Girls' night out

Katya and I had a girls' night out. We just love being the only girls in our family:) Katya is the girliest girl I know. She loves fashion and dress-up and decorating. At the same time, she is not afraid to get tough and dirty outside. She has incredible strength in her upper body, which makes her simply fantastic at monkey bars and climbing up ropes, which in turn makes her a great MAVPA--yes, she is a Mavpa, a.k.a. monkey.

Anyway, now you know.

So on Saturday, we started our "date" by going first to the BX (military mall) to get my eyebrows waxed. Katya did a great job patiently waiting for me to be done. She was watching all the ladies getting pedicures and haircuts. But still that did not convince her to get her hair cut. She is determined to keep growing it out.

This is Katya at the BX parking lot.

Then we decided to go to a different kind of restaurant. Katya's choice was Burger King (seriously?). But I had something else in mind, trying to choose a bit of a healthier place. We went to Phada's, a great Thai restaurant. Food there is great. Katya had some Pad Thai with chicken. She is also getting really good with chop sticks, definitely better than me. We enjoyed listening to some Thai music and looking at all the restaurant's ethnic decor.

We decided to conclude our evening by going to the Baskin Robbins. Yes! We have it here, and not only on base, but even at the Shimoda mall. Katya loves chocolate chip mint ice cream--she is definitely half American. I do not like the flavor at all.

(Did you know that Baskin Robbins is the place where Robert used to work when he first got back from his mission?)

It was so nice to have a chance to go out to dinner and chat with my little girl, without interruptions. She is growing up so fast. I can actually have meaningful conversations with her now about family, school, and just life. We need to do that more often.

Lyana