As a school librarian I appreciate your vetting your girls books and providing them with the best options...sorry about the propaganda issues, unfortunately a universal problem. Especially in the historical and religious sectors. Really enjoyed this video. 📚 ❤

Books are treasures that can be passed generation to generation. In this technically saturated world, many children have never held or read an actual book. A great investment for your family.

@suewilkinson910

2 ай бұрын

Well said. To me, if I go into a house and all I see is TV screens and there are no books in the rooms, I feel uncomfortable. It's not a home!

@sharonammirati2042

2 ай бұрын

@@suewilkinson910 I completely agree 💯

I was a second language teacher, and what studies have shown is when a person is well versed in their first language most languages they will learn in the future will be easier to learn. You are great parents.

@MH-tn3pp

2 ай бұрын

Absolutely ! Even learning anything, maths and physics included goes easier when your mother tongue is mastered perfectly.

That cat omg so sweet.

Wow...Agatha getting BIG. Old video's popping in the feed from 2 years ago when she was Adeline's size...so funny how time flies

Hello Victoria. I am from Great Britain. England .I have raised three boys. They still remember when I read to them as children. Before bed or sometimes when it was raining outside. After the boys had eaten their lunch I wanted them to sit quietly for a while. So if they didn't fancy drawing I would read to them. They all became keen readers. Also at school they were good with English and writing stories of their own. I now read to my grandchildren. When they come to stay with me I hardly have the TV on. It's good to encourage them to use their imagination. Love seeing you back. I have watched you from the time you showed everyone your apartment in Russia. God bless you and your family.🙏😍

I understand why you insisted on the huge windows. Sun is already a gift in a single tiny window appartement, with many huge windows the entire home is in sunlights.

Those books are gorgeous! In our digital age, keeping books is disregarded very often, but I think it is very important for kids to keep in touch with them.

@suewilkinson910

2 ай бұрын

For adults too. So many people waste their lives just watching TV when they get home. The inside of a book is so much better a place to spend time.

@Jenny-mo8bu

2 ай бұрын

@@suewilkinson910 I couldn't agree more!!

The view from you kitchen window is beautiful!

@dianefturner4166

2 ай бұрын

I noticed that to

@shodson314

2 ай бұрын

I agree, it is

@PCAKnight

2 ай бұрын

I thought the same thing!!!

@raggedblossom508

2 ай бұрын

It would lift my mood each day to see that view!

@heatherthompson8837

2 ай бұрын

I came here to say the same thing. Gorgeous!

You're so talented, it would be awesome if you and Tolya wrote and illustrated some Christian stories in Russian for children!

So proud of your lovely little library! As a Russian family living abroad, we know how hard it is to build up a nice family library in Russian abroad. But we constantly buy books in the book-shops online which are located outside Russia, it's always a very special gift for all of us to get a new book in Russian :) Hugs from the Netherlands!

I love the Richard Scarry Best Word Book Ever. I would spend hours looking at the drawings.

So much love between you and Toyla ... xxxx

I subscribed to you because as a mom of two, I don't drink alcohol and have my kids around every single day, but I love reading and so do my kids and it was nice to find another mom with the same passion for books. Love from Ireland ❤

Books! The pathway to the world outside.❤❤

@suewilkinson910

2 ай бұрын

As a child one Christmas a relative gave me a book token. It was in an envelope with a simple card bookmark. I don't know what book I choose to spend the token on, but the card bookmark had a magic picture on it of 2 children on a flying carpet sailing over mountains and forests with the words "Book tokens, passports for the mind". I loved that. A book can take you anywhere and make you forget that it might be raining or that you felt sad this morning. Books are so important to a well rounded personality I think. I'm 60 now (still don't know how the is possible!) and I still have and use that simple card bookmark. I still love the picture and the words.

The book about the apartment and its tenants and the Trans-Siberian Railway sound really interesting. You are putting together a great library for your kids!

Your apartment is looking so nice. You've done a great job fixing it up.

