Day 5: Brotherhood begins!
This morning we were finally able to bring the boys together for the whole visit. Lonya, however, isn't sure about all of this, especially the part about sharing Mom. He's told us that he's jealous when Mom holds "little brother." Suddenly his crayon marks get heavy and vigorous or he quickly stands by Mom's side, reaching up to hold her hand. Nope, he's not letting her go to some interloper! Sergey is fascinated by the brilliance of his brother and is able to spend many minutes watching intently. Both boys really liked the new game, Stack Three Blocks then Knock Them Down. Lonya can stack many more blocks carefully but Sergey reaches out to knock them out anyway, so what's the use?
We had lunch with our new friends from TN and IN, Anita and Joyce. Anita is adopting a 2 1/2 year old boy, also named Sergey, while Grandma Joyce provides moral support. They're a delightful English-speaking break. Though Sue did manage a perfectly good note in Russian to our driver who actually understood. He then transferred our note to the interpreter who quickly corrected the accent mark and told us that she's never had American clients like us. We weren't sure whether that was a compliment, but she does keep accusing Candace of being a spy! It's a long story. . .
In the afternoon visit, we see how much the boys are coming around. Both will now smile spontaneously which wasn't the case even two days ago. Sergey can be quickly talked out of his temper tantrums with a calm voice or teasing. He loves to be to be bounced and tossed around. The more air the better! And Lonya had a shoulder ride around the room with Candace. To us, that's a huge leap since he's quite timid and doesn't yet like to be picked up.
Tonight we were off to the grocery store again. This time nobody stared at us and several people went on and on and on in Russian before they understood that we were saying, "ya, nye penemaiu" (I don't understand). Could it be that we could pass for Russian/Kazakh now? Naaaah...
We hope that you enjoy today's pics of two smiling, energetic boys. Oh, did we forget to say energetic?!
posted by Candace | 9:19 AM
2 Comments:
Oh the boys are just darling! It sounds like you're having the time of your lives. I look forwarding to reading your journal everyday and can't wait to see more pictures! Sending hugs to you all from Ellensburg!!
Every time you send pictures it adds reality to the fact that you really ARE a Mom now -- Wow!!! What beautiful smiles this time. They really look like they could be blood brothers -- don't you think? I can only imagine the joy you must be feeling right now.
I'm anxious to hear about Candace the Spy :-) That's got to be a good story :-) Did you take your trench coat with you or something?? :-) I told you to leave that home --- but do you ever listen to your friends?? Noooooooooo!!! :-)
By the way, we (Heather and Sage) were asked to play for the Allied Arts Center again this Sunday. I told them we couldn't of course, but suggested Allison play harp. They were all for that and Allison said she would do it. Unfortunately they didn't get around to asking us until Monday. I thought that was too short notice for Betty, Allison and I to rearrange pieces -- so I suggested Allison as a solo player.
Thanks for writing every day, it's very fun reading. Nancy
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