I'm The Ice Cream Man...

It was an absolutely georgeous day here in Zhytomr today, probably around 70 degrees farenheit and sunny, first day with no coat or even a fleece!  Good night sleep, took care of some administrivia.  We went to one of our faves for lunch, had some stuffed chicken thingy with rice which was good (as always).  Went out to the orphanage to hang out with the kids, with the weather being much better now we usually are outside for the whole visit at the soccer pitch and playground.  We are seeing a lot more other kids coming outside nowadays with the weather improving, so have been able to meet a lot more kids.  Being "the Americans" we draw a lot of interest, and the kids are eager to try out their english.  LOL, me too, as I'm getting used to just using Ukranian (at least what I've got to use....).  Some kids just run up and give us hugs now, it's so sweet.  Others we recognize from other days we've come, they love it when we remember their names, and laugh at our efforts to speak in Ukranian (if you spoke Ukranian, you'd understand, we're pretty funny....).  Letting my back rest so skipped soccer which is good, some of the older boys were out today and when they shoot on goal, it's like the ball is being fired from a cannon.  Amazing.  Walked over to the small market nearby the orphanage for ice cream, they have these cones with awesome toppings, fruit filling and chocolate at the bottom of the cone that are just fantastic.  8 of 10 days down on the waiting period so we're just about done with the adoption.  It may not be until next Thursday to get the official docs from the court as next week is a holiday here in Ukraine, so we're checking flights back on May 9th to give us the time we need to get all their papers in order to travel.  In the meantime we'll just keep chugging along and spending time with Kayleigh and Michael until we can make the final trip to the orphanage and take them for forever :)