my boss's ukrainian kid he's hosting for 3 weeks

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Katya, who just got dropped off at an orphanage in the UK, is here with my boss and his wife for 3 weeks. She's 5, and fantastic.. I don't know what it is about 5 year olds, but I really enjoyed them when I was coaching ice hockey, and Katya is so cute. She doesn't know a lick of English really, I've picked up some basic Russian phrases to communicate, but she's just so happy all the time .. always smiling ear to ear, and thrilled by things we take for granted over here. It's sad to think that she'll be going back to the orphanage in a couple weeks.

Pictures of us ice skating yesterday: