Almost angels daycare: Almost Angels Child Care, Llc

Almost Angels Child Care, Llc

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Description: ALMOST ANGELS CHILD CARE, LLC is a CHILD CARE CENTER in SPRINGFIELD MO, with a maximum capacity of 38 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of BIRTH – 13 YEARS. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.

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• License Number:
  002217649
• Capacity:
  38
• Age Range:
  BIRTH – 13 YEARS
• Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program:
  No
• Current License Issue Date:
  Aug 28, 2021
• Licensor:
  ANGEL DONSON

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26 of Chelyabinsk”. “Angelic” Tournament

In our kindergarten there was a unique beauty contest – “Fairy Angel”. How many angels, marvelous and bright, settled in these couple of weeks on our three floors. It is almost impossible to say which of these creatures is better and which is worse, because they all have an unusually wonderful and angelic appearance.

The idea to hold such a competition belongs to the administration of the kindergarten. And, as it turned out, a lot of people liked it. The competition was not conceived as a New Year’s one, but now the whole atmosphere created by the angels in the kindergarten still smells like a New Year’s fairy tale.

Creations of human hands surprise with unearthly beauty. Probably because children’s clean hands were also involved in their birth. In almost all groups, both adults and children actively responded to the call to create their own family angel. Someone was so “fired up” with this idea that they brought the first crafts in a day or two after the announcement of the competition.

The competition was held in two stages: presentation – from 14.11 to 28.11.2016. and estimated – from 28.11. to 30.11.2016 Handed over creative work until November 28. Parents and children gladly supported our creative impulse and presented magnificent works in a variety of performance techniques for everyone to see. Here – and applications, and crafts made of fabric, and crocheting, and creations of their paper. In general, as the exhibition showed, the imagination of our children and their parents truly has no limits.

The main goal of the competition was to organize positive interaction between children, parents and caregivers in the course of creating an unforgettable angel. Unforgettable these angelic masterpieces, in fact, will be for all their creators – children, mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers, grandparents – all who put their efforts into creating this unearthly beauty. For a long time, these crafts will be remembered by both the audience and the jury, who faced the most difficult task – to determine the best where there are no worse ones.

Recall that the competition was held in several categories: “Angel of kindness”, “The most creative angel”, “Audience sympathy”, “Fairy tale angel” and “The most mysterious angel”.

Evaluation criteria in the angel tournament were:

• Aesthetic design;
• Originality;
• Safety, strength and quality;
• Use for making paper of various textures, fabrics of various textures, braid, lace, yarn, thread, buttons, beads, sequins, foil, etc.
• The color of the product could only be white, silver or light blue;
• The product had to have a label indicating the age group, full name of the author of the work.
• Product size has been specified from 20 cm to 40 cm.
• It was forbidden to use tin, needles, pins, broken glass and other piercing and cutting materials.

So, the results of our extraordinarily wonderful competition have finally been summed up. Those whom the jury decided to call the winners were determined. It turned out to be much more difficult than expected at first, so it was decided not to evaluate each craft separately, but the participation of the group as a whole. But the decision has been made, so we will announce it on our website.

Third place divided two groups with the same number of points –

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The second place was taken by the second junior group “Dolphin”

First place – the first junior group “Ship”

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“Angel of kindness” – Diana M. , group “Sea Turtles”

Nomination “The Most Creative Angel” – Yaroslav Z. , group “Meduzyata”

Nomination “Fairy Angel” – Polina N. , group “Volna”

9000 2 Nomination “Spectator sympathy” – Nikolai Sh. , “Seals” group

Nomination “The most mysterious angel” – Evgeniya Sh. , “Scarlet sails” group

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Anastasia Melnikova. Woman’s happiness. | Salatnik

Since dear members of the forum are very fond of the interview of the honored artist Anastasia Melnikova – I’m posting it! There are, of course, much fewer pearls here, and it is not new, but it is interesting because it was recorded just during the “ten-year amazing marriage” with Sergei Izotov. True, Anastasia denied having a husband then)))

And only she will decide whether to marry me. And while she is against it, not a single man will appear in our apartment.

