March 10, 2005
Today followed our normal routine. In the morning, Russ teaches Brooke and Paige while I dial in for work. At noon, Sara stopped by to pick up the remaining items for the Interlink group. She also took Russ over to the Gasovik so we could find it this evening when we meet Jim & Anne for dinner.
Sergei was here at 2pm and we were off to the orphanage. Julia was waiting in her family room and Vasya came in soon after we arrived. We played dominoes and showed Vasya our John Fielder book on Colorado. It did not seem as if they had played dominoes before, but both figured it out really quickly. We brought some games that don’t require language (tiddlywinks, dominoes and checkers) and they have been fun things to do together.
We asked them both many questions, favorite foods, what they wanted to do in America, how they will like having a sabaka (dog). Julia’s favorite food is sweets, Vasya’s is plov (rice dish), both have no idea what they’d like to do in America, but Vasya would like to see a dolphin. They both love the idea of having a dog (so Zoe gets 2 more adoring fans!!)
Vasya asked if Colorado gets snow and when we said yes, he said good, he could throw a snowball at Julia. We warned him that Julia will have 2 sisters to help gang up on him and he said he’d take Papa and Mamma and the dog so it would be even. He also said it was his dream to go to America (he’s actually had dreams of going to the US) and was smiling ear to ear. He’s not sure he’ll enjoy the airplane but he’s looking forward to traveling to the US. He enjoyed the postcards of the Denver skyline that we brought along.
At the end of our visit, we gave both of them the portable CD players and Rush Into English CDs. You would’ve thought we‘d handed them each a bar of solid gold. Their eyes were huge and they immediately started listening and repeating English after the speaker. Wonder how they’ll react to the gameboys?? In spite of the copious amount of luggage that we brought, (sorry Craig!) we keep wishing we’d brought more of particular things to leave with the caregivers and teachers for the other kids, especially materials for teaching English. Any side-by-side translation tools (dictionaries, Russian Child Talk, Rush in to English, etc.) are highly regarded items.
We had a wonderful time with Jim and Anne and ate a delicious meal at the Georgian restaurant. Anne showed us around the square so now we know our way to several shops and more restaurants.
We can finally stay awake past 8pm so we’re adjusting to the local time. It’s also nice not to be wide-awake at 3am. The rooster is still an issue, but we’re working through that!
Sergei was here at 2pm and we were off to the orphanage. Julia was waiting in her family room and Vasya came in soon after we arrived. We played dominoes and showed Vasya our John Fielder book on Colorado. It did not seem as if they had played dominoes before, but both figured it out really quickly. We brought some games that don’t require language (tiddlywinks, dominoes and checkers) and they have been fun things to do together.
We asked them both many questions, favorite foods, what they wanted to do in America, how they will like having a sabaka (dog). Julia’s favorite food is sweets, Vasya’s is plov (rice dish), both have no idea what they’d like to do in America, but Vasya would like to see a dolphin. They both love the idea of having a dog (so Zoe gets 2 more adoring fans!!)
Vasya asked if Colorado gets snow and when we said yes, he said good, he could throw a snowball at Julia. We warned him that Julia will have 2 sisters to help gang up on him and he said he’d take Papa and Mamma and the dog so it would be even. He also said it was his dream to go to America (he’s actually had dreams of going to the US) and was smiling ear to ear. He’s not sure he’ll enjoy the airplane but he’s looking forward to traveling to the US. He enjoyed the postcards of the Denver skyline that we brought along.
At the end of our visit, we gave both of them the portable CD players and Rush Into English CDs. You would’ve thought we‘d handed them each a bar of solid gold. Their eyes were huge and they immediately started listening and repeating English after the speaker. Wonder how they’ll react to the gameboys?? In spite of the copious amount of luggage that we brought, (sorry Craig!) we keep wishing we’d brought more of particular things to leave with the caregivers and teachers for the other kids, especially materials for teaching English. Any side-by-side translation tools (dictionaries, Russian Child Talk, Rush in to English, etc.) are highly regarded items.
We had a wonderful time with Jim and Anne and ate a delicious meal at the Georgian restaurant. Anne showed us around the square so now we know our way to several shops and more restaurants.
We can finally stay awake past 8pm so we’re adjusting to the local time. It’s also nice not to be wide-awake at 3am. The rooster is still an issue, but we’re working through that!
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