I grew up with three languages. English is my first mothertongue and I had all my schooling in English, despite growing up abroad, but I always had German from the start, too, and then French. Although my parents had a low budget, I was always allowed books, like my mother had, too, as we both loved to read and always had a lot of books. Fortunately my international school had really good libraries, too. I didn‘t read much German or French as a child, but a bit, and now I still read in all three languages. My daughters grew up with Swiss-German, English and German in a Swiss environment and I just read to them in whichever language the book was. We still have French connections and one of my daughters lives in a French-speaking area with her daughters (3&1) so they are growing up with English from their mom, Swiss-German from their dad and when they go to nursery they will learn French, so with the German books they are learning 4 languages at once…! Most kids cope really well with being multilingual. Some of my granddaughters friends have more unusual combinations like Norwegian/Slovenian/French or Russian/Italian/German and I don‘t think any of my international school friends knew fewer than 3 languages, some many more, especially from the Indian subcontinent. English was always a useful common language to have and your kids will have not only Russian, Georgian and English language but also cultures!

I loved the Richard Scarry books for my boys who are now 50 and 48!

I have to share this memory I have that your video reminded me of: I was flying from San Francisco to Hong Kong once in the winter, and the route goes up along the west coast of the USA, across the Bering Sea, and then south along the Kamchatka Peninsula and so on until you reach Hong Kong. We were flying south over Kamchatka during daylight this time and the view was one of the most magical, stunning landscapes I have ever seen. The sharp, jagged snow covered coast went straight into the sea which was partially frozen, with deep ravines and fjords, probably glaciers (it was hard to be that distinct from that height). I couldn't take my eyes off that view.

I found an English version of “The Apartment” on Amazon here in Australia. 😊 I just purchased it for my daughter because it looks fantastic! The illustrations are gorgeous, can’t wait to read it!

I love Agatha's bookstore. Love you are teaching your daughter about God and Bible stories.

I’m in hospital. You make me happy today!!! ❤thanks guys!

Your hugging cat is just incredible, what a little angel cat!

Will you film an Update related to your minimalist style? Have you given it up? Is Agatha going to kindergarten?

Beautiful illustrations in the Russian book

Vika! The books of Anna Desnitskaya have been translated to English and French - I just ordered On the Edge of the World from your recommendation 😊

@maryhutchinson7026

2 ай бұрын

Those books look really interesting!

I love that you love the Harry Potter books!! Some Christian don't read anything with magic. .

I used to love reading with my Mum when I was little, by reading to me she used to take me on magical journeys... she also used to be able to do amazing voices for the characters she was reading to me about. I grew up loving books and used to read to my daughters. My youngest daughter runs a local book club and she passes the Book Club books on to me and then I pass them on to Mum (making sure that they aren't too racy) Lovely to see that you are opening up a world of adventure and learning with your daughters.

You have such a wonderful children’s book collection! I especially love the illustrations. If I may offer a suggestion that I learned the hard way: to be safe for children like Agatha who might climb on the bookshelf to get a book on a higher shelf. To be safe, we anchored the bookcase against the wall with a screw so it won’t topple on top of the kids. Love your wonderful family!

@ofrasharon1241

2 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. Actually, IKEA sells special hooks to attach to all of their bookcases. Safety first!

Agatha looks so much like you, and Adeline has Toyla's face. You have a beautiful family.

The view out your window when blowdrying your hair is amazing!

It's quite nice see how many books do you have, since you have moved so many time, mostly of the peoples doesn't think important to keep books for their children. Your house looks warm ❤️

You and your family including the cats, would be a wonderful and sweet inspiration for a childrens book! 🤭💕

This was really enjoyable!! My husband and I are expecting our first (I'm American and he's Russian) but we are hoping to raise our daughter with as much Russian culture as possible! Finding Russian books have been really hard; online and in person. But hopefully we can score some soon☺

I love cat hugs 😭

Ah, I totally feel you going on and on about the books. 💕 And the way the youngest is helping herself with the pizza in the end is the cutest thing ever! 😂

This is wonderful-I loved seeing all the books! I love books with beautiful pictures, too. It’s amazing how mothers are so similar all over the world-we all want the best for our children.

