Ana came out and then went right back in to tell Vanya and Michale DelGrosso that we were here. Soon they joined us on the playground. We took some pictures and did some catching up. Then we were bombarded with a bunch of kids. It was so much fun spending that time with Ana and all of her friends. I know that it will be really hard to leave with Ana and know that all those other kids are hoping for the same outcome for themselves! There are so many sweet, loving kids looking for families. If you are at all interested in adoption, let us know. We can tell you about some of the kids and refer you to the best agency and facilitators around!
We played Uno with a whole group of kiddos, played soccer, took pictures and talked the best we could with all the kids. Some of them have siblings at the home - one sweet girl has 4 sisters! I felt really sad for her knowing that it would take someone with a huge heart, house and wallet to adopt those 5 girls! Ana was so excited to introduce us to everyone and I think she took over 50 pictures with my iphone! We gave her some of the bracelets we were selling and she couldn't wait to hand them out to her friends and show them her name on them!
Jim fixed Michale's computer and she and the kids woke Freddy up around 4:30am! He looked a little shocked on the computer waking up to a phone call with all of the kids staring at him!
We have decided the weekend visits must be the best! It seemed so much less structured and the kids all wanted to interact and did not seem like they were afraid that they would get in trouble for it today!
When the visit was over, we told Ana 3:00 tomorrow - after school. Then, we decided to try the hike back to the apartment building. We stopped at a playground, saw lots of dogs, and took in the sights. It took us about 45 minutes.
We came inside, gave the boys their 2nd shower of the day (everything here is dusty, sandy, dirty - after they are done playing they are digustingly dirty!) and started a late Sunday lunch. We used the leftover chicken from last night, added carrots, mushrooms, fresh herbs from the market and perogies! It was so good! I think I am finally getting used to cooking in this kitchen (especially when we can only use the stove top - Kostyia will show us how to work the oven when he comes back this week). By this time it was after 4. We were planning on surprisng Ana with a second visit today but realized that we were all tired and needed some down time. The kids watched a movie while Jim and I got caught up on the computer and skyped.
Soon, it was time to make another trip to the market - this time to buy another soccer ball. The other one was pretty much destroyed in the past 3 days. We left it at the orphanage so the boys could use what was left of it. We walked to a store with new toys that we found the other day but just as we walked in, the man kicked us and everyone else out. They were closing :(. On the way back towards the apartment and to the used toy store we went to for the first ball, we found an amazing bakery. We stood there forever trying to figure out what we actually wanted. We finally made our choices but I am sure that we will be back there tomorrow! Everything that we brought home was wonderful!
We tried to check on the orphan puppies on our way back but this time the mom was there and not too happy about everyone trying to see her puppies so we kept walking. Back at the playground some familiar boys and some new boys were waiting to play with the new ball! The boys had a great time breaking in the new ball and were filthy again!
3rd shower! Ready for bed, desserts, tried to skype with my parents (no luck - something is wrong with their microphone), and, right now, the movie - Cheaper by the Dozen - offering us some great laughs!
It was such a great day all around - time with Ana, time with her friends and Michale, and time together in the apartment. There is a part of me that is enjoying this time with no real outside reponsibilities besides spending time with Ana and taking care of my family - no meetings, no work, no practices. But I have to say that I think we are all starting to miss home a little. We love to have comments on facebook, emails and skyping! It keeps us going more than any of you realize! Thank you for being such great supporters of our family!
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