First 1000 Words....

Today was one of those days when it kind of sunk in that we are actually adopting from Russia. The mailman had to deliver mail to our door today, as one particular package would not fit in the mailbox. It was from our adoption agency. It was in a mailer and sent Media Mail. When I opened it up this is what I discovered....

Isn't that sweet? I showed Chris when he got home from work. As he was looking at it, he said, "And all the words are in Russian!" lol! Well, ya hon..... To which he replies.. "Then how am I supposed to know what it is?" lol! Actually I have to say some of them are pretty hard to figure out. Maybe Usborne books has the same pictures in their First Thousand Words that is printed in English. Then we can compare! lol! I will say, I am reminded of how difficult Russian is. Their letters are not even the same as ours. Well...some of them are, but some are not. And who knows if the letter really corresponds with the same one in the English language. I can't even show you what those would look like, as it isn't on my computer keyboard. I'm sure some tech savvy folks could figure out how to do this... but not me. I just learned how to text message people, and even that takes me forever to type one message! (But at least I know how to text now!)

Anyway....this First 1000 words in Russian has the words printed with Russian letters under a picture of something... and then in English letters it has the pronunciation (like you would find in a dictionary). Very tough to say. Let's see if I can at least give you an example of the pronunciation of a few words.

toothpaste = zoobnaya pasta

stairs = lestneetsa

pillow = padooshka

chicken = tsiplyonak

Of course I'm showing how to pronounce these words using the English alphabet. If I were to show the Russian letters, I don't think anyone would have a clue! ;-)

So, that was a small reminder that we are adopting from Russia! That and some more forms for filling out additional visa applications and photos. A travel guide for Russia from our agency with step by step info on all of that. Also a brochure on Russian etiquette, culture and customs. So, I guess we'll be busy reading some more. There was also a paper on understanding a child's medical documents and some of the medical terminology commonly used. Which reminds me that we need to get some references for international adoption physicians to utilize. Even though we won't be traveling for a year or so...(unless things speed up immensely), it's good to be prepared.

That's all for now....

Jackie