Melba got her water from the Black Sea.   We get such a hoot out of how the men at the beach dress.  They have no shame as you can see.  

Yesterday we went to Yalta for the Day with Lena.  You can see from the pictures that the kids adore her.  

In many places you go here in the Ukraine they have clothes you can dress up in and take pictures.  We always pass them and laugh but have never dreamed of actually wearing them.  Yesterday, as we passed these places near the sea in Yalta, Lena our friend insisted that Julee and I do it.  We complained, said no, resisted in every way possible but Lena payed and prevailed and this is the result.  After we did it the girls wanted to and then we all managed to get Melba to do a Harley Pose.   

I hated every minute and kept covering my very immodest self with my fan.   The girls laughed and laughed.    

We found out what the girl's would look like with hair.  

Last night when we got home from Yalta Lena told me she had scheduled dance lessons for me.  I told Melba and Julee I absolutely was not going.  I told them I am was tired of doing things I didn't want to.  I feel like I am always eating things I don't like, going places I don't want and have lost total control of my life just to avoid offending anyone.  I was determined not to go and told Lena absolutely no.  Of Course I ended up going to dance lessons.  Oh my word! Latin dance lessons.  Needless to say my hip muscles are so sore today I can barely walk.  I have never moved my hips like that in my life.  Lena, Natasha and my girls laughed so hard at me.  After my coffee scrub and Latin lessons I have lost all dignity.