Happy Daddy Day
I’m so thankful for my husband who loves his daughter and wife more than anyone could ask. Together we have been given a beautiful daughter and another precious life on the way. I’m thankful for the years we’ve had together and look forward to the rest of our lives that we are given together.
The Zoo
One of the Seven Sisters visible from the zoo
More info on the Seven Sisters here.
Sign reads: Be careful! Animal is dangerous!
They met...
...grew fond of each other...
...and decided to run away together.
And then mommy decided it was time to go.
Pictures in the Park
This past week I went to Tsaritsyno Park with Violet and my friend Tanya. We had a nice time walking slowly around the park while taking pictures.
The last day of school all older Moscow school-girls get dressed up to officially say goodbye to childhood.
At school, in the first and ceremonial part of the celebrations, teachers hand out high-school diplomas and say some nice words about their students.
After that the school-leavers go out to party with their classmates.
Traditionally, on this day Russian girls wear old-fashioned Soviet style school uniforms: short brown dresses with white aprons, white socks and big white bows. Later they change into evening dresses.
But the outfits are all part of a long standing tradition, with black and white uniforms representing the standard attire of school students supposedly in pre-Soviet times, in the period of the Tsars. It should be noted that Russian teenagers are in fact very fashionable, but for this one special day they put away their designer clothes and embrace tradition.
After that, they walk around the city, bathing in fountains, taking pictures of each other and generally enjoying themselves.
Read more info about it here.
Six Sandowiches 