My daughter would love the book "All year in the forest", it's beautiful indeed! I see it has been translated in French too, thank you for the recommendation :)

So nice to the apartment becoming a home. As a teacher and avid reader, I love how the books are so accessible to the girls.

Richard Scarry's books are the absolute best, I loved them sooo much as a kid and still do

Vika! Thank you for sharing this day with everyone. Looks like so much fun! Much love to you all!!!!!!

I enjoy watching your videos so much. I don’t have a family and it kind of brings me peace and comfort to see other people happy. I would like to propose to make a video of how your neighbourhood looks like, the nature you have there, the tall evergreens, or a children park to see them play❤

Thank you for such a wonderful adventure and a morning with your family 😊

Your are just two loving parents! Your kids are really nice and those books are so important for their education. Your house is fantastic with the new pieces of furniture. Thank you very much for sharing ❤

It is wonderful that you have such beautiful books! The girls are so lucky to have a mother like you! Are you planning on teaching them English? How is your father? I remember he has been in your videos in the past.

Growing up in Pennsylvania I remember the Milkman and Breadman coming around and leaving the glass bottles to be returned. Also the huckster coming down the ally way selling fruit and vegetables. I guess I'm really giving away my age. 😅

Wonderful video. Thank you for opening your home with us. You are great parents

Thank you for this lovely video 😊 The part when you were talking about the books and turning pages was quite relaxing, almost ASMR vibes haha Also I was so intrigued by Anna Desnitskaya's books that I just ordered English language versions of The Tran-Siberian Railway and The Apartment. I'm so excited for them to arrive!

Thank you for sharing! Perhaps one day you could write your own children’s books. I am definitely getting a copy of The Apartment.

What a beautiful video to start the day. So much gratitude for the videos you make for us and how you share your life. Love to your beautiful family. ❤

A nice collection of books. Your children will become readers as they see you reading, most likely. And being bilingual will always benefit them, as will learning the history and culture of their ancestors! 👍 Another interesting video. Greetings again from Ohio!

What a precious kitty. I am partial to the orange ones myself. We adopted a stray one that came to our door. My husband assured me she was a girl so we named her "Blondie." When she grew up it was obvious she was not a female but a large male. My husband now calls him "Bruiser." So, we now have a cat with two names. He doesn't seem to mind. He is patient with us and answers to both. Btw, did you know that only 20 percent of orange cats are female like yours? 😊 🐱

Treasures of the Snow. My favourite childhood book too and I an 78 years old. The Lord bless you. I love your little family. ❤

i love rereading books i’ve keep from my childhood ❤️❤️

Speaking of christian books for kids in Russian, try "Последняя овца" ,автор Ульрих Хуб, издательство Самокат, it's a cute book and would be perfect for Agata's age

I’d love to read the book about the Russian Apartment in English.

Omg thank you for this!

Love your content! ❤

Your video reminds me of when I lived abroad in the 1980’s and early 90’s. We’re American and lived in a German-speaking part of Switzerland for a long time. Our children were born there. It was a bit hard to find English children’s books but not impossible. Pre-internet so life was different. We spoke English at home, German when out and about. I was sometimes homesick but enjoyed traveling around Europe. Blessings to you and yours Vika 😊

I still have the children's bible that I used to read in my childhood and that made me love history. That's what I studied years later in college

Love you and your family and vlogstyle, great seeing all the different books❤

Victoria! Thank you for posting.

what a beautiful view out of your window!! Much love from Michigan USA

We love you guys ❤❤❤

So interesting! Love the books!❤

Such a wonderful collection of books. I really love this video!😊❤

omg I loved your collection, you can tell you're really passionate about your books! Love how your baby seems super interested in the books too!

Thank you so much for this video. I loved the beautiful illustrations in the books. I loved reading as a kid, and still do, and always had plenty of books for my kids. Books are treasures, thank you so much for sharing them with us.

I also grew up with Richard Scarry books. Love your library!

