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I made big paper-mache balls and got stickers and things for them to decorate them and put them on the tree.
We also had Kiril (from Billy Elliot) and his mom, Raisa over. They can speak Russian so Kirill and Eugeini got to hang out with Kiril and speak a little Russian..
Ed, Randy, Kirill took the boys to get our tree. They we all helped them decorate it.
So above is the decorating committee with the tree with the tree (including the big paper-mache) balls.
Above is a picture of most of us (a couple friends showed up later). Sitting on the couch along with Raisa and Kiril is Aldona, Coco(-Channel) and Joe. Aldona and I made a great lunch. (In the back row is Loyda and Paula along with Ed, the boys and Randy.).
So then Joe and Kirill - who love to play pool on the 31st floor. Everyone down with them, while I cleaned up for a while and baked cookies the boys decorated.
So Kirill and Joe each picked one of the boys and they teamed up. They had a great time (as we all did).