Never lie to your child – this is the main principle of our relationship. I am sure that Masha is also honest with me. One evening I wanted to leave. My daughter was five years old, and she knew: her mother was either nearby or at work. That’s why she asked: – Are you on the set? — No, a handsome man was invited to a restaurant. She laid the child down, she kissed me: – Just please drive carefully. I was told that it was too early for my daughter to talk about her plans. She left and that’s it! But I do not consider it necessary to invent stories about urgent matters – I prefer to tell the truth. We made eye contact, and Masha understood: if I was invited and I agreed, then I need it. Even the daughter knows: first of all, I live in her interests. They say that by doing this I sacrifice my personal life, they condemn me for this. But I don’t hurt myself in any way. On the contrary, I get great pleasure from the fact that my whole world revolves around Mani. Today she is eighteen. How much of this inseparable, immersed in each other co-existence is left for us? On the strength of five years. Then the daughter will grow up and she will begin an independent life. If tomorrow I say: “I want to get married! I can’t wait any longer, let’s live as a big family,” Masha will agree. But I know that at this moment she will overcome herself. And I don’t want to live like this: to live and know that the child had to step over himself. Well, maybe no one wants to wait. There’s nothing you can do: that’s life.

What did you say when Masha first asked where her dad was? – She told the truth. As it was. The daughter is the only one who knows everything. Who in our history is right, who is wrong. But I can’t advise other parents to do the same. Masha took everything she heard adequately. And such parental frankness can frighten some of the children. Now everything is going well in my life. I always tried to convince my daughter that an incomplete family is by no means a disaster. Masha knows that she is surrounded by many adoring relatives. But the ideal is how it was in the family of my mom and dad. And everyone should strive for this.

Are you raising Masha in the same spirit as you? – My brothers and I were never taught how to hold a spoon and fork, how to sit, how to talk. The main thing was the education of feelings. Childhood friends confess: “We remember how a huge basket of sweets was put up in your house during the holidays. But the three of you were such well-behaved children, you never ran up to her until the guests tasted the treat. Parents gave us the main thing: the understanding that a person does not live for himself. They did not teach, they did not reprimand. They just acted in such a way that they became the best for all children in everything.

Acting is a difficult and dependent profession. But I, for one, am happy with it. And I am grateful to my parents for supporting me when I decided to enter the theater institute. Although the rest of the relatives were categorically against it and even scolded my mother and father for “connivance”, they did not take my desire seriously.

Daddy Rurik Alexandrovich died at the age of sixty-nine in one second. An absolutely healthy man suddenly fell, and his heart stopped. I am convinced that dad just handed it out to people. He was a surgical oncologist, a brilliant doctor. He has been gone for twenty-six years. Just recently, I met a woman whose husband has been living for thirty-seven years after his daddy had an operation. Mom Elena Olegovna, also an operating surgeon, a gynecologist, could make a serious scientific career. But she set priorities in such a way that the family was always in the first place. She put science aside for years. But we, the children, and our dad were constantly surrounded by attention. Mom did everything. In the mornings, she always prepared breakfast for the family, and for everyone – exactly what he loved. Dad left for work at ten in the morning. Mom started just an hour late. Their clinics were nearby in the village of Pesochny, where we have a whole cancer town. I will never forget how I once went to work with my mother: I had to pass some tests. Winter is on the street. We get into the car, dad pulls away, and only then mom exhales: “Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuus! Seems like it did.” This is about the fact that this time she miraculously redid all the household chores, fed her husband and children and is not late for work. And then mom… took out parts of her costume from her bag and started putting them on right in the car. There just wasn’t enough time in the morning! She combed her hair, tinted it already in the clinic. Our parents taught us by example. On my mother’s bedside table there were always the “Law of God” and the Bible. And we were baptized not when it became fashionable, but immediately after birth. In the USSR, the church was banned: parents’ colleagues did not know about christening. Otherwise, dad would have been fired from work with a bang. He sincerely believed in God, wore a cross. But at the same time he joined the party. And by the way, when everyone at some point renounced the party, he remained in its ranks to the end.

