Playin' It On the Down Low

It is now early Friday morning in Russia (abt 5:45a) and I am up, so thought it would be a great time to update the blog since everyone else here is still sleeping.  We are in a suite here at the Staybridge, which has been excellent at nap and bed times... and for times when Leslie and I are up early because our schedules are still "off".

Thursday was a low-key day for us.  We mostly stayed around the hotel.  We did have a brief outing to walk up the street to a local cafe for lunch, but otherwise stayed-in.  Alex had another really great day!  He helped us with laundry... for some reason, pretty much all of my clothes needed to be re-folded once I got back to the room!  :-)  Beyond that, we played a lot, walked around the hotel a lot, Skyped with family, and just hung-out!

Alex did have a brief moment of a nightmare last night not too long into the evening.  We are assuming he woke a bit and then was disoriented to his surroundings.  He _screamed_ out, but was quickly consoled and was back to sleep in no time at all.  Otherwise, he has slept great these past 2 nights... wish I could say the same for myself!   I will probably be pretty well adjusted right about the time we are leaving Moscow! Haha! :-)

Here are a few pics from the day...

Our hotel has a nice little playroom.  We went there not too long after breakfast when our room was bring cleaned and laundry was running.  It has a ball pit (Alex with his "Meesh-kaw" [bear])...

...and a slide.  (and several other things to help entertain!)

Bundled and ready to go out for lunch!

Mmmm, Mmmm ... good.  We went to Stolle (pron: Sch-toal- lee).  Leslie and I had soups that we shared with Alex, as well as Mushroom and Chicken "pies" (pierogies).  They were excellent!! And, Lydia and Madelynn will love to know that Alex really likes borscht (pictured). :-)

Back at the hotel. After another great day, ready for bed. Alex _loves_ his slippers!

Not sure what is on the calender for today... we talked about maybe taking the subway toward downtown and possibly going to the Oceanarium/Aquarium.  We'll see how the morning plays out and what were up to weather-wise, etc, etc.

All for now!  Thanks for reading and following along with us!