Thank you for sharing ❤️ books are the best and I love to read. Your home is so comfy and your girls growing up fast. Love how your cat comes to you for cuddles. Blessings for you and your family ❤

I love this post! We still have so many of our childhood books! I just bought The Best Word Book Ever for my brand new granddaughter! ❤

Great video! I love seeing all your books, and how precious they are to you! I also love your home. I think this home suits you the most of all the places we've seen!

I adore you and your little family! You are raising wonderful, intelligent, kind girls. Thank you for sharing your day to day life with us. I will definitly have to try that recipe, they looks so tasty!

So cool to see what other toddlers are reading at the moment! My daughter’s favorite is Six Dinner Sid

Pizza looks great, glad to see you enjoy it too!

Love love love your kids book collection so beautiful I don’t have little ones my kids are older but I still appreciate a parent giving kids a good start a loving reading 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

You are such a caring & loving mother to your children. You are always thinking of them & your husband. God Bless you 🥰

Hi Victoria! We made the syrnik recipe today. We had them with sour cream and jam. They are SO good! Love your channel! Been subscribed for many years. God bless your family. ❤from Minnesota ✝️💕

Love your videos ❤

My children loved Treasures in the Snow so much when they were growing up. I love beautiful illustrations and will pay more for them as well. You are such a wonderful mother. Blessings, Dawn

You have a very nice selection of childrens books💛

like your book shelf... pretty and looks like fun...

I love you, your family and your videos. They are very valuable to me. My grandmother spoke Russian, so sometimes I understand what you say and many words are similar to Polish. It's nice that you record and share it. Thank you. Greetings. 💓💓💓

Sounds like you’ve identified an area of children’s literature that a creative Russian person could begin to fill.

I love that you put such effort into your children’s book selections and hopefully pass on a love of reading that will last their entire lives. I’ve really enjoyed your videos over the years and its been such fun watching your girls grow up and seeing how they’ve changed! I’ve always thought Agatha looked so much like your husband, but in this video, I really see your face when I look at her. Thanks for sharing your lovely little family with all of us! ❤️

Loved seeing your treasures

I've tried syrniki because of you and me and my fiancé love it! Thank you!

That pizza looked sooo good! I would have got the same toppings!

Great vlog..You are so lovely!

This was an interesting video Vika. I read so many Richard Scary books to my sons when they were little. They loved them. A few of the other books you had were familiar to me as well. When I was a child we always got new books for Christmas here in Australia. I still love the smell of new books. We also went to the library when we were little. Even today I read paper books as opposed to electronic books. Those pizzas looked delicious. Little Adeline getting excited and then getting a piece. So cute.

I was wondering if you read any Moomin books? I live in Alabama USA and absolutely Love the Moomins. Love your channel too. Thanks for sharing a bit of your life.

You have such a beautiful view outside the windows. It looks like a painting! Oh, I love seeing children's books, especially from other countries/cultures/languages. I loved the ones from that particular illustrator, about the kids with the lights and the one about Russian history. OH! There is an English translation version! If I can find a used copy in good shape, I seriously might get it!

Lovely to see you again! I had the Richard Scarry book when I was a child (in the U.K.) too and also “Treasures of the Snow” by Patricia St John - a beautiful book. The book you have, “The Apartment” by Aleksandra Litvina is available in English too.

The folklore books have beautiful illustrations! In my class we do picture walks and the children tell me about details that they notice in the illustrations of a book.

Agata's idea to put her Toys down on the bottom shelf is really Good! Adelina's books can maybe go in a basket? Since there are less for now?❤❤❤

I love your books and how you are paying so much attention to your children's language development and also appreciation for beautiful art! Your bookshelves are calling out for some Beatrix Potter children's books, your girls would love them and so would you!

Big girls!learning! So cute

I love your red dress Vica😍 your vlogs are do heartwarming. love from switzerland🇨🇭🧀⛰️🍫🐄

I made syrniki when you first showed us how to make it years ago. This inspired me to make them again, they were super tasty