[MamaChinch]

My dd has just turned three, so I hope we can do more in the future but we have made Russian desserts and bread and she looks at picture from Moscow and tell you this is the Kermlin, this is where I lived, this is Moscow. She can even say Novokuznetsk! I also bought a lot of souveniers while there. She has many up in her room and knows they are from Russia....matroyska dolls, a St. Basil's music box, a Russian flag, a map, and some Russian story books. Although I read a few of those fairy tales and they are not for young children!!! We have friends names and photos next to her map and a string that shows were they are from, Russia and other places. I also made a little photo collage and framed it of the children we know from the same Baby House.
We listen to a Russian music Cd and she loves to dance to it. Every night when we say g'nite, we say I love you in Russian and do the "Russian kiss", a kiss on each cheek.
Some else may chime in with a good cookbook, I stole some recipes off my agency's website and just looked some on line.
Congrats on getting our dossier out! Big step!