Bonding Rooms, etc.

The boys (and Mama and Papa) were getting a little bored with the original bonding room. It has several car toys, some balls, and some noise making toys. And we introduced the two little plastic dump trucks (they don't hurt as much when brothers wack each other with them :)) and some bubbles. The boys flipped over the bubbles! It was SO cute! Oh, yeah, so anyway, we asked if we could take the boys to the "gym" for some play time. Last night was our first time in there. It was so great! There are more physical toys to play with. Slides, mats, bowling pins, swings and stuff like that. Plus the room is larger and fully carpeted so the boys can run around more. We were also alone with the boys in that room and got to see them interact in a whole new way. Andre is very compassionate and will bring a toy to a crying child to try to sooth him/her. Gregory is more rambunctious and likes to be carried around and "wrestle". Andre spoke a lot more in the gym with just his brother and us around. Andre seems to like the smaller group. We'll be in the old bonding room during the morning visits and the gym in the evenings.

Can't believe it's been a week since we left IL! Well, actually, in some ways it seems shorter and in others it seems longer. Did we talk about lunches yet? Our coordinator has brought us to several good restaurants. We had paninis the first day, kabobs the second, and Chinese the third. All was good. And very different from the states. My fav so far was the Chinese, but my stomach might have other opinions :) We've also had good baklava and some cakes/sweets from a bakery last night.

Ken