Missing Home

We are feeling a bit homesick today but still enjoyed our time with Darina. We are growing tired of being at the baby house all day, not being able to speak the language, and of course, not having our family and friends around us. We are anxious to get home with her and finally introduce her to everyone. If anyone has some fun ideas of things we could be doing with a three year old in the same room all day, please let us know! Here are some pictures from today.

First Visit:

We are not sure what was going on when we walked up to Darina's group this morning but there was a room full of very unhappy kidos. I think they were getting sponge baths. Since our first visit is pretty short, we just relaxed, let the tears dry, and watched some Baby Genius DVDs.

Oh, and we did some drawing too :-)

Second Visit:

Yes, we did go outside without our huge coat today!


Cute



Another group of kids came out to play while we were outside. Darina was a little overwhelmed but she had fun!

Non-Baby Related Pictures:

In the Spring they paint the bottom of the trees white to protect them from bugs.

This is the oldest building in Pavlodar. Isn't it beautiful?! It is now an art museum.


Who would have thought they'd have Mexican food in Kazakhstan. Not only do they have some Mexican food, but it's delicious! This is a plate of Fajitas...yummy!