It’s been a busy couple of days here on the far side of the world. Finally the sun came out yesterday and all the snow is gone today. We took advantage of the beautiful weather Sunday and ventured out of the downtown area, which turned out to be the only town area and quite a bit smaller than we anticipated. We found ourselves trekking through gorgeous pine, birch and maple forests to end up on the shore of some unpronounceable lake. Surrounded by mountains on the far side it was a breath of fresh air after being in the inner city.
Today we had more breakthroughs with Daniel, as we seem to do each day. He is feeling much better after a bout of the sniffles and way less cranky. He let Mom put on his diaper with no fuss (much nicer than having your pants yanked down around your ankles amidst torrents of loud Russian, then he decided it was Ok to sit on Dad’s lap instead of my having to hold him while standing upright. (My back thanks him!) He used to grab onto something that you had to pry from him after bonding time was done, but now he hands it to mom or dad like it’s no big deal.
After the morning bonding time we took off in another direction and found ourselves amidst free range horses and a camel (in the suburbs). What you see in the background is downtown Sucinsk. We have our eyes on a mountain or two around here to climb-it seems to be a typical activity for us this time of year (two years ago in the Tetons, and last spring in the Smokey Mountains). Who knew we’d be climbing in May halfway around the world this time around!
We started this afternoon’s bonding time getting Daniel ready for hiking with us in the future by getting him outside in a stroller. It didn’t seem to matter who was driving or any speed bumps along the way, he really seemed to enjoy the fresh air (as did we).
We finished the afternoon with a visit to the orphanage playground. Daniel went straight for the swings and started to swing without help from us (kind of sad, really). These orphanage kids learn to do for themselves-it’s our job to re-teach them to depend on parents first.
We’re looking forward to tomorrow’s outing to buy new shoes!
Today we had more breakthroughs with Daniel, as we seem to do each day. He is feeling much better after a bout of the sniffles and way less cranky. He let Mom put on his diaper with no fuss (much nicer than having your pants yanked down around your ankles amidst torrents of loud Russian, then he decided it was Ok to sit on Dad’s lap instead of my having to hold him while standing upright. (My back thanks him!) He used to grab onto something that you had to pry from him after bonding time was done, but now he hands it to mom or dad like it’s no big deal.
After the morning bonding time we took off in another direction and found ourselves amidst free range horses and a camel (in the suburbs). What you see in the background is downtown Sucinsk. We have our eyes on a mountain or two around here to climb-it seems to be a typical activity for us this time of year (two years ago in the Tetons, and last spring in the Smokey Mountains). Who knew we’d be climbing in May halfway around the world this time around!
We started this afternoon’s bonding time getting Daniel ready for hiking with us in the future by getting him outside in a stroller. It didn’t seem to matter who was driving or any speed bumps along the way, he really seemed to enjoy the fresh air (as did we).
We finished the afternoon with a visit to the orphanage playground. Daniel went straight for the swings and started to swing without help from us (kind of sad, really). These orphanage kids learn to do for themselves-it’s our job to re-teach them to depend on parents first.We’re looking forward to tomorrow’s outing to buy new shoes!
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