Day 10 of visitation is now complete. Somehow making it to the double digits seems like progress! We had an invitation to come to the baby house this morning to visit Dr. Rimma and show off pictures of Noah. It turned into a two-hour party complete with champagne toasts, tea and my favorite local cookies. Keith got lots of hugs and kisses from her. And I got my fair share as well. She loved seeing how happy Noah is and how much he has grown. We were allowed to go upstairs and visit the babies and see the caretakers. The caretakers knew us right away and had to see pictures of Alisher. Dr. Rimma took us to see the music room where we spent most of our visitation time with Noah. It now has a model yurt, a stage with flowing pink curtains, and new festive curtains on the windows. The piano is gone, but the boombox remains. John, the red chairs are all gone. Do you suppose someone could have been too rough on them!
It turned rainy in the afternoon so we had an indoor visit with the children. Zarina came in first and enjoyed a few minutes of lap time alone with Mama. We worked a jigsaw puzzle and watched a slide show of our recent photos put to music. The children do love watching themselves. Valentina was back with us today and the girls were very happy with that. They are not as comfortable with the guy translator. The snack of the day was a box of Twixels, which are really skinny Twix bars. We were just getting into a game of Uno when the caretaker came back for the children. Some days the time really flies. Rinat reminded us before we left that he surely did like those doughnuts yesterday. I think that is as close as he has gotten to actually asking us for something. Maybe we can find some more tomorrow morning. This place could use a Krispy Kreme!
The red chairs are all gone from the music room at the baby house?! Do you think the fact that Noah used to raise them over his head and yell "whoopass!" had anything to do with it? I hope you gave our regards to Dr. Rimma, the caretakers, and of course Accordion Lady!
ReplyDeleteDon't forget to tell the New Thompsons that the first Krispy Creme in California was opened in our neighborhood (the line waiting for doughnuts was down the block for a month!). So we've got that going for us. I'll add that to the list of places you'll be taking the kids (yours AND ours) when you visit!
ReplyDeleteIt is Saturday morning in sunny ole VA, and a trip down to the KK on good ole Broad Street is, sadly, not in the cards today. Though it would get everyone energized....
ReplyDeleteChecking the computer for new stories after dinner is fast becoming an evening ritual for the girls....are you going to keep this up when you get home? You know, adventures from the day, pictures of dogs to make Abby scream....
The pigs were a favorite this week, and you've been asked to bring them back to Buckwoods. Please.