Did you baptize Masha? – Of course. In the church on Konyushennaya Square. My daughter always goes to communion with me. Sunday is the only day when she can sleep longer, but her daughter dedicates it to God. Often asks: “Mom, wake me up tomorrow, please. I have to go to the temple to confess.” She began reading the adult Bible at the age of seven, one chapter a day. If she didn’t understand something, she wrote to her spiritual mentor, Father Vladimir. They still communicate online. He lives far away, in the Makaryevsky Monastery, so we rarely see each other. The goddaughters are my younger brother Sasha and Svetlana Karmalita, the widow of Alexei German. Our family is united with the Germans not even by friendship, but by kinship. Uncle Lesha and I are the godparents of my niece Sasha. And many years ago, when the wonderful director Alexei German Jr. was born, my dad became his godfather. We lived in the same house, grew up together with Leshenka … I can’t survive the departure of Uncle Lesha. He was part of the family. They say that time will pass and it will become easier, there are no irreplaceable people. But dad, who has not been with us for a long time, is irreplaceable for me. Like Uncle Lesha.

I made arrangements for the burial of Alexei Yuryevich, that in the monasteries they would pray every day for the repose of his soul. Herman was an exceptional figure in the cinema world. Left school behind. He did not exist for a single day on the set without students. Most directors do not do this – they are afraid that talented young people will push them back. And Herman knew for sure: his niche would remain with him. Regardless of whether the film will lie on the shelf for twenty years or not, whether contemporaries will appreciate the picture. Aleksey Yuryevich passed on not only his soul and craft to a talented student: in the difficult nineties, he was looking for money for his debut films. Few lived like this. Alexei Balabanov and Irina Evteeva, directors recognized at world festivals, got the opportunity to make films thanks to Uncle Lesha. He found money, argued, shouted, made enemies. And in our profession, support is very important. It’s not worth talking about how big he was in the cinema. When at the Cannes Film Festival the audience did not accept the film “Khrustalev, the car!”, Leading film critics of France apologized to Alexei Yuryevich. Many of them called the film the greatest work of art. I am grateful to fate for giving me a meeting with Uncle Lesha and Aunt Sveta. And parents always treated them with warmth and tenderness. Dad married only at forty-one years old and spent his youth rather stormy. He was honest with his ladies, including married ones, he did not promise anything. But all his life he accompanied almost all the children from them. Helped everyone. There is a family legend that after the death of my grandmother, my mother was sorting through photographs and suddenly saw me … sixteen years old. Given that I was barely nine then, this girl was very similar to me – like an older sister. “I look at the photo, the last name on the back, I begin to compare the facts and I understand everything . ..” my mother said, laughing. “That’s why this girl immediately entered the university. That’s why she was visiting Rurik’s mother. Grandmother knew a lot of things, but did not reveal family secrets. And we could only guess what really happened. Parents taught me to be tolerant and kind. Regardless of whether they are blood relatives or not, other people’s children or their own. After all, even strangers may need your help. Today I am not only an actress, but also a member of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg. They come to me with their troubles. Recently, there are especially many of those who were deceived by taking away an apartment. They sit and cry: “We are homeless, we have nothing to eat,” and they immediately throw accusations against me, “and you live in mansions on the Field of Mars …” I understand that this is unfair and the person says this out of desperation. And I still cry at home. Masha asks: “Mom, give up this job, don’t go to the next term.” But it is important for me to feel that at least someone can help.

