Walk to the Playground

Just adding a lunch time update today as we got the camera back. The Ymit group took a walk today to a playground for the neighboring apartments. The kids got so excited when we got close they started to run! We assisted with the top of the slide and pushing the swings. We played with toys and danced to a video when we got back until lunch time. Many of the kids feel comfortable with us now and climb on our laps when we sit down. Sometimes Danny gets jealous but he is usually willing to share us for a few minutes. I'll post some pics from yesterday at the park and today. More this evening, Jacqueline

Sunny Saturday

It is hard to remember that it is the weekend. Our routine is pretty much the same daily. We get up by alarm to make coffee and call Collin before he heads out for the day. We also chatted online with Jennifer and Collin this morning. That was a little more successful as he was being very silly and just making bird noises on the phone. I think that bird noises mean he is happy, instead of saying Mommy come home now! over and over. I can hardly type that without crying!

On a happy note, Danny seems to be understanding the routine too and is not trying to stay away from his group so much. He didn't cry too much when it was time to go back for lunch today. We took a walk with all of the kids and then played on the playground. We met 2 families adopting infants in the courtyard today, both from Kazakhstan, one from Almaty. Very cute babies. It is nice to see new families being made.

Ed played guitar with a man from Kazakhstan last night. I think he had a great time. He likes to make friends wherever we go. I have enjoyed a little down time to read. I think that I have read more this week than in the past 2 years! More pics from the last 2 days to follow. Jacqueline