Tag!

Another blessed day in our adoption journey. Got a good nights sleep, did some reading and karate practice (squished) in our apartment, and went to see the kids at the orphanage in the afternoon. Warm hugs and smiles, it still amazes us how quickly they have warmed up, especially Andriy as he had not met us before. Card games, drawing and we ended up in an impromptu game of tag in the large open area in the main school building by the main office. We tried to keep it on the quiet side and used the big pillars as hiding places. It was so much fun! Lots of smiles and laughs and hugs. Nothing kids love, need and want more than simple attention and love. We don't need to be rich or famous, speak Ukranian, bring mountains of gifts etc. All it took today was running around a big room and giving some attention. As we say, Question: how to you spell love? Answer: Time. Plans are set to pick them up tomorrow and go our for pizza and spend more time together.

Afterwards, we returned to our apartment and then hiked over to a pizza joint we saw the other day a few blocks from here. Lots of good food, the manager was super nice and spoke pretty good english, and was super nice. The movie theatre is next door and showing Hunger Games. Our girls saw the movie before we left the states, but we think we have to go see it just to see what it would be like in Ukranian. We are so far very much enjoying our adventure and spread our wings a bit more each day. Stopped by a small market on the way home to pick up some dried meat and bread, it was so weird as I remember this store and the person who helped us from a dream a few months back. Still thrilled at how good the food is and how nice the people are :)