Welcome to America!

So, the boys are here!

If this post seem choppy it is because I am past exhausted and staying up a few more minutes because I really want to share a few updates and highlights with you friends!

Day 1:
Sean and I were super excited heading to the airport to pick them up.  We waited and waited outside of international customs and finally, we saw a group of way too warmly dressed adorable kids, emerging from the doorway!  Everybody started calling their kids names and moving forward and I ended up in the back of the crowd, so Max and Denys were kinda lost looking for a moment or two.  Sweet little faces looked so nervous and lots of blinking...
Sean said "call them" and I did... I felt awkward at that point.  But Max saw me first, and I held up my sign and smiled and he rushed to us and HUGGED us both so tight ... like both at the same time!  It was pretty neat how he did that.  I was definitely happy.  Great first introduction.  Max called Denys to come over, and Denys was more shy but Max told him to say hello.  (They said Hello in English and what is your name in English.)  I had all these Ukranian greeting memorized, but when it came down to the moment I forgot everything and started spewing English at them.  "Hi!"  "I am so glad you are here!" ugh... I am speaking English!  Woops! " Prive-et, prosihmo!"  "Choo-Do-Voo!"

 

 

The ride home was so entertaining.  Sean and I were like ..... in awe..... of their amazed expressions and reactions to things.  highlights -max wanted to play right away.  He had a little ball in his bag and wanted to play futbol!  (would have been more fun if it wasn't in a McDonalds parking lot but, hey... we made it work!)  First time using straws, and ketchup was a hit, and cold water to drink shocked them.  Their smiles were just so fun!  They are very expressive. I love it.
lowlights- Max puked on the ride home.  poor sweety.  Denys is a wanderer at heart it seems... no concept of the street, or waiting for us.  Stressed me OUT! 

Day 2:
The playground!!

It seemed it was their first time on swings!  It was awesome experiencing that!  They were VERY awkward at first... gripping, and slipping off the back.  They were stiff and were not pumping their legs at all. Instead just froggy legged, hanging on and LOVING being pushed.  They screamed with joy like girls and said "Mene Papa muoy muoy!"... something like  "My turn Papa!"  It was so hot out, Sean was a trooper.  What an awesome Daddy/Pappa.  Pushing 4 kids on the swings and laughing. I loved every second of it! 

Later, we took them to a family BBQ.  It was fun!  They got to play slip and slide... which they turned into the Max and Denys steal the hose and spray all the kids show.  POHANO boys!  (bad boys...)  Lol... they have soooo much energy, and are NOT shy like I assumed they would be.  It is hard to keep up with them, which we learned today for sure.  But they are worth the exhaustion and worth putting ourselves in a hard place.  God calls us to hard places... he doesn't usually call us to the couch.  ....
..............though, I am on the couch right now :/

Day 3:
Pet Store and New Shoes
Thanks to an awesome donor we got the boys some sneaks! They blazed through the store like wildfire, but... I think the cashier forgave us when we explained it was only day 3 in America.  :)  maybe she didn't...oh well .. there are plenty of shoe stores out there.
 
The pet store was ok, Max liked it more than Denys.  Denys wanted to bang the cages .. and wasn't lsitening too well.  sigh... Nakazan! (timeout)  kids will be kids! 

NaDoBranyeech!!!! (GOODNIGHT!)