rylie, but it’s hard to say, she was a bouncing happy little girl aaaaallll day long! Rylie continued to sing “happy birthday” to herself all the next day as she eagerly waited for her real birthday to come the following day. The girls and I took Monday off to celebrate Rylie all day, they played, watched a movie, scrapbooked and had box mac n cheese for lunch and also homemade mac n cheese for dinner (birthday girl request)! Friends came over for some fun games, gifts and prizes and delicious chocolate cake that used the last of our semisweet chocolate chips! It was so worth using them on our bubbly, wonderful, bright, very silly 6 year old Rylie Anne! Sigh, I still can’t believe that she’s no longer 8 months or 2 ½ and Ellie 3 ½ or 5. Happy Birthday Rylie!
It’s Smiley Rylie’s birthday! The four of us went to Kiev for the day to play at the Aquapark. After a three hour taxi ride (full of “are we there yets”) we arrived at a day of fun for Ry. We started with bowling and then grabbed lunch. Even though it was about 1pm the restaurant was empty, we were the only customers in the restaurant (Ukranian’s do everything late). After studying the menu (which was in Ukranian, which is not similar enough to the little bit of Russian we know), we politely asked for chicken fingers and French fries with a Sprite for the girls (yes, in Russian). The waitress kept offering Tony a steak so he finally relented to that with a Greek salad (it was written similar to Russian). I ordered Rissotto, because it sounded good and Rissotto is risotto in every language! Tony’s steak (which I’m certain was veal) was the best steak he has ever had, ever! Poor baby cow (don’t fret, they don’t let the boy cows grow up, hamburger and steaks are still a bit foreign to the locals). On par with our normal life in Ukraine that of course the light over our table burnt out while we were dining, I’m not sure how in a restaurant with the capacity of 100 tables and being the only patrons, that ours went out. 
Ry and I went shopping (the store was much like JCPennys, even with awesome sales). We shopped 1 ½ hours in the small store; I was trying to not shop for Ellie and myself even though there were great sales (it was Rylie’s special day)! We got Rylie a fun and spunky birthday outfit and grabbed a few other great items for a great price (for both girls, couldn’t resist, I miss shopping for them). In the mean time Tony and Ellie did a scan of Megamart (the grocery store that is very similar to an American store). They were on the hunt for specialty items (there was a rumor of American bacon); Ellie spotted the bacon first. I think half the store heard the little American girl jumping and singing “the bacon station, the bacon station we found the bacon station!” We finally met up and went to the Aquapark for 3 hours of splash time in the wave pool and fun water slides. I believe this was the highlight of the day for Rylie, but it’s hard to say, she was a bouncing happy little girl aaaaallll day long! Rylie continued to sing “happy birthday” to herself all the next day as she eagerly waited for her real birthday to come the following day. The girls and I took Monday off to celebrate Rylie all day, they played, watched a movie, scrapbooked and had box mac n cheese for lunch and also homemade mac n cheese for dinner (birthday girl request)! Friends came over for some fun games, gifts and prizes and delicious chocolate cake that used the last of our semisweet chocolate chips! It was so worth using them on our bubbly, wonderful, bright, very silly 6 year old Rylie Anne! Sigh, I still can’t believe that she’s no longer 8 months or 2 ½ and Ellie 3 ½ or 5. Happy Birthday Rylie!
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