Americanization

We had to post just to put some photos up! For some reason, we can't seem to add photos to previous entries. We have done it before, but it doesn't work this month. The picture of Sergey shows him bouncing happily on one of Grandma's Christmas presents.

We took the boys through a McDonald's drive through this weekend for chicken nuggets and french fries, and then ate them in the car looking at the trees and the river. We confess, the boys have actually seen some tv now too, though thankfully it did not hold their attention more than a few minutes. I know that will change soon enough.

You can see some of the deer that are wintering on our property. This picture was taken from the living room window. The other day we went for a walk and the deer were so curious about Lonya and Sergey that they actually came toward us and then started following us. This was a little concerning to the boys, especially Lonya, and I had to keep telling them that deer do not eat boys. Today at lunch, the deer were a foot from the back deck and stayed there, raiding the bird feeders all during lunch. Two boys, two women, and two dogs watched with great pleasure (and some barking, which was ignored by the hungry deer, once the deer could see that the dogs were behind the sliding glass door).