Day 6 of 10

On Saturday, on the way to the Flea Market, we took some pictures with Pushkin and his woman. I was trying to do my facial expression like hers but all you can see is my puffy red nose and cheeks. I think that was the coldest day so far, with the wind making it feel especially cold. At this point the weather has warmed up a lot. The ground is basically slushy mud, great for shoes... (not).
We went to see Jack again this morning and because there was music class going on the the room we normally play with him, they told us to take him outside for 30 minutes. We waited in the lobby for him. He was walked in with all his outerwear gear on. He saw us and started running the other direction. I really think he just doesn't like going outside, at least not with us. We went out to the playground and he just stood around and walked a little. Towards the end of our outdoors experience his 3 fingers found his mouth and he started to doze off a little. We went inside and took off his warm clothes and he was happy again. He was definitely a little more focused today, playing with the toys in the room and sneaking a cheerio from us every once in a while.

By the way, the other family's child wasn't actually at our orphanage so we didn't have to share a room with them.

We were able to feed Jack lunch again today. He didn't want to finish all of it though. At first I thought it might be because of the Cheerios we'd been giving him but I think it was because of the teacup of thin applesauce he drank about 30 minutes before they brought in his lunch. After lunch we said pa-Ka and he waved his hands goodbye (without looking our direction). It was a good visit.

We got back to the hotel and met up with Josh and Julie for lunch. They just left to go for their first visit with their little boy this trip. Tomorrow is court for them so please pray for them! Their orphanage is about an hour away so it's a bit of a trek each day for them.

Until next time....