02/14/2009 SATURDAY

We visited D & E outside. Svetlana, daughter of Sasha & Tanya, went with us when we visited
D & E. She translated a little and helped "corral" the children. We went outside,but evidently we are notorious for getting our children's boots dirty...so the children had been admonished to stay
out of the mud. After our visit, Tanya accompanied us on a shopping expedition - clothes for the
children. Since Sasha is out of town working, Ruslan - Tanya's brother- in -law is driving us to visit the children in Kramatorsk.
After returning home, Chris walked up the street to the local market to buy me some flowers and candy for St. Valentine's Day. Svetlana & Tanya presented me with a Valentine with dogs on it. I had a Valentine tucked away in my Suitcase for Chris, in case I didn't have access to a shop with Valentines. I had placed a few little gifts on the kitchen table for Tanya, Svetlana & Olga.
Instead of Tanya cooking for us - We offered to take our driver,Ruslan and Tanya, and Svet
to our favorite Pizza place in Ukraine. Later that afternoon, we visited E & D again around
4 p.m