I am convinced that if a person is in need, you should not think about your own interests, but do something for him. I remember sports fans yelling under our windows for days on end. And in the evenings, when they fell silent, music began to rattle in the restaurant in the park. Neighbors have small children, a blockade survivor lives nearby. At some point, I could not stand it, I went to this restaurant: “I also love Whitney Houston and the song from the movie“ The Bodyguard ”. However, people need to rest sometimes.” I was promised that there would be no more loud music. But they deceived: an hour later, the decibels went off scale again. She called: What happened? You howl again! – It’s the owners of the restaurant walking around. Nastya, I’m sorry, there’s nothing we can do. I say to my daughter: – Man, I’m going there. It was already half past two at night, and Masha tried to protest: “I’m afraid for you.” But I explained that not everyone in our house has double-glazed windows, and without them, life under such accompaniment is unbearable. Plus, tomorrow is a work day. It was really incredibly scary to talk, but the music was turned off. I hope Masha remembered this story. Following my parents, I never dictate to my daughter how she should act. I try to be a good example for her.

Did you yourself grow up as an obedient child? – Mom allowed me a lot. Try on her shoes, try on makeup. But once I was whipped, even in kindergarten age. In the 1970s, French perfumes and cosmetics were in short supply. Mom always let me play at her dressing table, there were an incredible number of interesting drawers. Once I cooked porridge for dolls from what I found there. When my mother asked: – Where are my powder and perfume? – honestly answered: – I don’t know, – because I had no idea what the name of what I used for culinary purposes was. “Porridge” was found in the dolls’ locker, and I was torn out – for having deceived. This case is still the subject of our controversy. Mom thinks: I was aware of what I was making “lunch”, I’m sure not. Mommy always adjusted to our schedule, but if she made any decision, it was not negotiable. Once she said that we were going somewhere, it means that everyone was going. Still decides how I dress, comb my hair. In this sense, Masha is given complete freedom. There was a case, she dressed up very brightly: a blue-red-white plaid shirt, huge boots on her legs, and a light scarf around her neck. Wow! It was as if a man ran past a rope on which clothes were drying, grabbed what turned up under his arm, and put it on. Masha asked: “Mommy, how are you?” – Kitty, do you like it? This is the main thing. My daughter said that she feels fashionable and stylish. And went to school in a new outfit. She came back almost crying: – Why didn’t you warn me that I looked like a crocodile? I answered: – You wanted to leave the house as a crocodile and were completely delighted with yourself. If I told you that you look terrible, you would cry. I decided that my mother did not understand you, and would have gone to school in a disgusting mood. If you put pressure on Masha, she will obey unconditionally. But he will worry. And I don’t want the child to suffer for my fleeting convenience. For example, it would be easy and convenient for me to send her to the country for the whole summer. I know that under the supervision of her adored grandmother and other relatives, she will be well-groomed, watered and fed. She has her favorite books there, a trampoline, a swimming pool, a dog, a horse, a river, a lake. But last year, Masha did not want to stay at the dacha for the whole summer. She rushed to a friend outside the city – it’s quiet, calm and easy. There’s nothing to be done: the girl grows up.

Are you becoming wiser? In general, did the birth of a child change you? – I always say that Masha was endured and given birth by her mother – she helped so much. But with the birth of my daughter, I really gained wisdom and I felt that I needed my own decisions, I could not continue to remain infantile. I felt a certain dissonance between the life I had always led and today. I plow like a man, earn money, renovate an apartment. And for my mother, I continue to be a little girl. It’s difficult. I used to think that my mother was always right. And only closer to forty did I believe that I had the right to my own opinion. I became independent for the sake of the child. Masha must feel strength in me.

Mom didn’t accept it right away? – Still corrects something, advises. And this is very important to me. I myself often ask her opinion. We have one nature of conflicts: love for each other. I, unlike my mother, am afraid to advise others. I see, for example, that a brother makes a mistake, but I don’t stop it – this is his life. I live by the principle: do not speak if you are not asked. And in a difficult moment, fly up and turn your shoulder. And I teach Masha the same thing: “We all have the right to make mistakes. You just need to realize what you are wrong in, ask God for forgiveness and move on.

