Have you ever met my mom? Well, those who have know that she is a classy lady. She loves fashion and high heels, make up and all the skin lotions. But her favorite thing of all--taking care of her nails. Seriously, I don't remember her ever having short nails with overgrown cuticles:) When I was little, she had to do all our laundry by hand--soaking, scrubbing, hanging it outside on our balcony even when it was bitterly cold. Even then, she had nice long beutifully shaped nails. So how does she take care of her hands? She does all kitchen/bathroom cleaning wearing gloves. You will never see her washing dishes without them, so I buy her special "babushka" gloves when she comes to visit.
Katya saw her use gloves and now any time it's her turn to do dishes, she HAS to wear them too.
As most of you know, Katya is a pretty girly girl. She loves anything fancy--and to her, my mom (babushka) and Lyena (my sister) are some of the fanciest people she knows. She wants to be just like them:) She says she cannot wait till Lyena comes to visit and do her hair (Lyena, I hope you are reading this and getting ready).
While I am at it, I have to tell you that I have absolutely gorgeous women in my family (can I brag?). Let me show you just a few of them.
Exhibit A:
My mama, aka Babushka. Can you believe she's been a grandma for 7 years now!!?
Exhibit B: Lyena, my sister (she is 16 and lives in Lviv). Of course, this picture was taken with her all fancy when she was visiting my model-cousin in Paris:) In real life, she looks ever more beautiful.
Exhibit C: Olia, my cousin two months younger than me (she lives in Paris). And she had a baby just a few months ago!! Gorgeous. I call her my smart model cousin.
Oh, and that is not all!
Exhibit D: Katia, my cousin two years older than me (she lives in Kyyiv), has two kids and is a lawyer. One of the most optimistic people I know.
And then there are these distant relatives from Eastern Ukraine. They speak Russian, so we don't keep in touch with them much.
Have a fantastic week!!
Oh Lyana you crack me up! They are beautiful ladies and you fit right in with them. Love that Katja is so excited for her Aunt to come. Maybe I should get Ashley some gloves to encourage her to like washing dishes.
ReplyDeleteWow! Lyena is gorgeous! (As are you and your mom.) She's definitely not a kid anymore. Leanna
ReplyDeleteHey, you've missed one beautiful woman in your beautiful women family! Her name is Lyana!!! :)))
ReplyDeleteI can add instead: Lyana(two years younger than me;) is the greatest young mother-hero;)) she has three beautiful and smart kids, she has the greatest husbend ever dreamed and she is really best organized family-keeper between us and at the same time she looks like she's still young student in love;)
ReplyDeleteLyanusia, you are my hero in all senses I've mentioned;)
Hilarious!
ReplyDeleteYou're all a bunch of major hotties! You included!!!