This spring, we decided to take a short trip to the Ukraine for my grandfather's birthday. My father was flying in from the US to celebrate, so it seemed like a nice time for a family gathering. My grandfather's birthday is just 6 days after Chase's so it also gave us a chance to celebrate the tail-end of Chase's birthday. We only had 4-5 days so we spent most of it in Kiev, but we did take a short trip to the summer house (last summer, we only went to the summer house while we were there). Chase did a great job of picking up Russian while we were there and even started saying a few things in Russian! He was a very good traveler and adapted well to all sorts of conditions. He was still a bit more clingy with me while other relatives were around but he really bonded with my grandfather (who he has seen 3 times now in person), which was nice to see.
We played in many playgrounds in Kiev (left was right before getting our haircut!).
We spent two days and a night at the summer house (dacha) where Chase helped plant flowers and (of course) clean everything.
Chase posing some more while at the dacha -- here feeding the fish and eating something.
Back in Kiev, I had bought some bubble mix, which Chase grew obsessed with. He was surprisingly good at blowing bubbles himself!
Finally, we had a nice large dinner out for my grandfather's actual birthday. I was asking Chase something about his grandfather in the top pic, and on the bottom is the whole family that was there (4 generations!).
It's so great that he's able to meet his extended family while he's young. And he's such a traveler, too!
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