Not much to write today, but I am trying to be better about writing a few entries every week, so here is one image from today....
Today I learned that it is best to just leave Gio to his own devices. He and his best buddy Grace were attempting to get apples from a tree in the park which involved some branch pulling. This greatly irritated a babushka who hustled over and began yelling at the two munchkins. Since Grace's mom and I were too engrossed in our gab session to notice their criminal behavior, we did not have a chance to run to their defense. Gio, not at all bothered by the woman's anger, began chatting away to her, telling her all about their adventure with the tree and the apples they were going to eat. Since neither understood the other, the conversation was amusing to watch, with the babushka's anger gradually fading as Gio became more and more animated (yes, arm movements galore thanks to his Italian genes) and walked closer and closer to the woman. Eventually she sighed, gave his one more finger wag and then walked away. Grace and Gio went right back to the apple foraging. Lesson 101 on dealing with the grumpy babushkas!
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| Outfit entirely chosen by Gio, including (but unseen) pirate underwear. On our trip to the park he proclaimed "Yo Ho Ho" to everyone we passed. We got one fellow to play along; the rest were perplexed or stonefaced, the latter being the general expression of all Ukrainians. |
Today I learned that it is best to just leave Gio to his own devices. He and his best buddy Grace were attempting to get apples from a tree in the park which involved some branch pulling. This greatly irritated a babushka who hustled over and began yelling at the two munchkins. Since Grace's mom and I were too engrossed in our gab session to notice their criminal behavior, we did not have a chance to run to their defense. Gio, not at all bothered by the woman's anger, began chatting away to her, telling her all about their adventure with the tree and the apples they were going to eat. Since neither understood the other, the conversation was amusing to watch, with the babushka's anger gradually fading as Gio became more and more animated (yes, arm movements galore thanks to his Italian genes) and walked closer and closer to the woman. Eventually she sighed, gave his one more finger wag and then walked away. Grace and Gio went right back to the apple foraging. Lesson 101 on dealing with the grumpy babushkas!
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