On the 12th Day of Bonding...

Today we met D at his house getting ready to play outside with his friend; the only 2 boys not in school today. Both he and his friend were wearing the sun glasses we gave out yesterday; way to share! This is round #2 for the sun glasses; a whole day without breaking! He wanted to go play in the library again, probably to get out of the heat. We can’t believe how hot it has gotten here already; thank goodness they finally turned off the heat in the apartments! Unfortunately we packed for Antarctica, but we make due where we can. We brought a new art set today including crayons, markers, paint, pencils, etc., all packed up in a little briefcase he can carry around. His favorite part of the whole kit was the pencil sharpener! He had to re-sharpen every pencil in the kit and then sharpen the opposite end so you could write with either side. It’s funny the things we think he’ll like only last 5 minutes and the trivial things entertain for hours! After the kit was snack time; apple juice and a toy water gun filled with jelly beans. Every time we bring him a drink, he’ll shake it near the end to see how much is left. If just a little bit is left, he’ll want us to cut off the top to make sure he gets every drop! We’ve been working on his counting in English and some mannerisms like Please and Thank You. He’s getting really good at counting and will even anticipate and count by himself! He’s learning so quickly. After snack time, we filled up the water gun and went outside to “water” the trees. The gun wasn’t well made, so he just opened the cap and watered all the newly planted trees from Saturday. Once it was time to say good-bye again this afternoon, we were told we may have the opportunity to take D to the bazaar tomorrow to go shopping! I hope we get to go, that will be very exciting to get him out of his element and let him pick out some things he likes!!

As far as our paperwork goes, we are still looking to find a solution to our home study update. We just recently learned that we need the paperwork changes to apply for a court date, not just by the court date! We’re still working with a couple independents and our former agency to come to an agreement; we’ll keep you posted.

P.S. – Sorry for the typo in the link to Lonely Toys!! Here is the correct link: http://lonelytoys.blogspot.com