Keep'in it Russian- Part One

Keeping Russian culture and reminders of Russia in our daily lives as much as possible is a goal D and I have for our family.  We want C to grow up feeling proud of who he is and we want him to know that we are all feel very deeply about his place of birth.  We know Russia made a sacrifice when they allowed C to become a part of our family and grow up in the U.S.... we haven't forgotten that fact.

We have done a lot of things to keep Russia in our lives, and I don't have the time to go through all of them (I'll do that in the next post), but here's one I love.  I love it because D did this one all on his own.  He's such a good Daddy :0)

Since Andrew is a hockey player and Caleb aspires to be the same, D thought it would be really special for them to have Krasnoyarsk hockey jerseys.  Andrew has already worn his on the ice during practice.  He looked pretty cool in it and was really proud to have a Russian hockey jersey.  I just love the fact that he can tell people he has actually been to Krasnoyarsk.  It truly was a blessing to get to share that experience with our oldest son.  And it is so special that he can tell his little brother stories all about the things we saw and did there together.

Someday Caleb will get to wear his jersey while he is playing hockey and he'll get to tell people that he is actually from Kras.