Gio and I depart tomorrow for Kiev where Paolo has been for weeks. Our last days have been spent saying our goodbyes and visiting some of our favorite spots. It has been stressful for both of us at times. Sometimes Gio just needs to lie down on "Big Tom" and have a thumb moment.
One of the tougher goodbyes was to our beloved nanny Hedvig. Gio asks almost hourly, "Hedvig Kiev?" If only we could bring her along with us, we would do it in a minute!
A large part of every day is spent with trucks. This one was Nonno Zurn's when he was a child...which makes it about 65 or so years old! Not all of the trucks currently parked in Gio's "garage" (an old Amazon box!) will be coming along to Kiev, but I will try to stuff a few in our luggage. We are going to be arriving to a very empty apartment so I need to bring as many toys as I can. Our container is still in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and we are unlikely to see any of its contents until after Christmas. Yikes!
We also will have to say goodbye to my parents' dog Barley. He has been living with us for about a month. It is wonderful to have a dog in the house again. He will take care of the place while we are in Kiev, along with some help from Nonno and Nonna. I "trained" him to sleep on the bed with me while he was here. I wonder if he will soon be snoring with them, too?
Last night Nonna, Nonno, Gio and I drove to National Harbor to meet Gio's godfathers Tim & Jay. We saw ICE! which was an enormous display of ice sculptures of scenes from "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." It was 9 degrees inside of the arena so they gave us all these super warm coats to wear. This seemed like good practice for the coming winter in Kiev. Here we are with Tim, Jay & The Grinch!
That's Gio on the ice slide!
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