Has Masha ever had to be punished? – Fortunately, there is nothing to punish her for. I have an angel child. I even try not to raise my voice to my daughter: she is very vulnerable. It is necessary to look strictly, immediately begins to worry. Once Masha answered me sharply: stress and heavy workloads at school had an effect. For the first time, the child growled: “I don’t want to-u-u-u-u!” I got lost. She didn’t say a word, counted to ten in her head, and went into the bedroom. And she just cried there. Children just don’t act up like that, if this happens, you need to look for the reason. On reflection, I realized that the baby just drove. And then the door swings open, Manya flies in: “Mom! Darling, I’m sorry, I offended you so much!

I pray that she will get married and have children. So that everything would work out for her, like my mother, both grandmothers, great-grandmothers: for them there was only one man for whom they lived. But if Masha meets the wrong person, I won’t stop her. If they get divorced, I will console without any “I told you!” But my daughter will definitely not choose who she needs, and not just anyone. I am convinced that it is better to be alone than to endure an unworthy person next to you. Children from her class constantly come to our house. Among them are many educated intelligent boys. From families that hold the same views as ours. I believe that Manya will never go over boyfriends, guided by their financial situation. She is a sensitive spiritual child, they scold me that my daughter grows up in a special world, cannot adapt to life, but once in a creative camp she existed with all the children in the same conditions. And she was immensely happy. My daughter inherited this ability from me – I also always knew how to feel happy everywhere. I lived with the feeling: if you have money, it’s good, if you don’t, we’ll survive. And took out the sewing machine. No one suspected that I knew how to sew, they whispered: “Oh, she has a dress from Cardin.” And Masha loves needlework, she made her first stitches at the age of two. Dad’s salary was good, sometimes bad. But no one stopped bleaching linens and tablecloths. There were no washing machines yet, and we always had a full bath. To bathe the children, my mother would put the laundry in basins, “rinse” us, and return to the laundry. I have inherited a love of cleanliness. I remember how in the first year of the institute we went to the collective farm, where we lived in barracks. But I didn’t stay in the mud for a minute! Of all the guys, only I knew how to maintain order and create coziness. After collecting potatoes, I returned, quickly boiled water on the stove, washed the floors and changed into clean clothes. I wore a white tracksuit and white socks. Fundamentally! Like the napkins on the bedside stool. The rest of the classmates could live and look like piglets. Of the products we had only potatoes and stew, but I managed to invent a lot of delicious dishes. When I bought the apartment where we live today, all the furniture consisted of a plastic table with chairs. Only the bathroom, Masha’s bedroom and the library were finished, where the white piano, which her mother had presented, stood alone. I slept on the floor. Gradually they bought everything, paid off their debts. But then… my oxygen was cut off. It is impossible to forget a terrible year and a half, when everything went out of life: position, money, friends. And everything possible was done so that I was not in this profession. But this is too hard to remember, and I will not go into details. The main thing is that the family remained nearby. Father. And, of course, Mana. I honestly told her then:

– Baby, we won’t be able to go to Europe this year. We will not see new cities, we will not visit museums. Masha answered with a laugh: – What a poor, unfortunate person I am, all the holidays I will have to go to the Hermitage and the Russian Museum! And also, perhaps, they will drive you to the Menshikov Palace! When a child reacts like this, the soul becomes easy. I recently took out a mortgage and bought an apartment for Masha. When she gets married, perhaps her daughter will have a choice: if she wants to, she will stay with us, or if she doesn’t, she will move to a neighboring house. I will do everything so that the child does not need anything. And if Manya meets a boy who goes to study further until he gets on his feet, I will support him. Of course, when I see that he can become a professional in his field. I will not feed the loafer.

