We have some new additions to our tree this year. The first I found on an adoption-related website. The two matryoshka doll ornaments I found at World Market - made in China (true). No, we didn't buy nearly enough authentic Russian stuff while we were there. Even so, Jim thinks we have way too many matryoshka dolls. We have the Novokuznetsk version, with scenes from the city painted on it. Then there is the standard one that looks similar to the ornaments above, that we bought in Moscow (though to be honest I would not be surprised if it was also made in China...). Then we have a Nutcracker version, and a Santa version, and a cat version that Grandma Helen gave us years before we even knew we were going to Russia. Matryoshka dolls everywhere.
And THIS is my find of the year, for Owen's stocking. Also from World Market - it was the only one in a bin full of little push toys. (Hard to tell the size in the picture, but it's only a couple inches long). Owen and I were shopping, and when I saw this, I was shocked. I knew this horse! I had looked at this horse 3 times a day from Nov 24 2008 until, oh, about June 28th, 2009. Obviously, Jim did not, because he asked "Why should I recognize that horse??" I ended up Googling "yellow bouncy horse" and discovered that it is called a Rody horse, and must be fairly popular in Europe. I thought it was just a random, odd orphanage toy. Go figure.
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