Its been a while

It has been quite some time since I have updated 0ur blog. Sorry if you are one who checks often. We have been busy as you might expect raising Sasha and Dasha. Both girls are growing up fast, and developing right on schedule. Sasha is becoming a fine young lady, and her speech is coming along well. Dasha is starting to talk now too, and her sister is helping her say things correctly. Just this morning Sasha was correcting Dasha at the breakfast table. The girls love Elmo, and enjoy watching alphabet and phonetic DVDs. Each girl has a little plastic tricycle but Dasha can't reach the peddles yet. They ride around the driveway and Sasha even takes her trike on walks.

We are getting ready for Halloween this weekend, and Sasha will be wearing a Snow Maiden costume we picked up in Russia, and Dasha will wear the bunny costume we bought there too. They should be so cute.

Sasha and MaryEllen are now over the flu, but for some reason Dasha and I did not get it. Who knows? Two sick in the family is enough. Otherwise both girls are healthy and growing fast. Sasha has grown about 3 inches since March, and Dasha has grown about 2 inches. I keep threatening to put bricks on their heads :-) With winter coming we will need to find things to keep the girls busy and engaged. We thought about swim lessons, but decided to wait a while. Not that they don't like the water. They both have taked to water like fishes, and love going to the pool over the summer. We can't wait for the pool to open again next year.

Our lives have changed, mostly for the better. It is hard to find time for the two of us, but we manage, and love having the girls in our lives. Our home is full of toys, and all of the breakable stuff is out of reach or in storage, but these are choices we gladly make to allow room in our hearts for the precious souls God has trusted to us. We are blessed.