How does Masha go through the difficulties of adolescence? – She grows up slowly, but I’m not worried: everything is individual. I see what is being done with Manina’s peers, how they swear, smoke, taste booze, and all this is a secret from their parents. It’s not like that with us – everything is allowed for our daughter. Would you like to try champagne? Please. But only at home, at the table. Masha, by the way, took a sip, and she did not like it. Until now, he asks for a “morsik”. Now it is difficult for her, sometimes she cries at night: the head is still absolutely childish, but the body is already a woman, the body is changing. The child cannot understand what is happening. He asks: “Why don’t the boys want to be friends with me? They invite me on dates and get offended when I refuse. But I like to just chat!” The boys already have love in their heads, but it is not ready yet. I think that my girl will remain a child for a long time. I’m not a hypocrite. But what is allowed for a boy is forbidden for a girl. I myself was brought up like that and I expect the same behavior from Masha. I am far from the ideas of feminism. Recently I was invited to the conference “Women of the World”. I go on stage, I say: “Ladies, let’s stop! Protect unfortunate men! Do you understand that we completely crushed them? A single father raising three children is not even entitled to maternity capital. Is it fair? At first there was dead silence. Then I was escorted with displeasure and no longer called.

Do you talk to your daughter about “adult” topics? – She was seven years old, we went to the pharmacy together, Manya saw unfamiliar objects in the window. She asked what it was. For a minute and a half, I thought about how to answer. To compose a beautiful legend – it seems to be too early for a child to think about such things? I decided to tell the truth. How I laughed when Masha exclaimed: “Oh, that’s how it is! The boys in the class were talking, but so stupidly that I didn’t understand anything.” I crossed myself: I wish I looked good, start talking nonsense when the child has already been enlightened!

She used to be very complex about her appearance: she grew plump. We went to a nutritionist, passed the necessary tests. It turned out that both had twelve extra pounds. And we took care of ourselves together. Now we never cook potatoes for a side dish, we buy only low-fat dairy products. We don’t eat bread. And we make pancakes from oat bran. Masha takes good care of herself: she swims a lot, does gymnastics. Bought a treadmill: she works on it when she teaches lessons. The result is there. This year, on Valentine’s Day, we were almost demolished the door: all the familiar boys were in a hurry to congratulate. They gave us bouquets and toys. We joked that because of such an influx of visitors, the riot police had to be called in to restore order. Masha was happy: the attention pleased her.

Do you remember your first love? – I was two and a half years old. Grandmother took me for a walk on the embankment. Suddenly, cadets of the Military Medical Academy meet us. Sailors in uniform, one more beautiful than the other. I murmured “uncles” and froze as if rooted to the spot. Until the whole system passed, it was not possible to budge. When they were sent to kindergarten, loves went in succession. Seryozha, Vanya, Petya … And with each one seriously, each time in the confidence that we will get married. But then Lesha came to the group, I thought: “Oh, and Lesha is better!” And everything started all over again. But seriously, all my life I prayed to God not to fall in love with someone who does not need it. And fortunately for me, the strong feelings that I experienced in my youth were mutual. Has Masha already had to face disappointment in love? – Yes. I immediately noticed that something was wrong with the child. Although Manya shared her grief not immediately. I stepped back, went the other way, then, as if jokingly, started a theoretical conversation about romance. So gradually everything became clear. After Masha told, tears welled up in her eyes. And I kept saying that absolutely everyone goes through such a feeling and, unfortunately, it often fails.

During adolescence, a child goes through a difficult period. It is not for nothing that there has been a lot of talk lately about the increased suicide rate among teenagers… – It doesn’t seem to me that there are more of them than in the Soviet years. In my youth, I heard dozens of stories with a terrible ending that happened to peers. Just then this problem was hushed up, but today it is being discussed. In no case do I want to blame the parents for everything: they are faced with the most terrible grief. But a child who is doing well will never think about leaving. Perhaps his family missed something, and the teenager could not share his problems. I’m “flying” with employment. She is heavily loaded with languages, in a theater studio, a gym, a swimming pool, a music school. And my daughter rides on our horse Cinderella. There is simply no time left for any nonsense. These are all huge loads. Of course, I’m worried about my daughter. But I don’t control Masha’s communication in any way, I don’t get into correspondence. I think that reading other people’s letters is unacceptable. I don’t need to read Mani’s messages to understand that something is wrong with her. It is enough to look into the eyes, to feel the mood. If parents do not see what is happening with their child, they simply do not want it: it is more convenient. And they gave birth to a child only in order to have someone to give a glass of water in old age. I don’t need this glass! Bring – it turns out, I did everything right. But no … well, I’ll blame myself: it means I made a mistake somewhere, I’ll have to take the water myself.

