Ice Skating and Bowling

Today Mick, Eric and I got to take our children out of the home for most of the day.  We went to a complex that had an ice rink, bowling alley, and movie theater.  We were not planning to go ice skating but Vika said her ankle was better.  We knew that Vika liked to bowl, but we did not know about ice skating, but she loved it. She did very well, at first she stuck close to the wall and by the time we were about finished she wanted to skate in the middle of the rink and she was trying to do some tricks.  She only fell once. From there we went to the bowling section, Vika did not do as well at bowling but she enjoyed it anyway.  Shoe sizes here are European and that was a challenge for us, not the kids, they knew what size they wore.  By this time we were all hungry, so off to the pizza shop we went.  Mick, Eric, and myself thought we were going to the pizza place we always go to but we went to a different one, we like the one closer to our apartment better because they are use to dealing with we English speaking people. But to our suprise there was a kind customer at this shop that spoke Engligh and offered to help us with our ordering.  Vika chose what toppings for our pizza and we had salad and fruit. We all ate until we were full and we still had food left.
It was nice to be able to take the children out of the home and just watch them be kids and have fun! Vika told me she has ice skated four times before and has bowled several times. She ask me if we could ice skate in America. Seeing their faces when we were out as a family was all that we needed.
We ended our day back at the childrens home visiting with Nastya, sister Vika, Autur, and Ruslana. This group of children have formed a close bond. We had a few visitors, Dan, and Andre, but no one else came to visit :( We enjoy when the kids show up and spend some time with us, even when we do not know their names we enjoy their company.