Sissy in Kyiv!

Sarah made it to Kiev!  

We spent the week showing her around and folding her into our day to day chaos that is 3 kids school, activities & playdates.  Some of the highlights:

Ropes course: A random park ~12km from our house.  

I don’t know where else even a 5 year old can be harnessed in and let loose on a course that grows to a good 20’ off the ground!  

Super fun - and the boys especially loved it...

But by the 3^rd section Sissy and I agreed we were happy to be reunited with the ground...

Botanic Garden: Loads of pretty colors this time of year.  

Sissy tried to pose by the colorful flowers, but the kids weren’t so into savoring the moment...

...but they DID find humor in the unusual plants on display

Come to Kyiv and you too can enjoy the plants! 

Symphony: We hadn’t been yet – and the fab part of Kiev’s cultural scene is the subsidized low prices.  ~$11 for front row seats.  

Good people watching – especially the parade of audience members bringing flowers up to the singers.. 

 (Ukrainians express their appreciation for artists by bringing bouquets of flowers and walking them onto stage after a performance they like.  Some songs gathered as much as a dozen bouquets.)

Resale shopping: Sissy and I use to spend hours at resale shops at home, we explored a Ukrainian chain & found a pretty similar environment

In reflection Sissy reported Kiev was “more like Mexico than expected” – more unfinished & rough around the edges. 

All in all, we had a fun week, enjoyed showing Sissy our lives in Kiev & were glad she braved the flight / time zones and endured the screaming and sibling warfare that comes with our current territory!

Here's to crossing time zones and celebrating siblings!