How does Masha build relationships with men who are in the house? – I will never bring a boyfriend or admirer into the house, only a lawful husband. That’s how I was brought up. I bear this surname and cannot disgrace it. Sometimes friends come. Friends-actors, partners in the theater stage and cinema often come to us. At the same time, I have my own relationship with Lesha Nilov, Seryozha Selin, Seryozha Koshonin and Andrei Fedortsov, and my daughter has her own. Masha is very friendly with Selin’s wife Anya. She is very young and closer to her age. She loves Sasha Kuznetsova, the daughter of Yuri Alexandrovich, Varenka Fedortsova. The girls talk like sisters. Sometimes my colleagues and I rehearse at our home. And I know that in order for men to work well, they need to be fed. Borscht, cutlets, pies, broth are put on the table. One day I didn’t have time to cook dinner. She flew into the apartment and saw that Masha had already done everything herself. She decided to arrange a French dinner: she poured onion soup from a tureen into plates, took French meat out of the oven. And an airy dessert was also expected. The guests ate and asked for more. The next day, an Italian dinner awaited them: spaghetti carbonara and panna cotta. My daughter and I have a marvelous union: I represent the “domostroevskaya” kitchen, she is innovative. Moreover, our cookbooks differ significantly from each other. In my opinion, it’s immediately clear where the recipes for cutlets are, where the dough is: the pages are stained with minced meat, flour, eggs. The child brings a skirt rack into the kitchen, attaches an open book to it, and places it at eye level. Cooks without touching the pages with your hands. I’m spinning my cutlets while my cat makes a stuffed apple with two kinds of meat and a rice pad in almond butter. I think: “Nastya, relax with your cutlets! Maybe they are delicious, but who needs them after such a miracle? I am learning cooking from Masha, she is from me, and it’s great. The next visit of my colleagues was crowned with an English dinner with stuffed eggplants. Masha is already acting in films, she is able to hold the audience. She realized this when she performed in front of an audience of ten thousand on Teacher’s Day. Then I had an overlay: in one evening I had to attend two government events at once, which could not be refused. One started at six in the evening at the Mariinsky Theatre, the other at seven at the Ice Palace. Mani rescued me! Imagine, they announce: “Honored artist, la-la-la, Anastasia Melnikova …” My daughter comes on stage and, with all her childish spontaneity, declares: “Mom is delayed at her previous job, so for now I will lead the concert.” Ten thousand people fell silent, and Masha read touching verses: “Do not dare to offend teachers, they put their whole soul, heart into us …” The women in the hall burst into tears. I arrived when Manya was talking on stage with the teachers invited to the holiday. The producer immediately ran up: he asked to hold a concert dedicated to the Ninth of May, together with his daughter. “Sorry, it was an exclusive,” we replied. I think it’s too early for her to dive into the profession. But one way or another, Masha saves me not only at home, but also on stage. There was another case when she closed the concert when I had to run away to shoot.

Is she a fashionista? — I have always tried to instill in my daughter a love for beautiful things. When Masha was just born, everyone asked what to give. I asked for money for the christening. I remember, five hundred dollars accumulated. They advised me to buy Finnish winter overalls. But I bought mink skins with this money, from which I sewed an envelope, instead of a zipper it had buttons made of good stones. My daughter was lying in the stroller like a doll, like a little furry mammoth. When she walked with her legs, she presented the first mink coat, in which Manya walked for up to three years. Then this mink was inherited for a long time: to the children of friends and acquaintances. But the older Masha, the more modest she becomes. Sometimes they ask: what is more important for you – women’s happiness or a career? I answer that the main thing for me is my daughter. But I confess that there is a dream – a complete family.