Monday after taking Lex to the airport it seemed so quiet in our house. That afternoon I needed to go the junior high to collect Reflection entries. (Yes, I'm a PTA mom.) I got there about 10 minutes before the bell rang and there were a three boys wandering around waiting for school to let out. I thought it was my imagination at first, but it wasn't. They were speaking Ukrainian. Then as the throngs of children poured out of the school and past my table (not turning in any Reflection entries mind you) Anastassia and her friend Lana and another girl from the Ukraine stopped by to say hi. Sweet girls and very pretty.
The junior high has flags from every country hanging in the skylights up and down the halls throughout the school and guess what flag I was sitting by? Yep, the Ukrainian flag. It gets better....
We went out to dinner for our anniversary that night and decided to go catch a dollar movie rather than go home afterwards. In the theater was a family from our area that had returned with their child from Ukraine just a month ago. It was one of the boys I saw in school. The have named him Austin. They went to the same movie we did and because we were at the high-tech dollar theater there was some technical difficulties and the film started late so we had a chance to talk with them about their experience. They chose an American name for their boy as his name was hard to pronounce and another adopted boy from the Ukraine recommend giving him an American name to help him fit in better.
Hum, that's something to think about. If I could rename Lex, I'd name him Benjamin. I've always wanted a Benjamin. Benjamin Alex Richhart. Doesn't that sound great? Of course we'll need to see what Lex thinks.
Then the movie we watched was "Get Smart" and of course it's mainly set in Russia which I learned from Yuri our adopting coordinator, that Lex speaks both Russian and Ukrainian fluently. I kept thinking how cool it would be when we get him back here and we rent movies how we can pause the movie and he'll be able to tell us what they're saying. (Of course he needs to learn English before that can happen, but still it would be so cool!)
I stole this quote off a blog I've been following about another Ukrainian adoption. Did you know that November is adoption month? I didn't. I just loved this quote it is in regards to adoption:
"We express support of the married mothers and fathers who adopt these children. Children are entitled to the blessing of being reared in a stable family environment where father and mother honor marital vows. Having a secure, nurturing, and consistent relationship with both a father and a mother is essential to a child’s well-being. Adoption is an unselfish, loving decision that blesses the child, birth parents, and adoptive parents in this life and throughout the eternities. We commend all those who strengthen children and families by promoting adoption.”
L.D.S. First Presidency
The junior high has flags from every country hanging in the skylights up and down the halls throughout the school and guess what flag I was sitting by? Yep, the Ukrainian flag. It gets better....
We went out to dinner for our anniversary that night and decided to go catch a dollar movie rather than go home afterwards. In the theater was a family from our area that had returned with their child from Ukraine just a month ago. It was one of the boys I saw in school. The have named him Austin. They went to the same movie we did and because we were at the high-tech dollar theater there was some technical difficulties and the film started late so we had a chance to talk with them about their experience. They chose an American name for their boy as his name was hard to pronounce and another adopted boy from the Ukraine recommend giving him an American name to help him fit in better.
Hum, that's something to think about. If I could rename Lex, I'd name him Benjamin. I've always wanted a Benjamin. Benjamin Alex Richhart. Doesn't that sound great? Of course we'll need to see what Lex thinks.
Then the movie we watched was "Get Smart" and of course it's mainly set in Russia which I learned from Yuri our adopting coordinator, that Lex speaks both Russian and Ukrainian fluently. I kept thinking how cool it would be when we get him back here and we rent movies how we can pause the movie and he'll be able to tell us what they're saying. (Of course he needs to learn English before that can happen, but still it would be so cool!)
I stole this quote off a blog I've been following about another Ukrainian adoption. Did you know that November is adoption month? I didn't. I just loved this quote it is in regards to adoption:
"We express support of the married mothers and fathers who adopt these children. Children are entitled to the blessing of being reared in a stable family environment where father and mother honor marital vows. Having a secure, nurturing, and consistent relationship with both a father and a mother is essential to a child’s well-being. Adoption is an unselfish, loving decision that blesses the child, birth parents, and adoptive parents in this life and throughout the eternities. We commend all those who strengthen children and families by promoting adoption.”
L.D.S. First Presidency
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