February 5th Second Update – An Epic Adoption Story
We are trying to get used to the fact that the children often do not answer with words but gestures or facial expressions. We are trying to get them to use words, but communication continues to be our biggest hurdle. We also are having issues with them hiding food in their bags, and sneaking into our closet to get the torch, aka flashlight, or makeup. The girls are the most mischievous. Lucas desires to please us more than anything, and so he is seldom found getting into things and is eager to help.
All three love to be tickled, which is good for Daddy, but bad for bedtime. 🙂 Lilli even asks for it, but she has the loudest laugh on the planet. Seriously, it is ear piercing, but the pain is worth the laughter, except at bedtime. 🙂 Mommy can be a killjoy.
The clothes we brought for the kids all seem to fit perfectly. The pink shoes we brought for the girls became brown on the first day, and will most likely remain that way. Kristi wanted me to try to clean them up, but I convinced her that this was an expectation that needed to be lowered.
When we gave them their bags, with their embroidered names on them you would have thought it was Christmas morning. Things we learned include – colored pencils and crayons are the best. Markers, not so much, because they require lids and the kids are not used to the permanence. We also learned that all of the kids should get the same in regards to crayons or pencils or we should make them community property from the beginning. Sharing is not a concept that they are very familiar with in regards to gifts. They don’t mind sharing food. In fact, the same sucker could be passed back and forth between every child multiple times. Gifts is a whole other world. They know who has what, and when coloring it is a big deal if someone takes your crayon.
Balls, Hot Wheels, sticker books, coloring books, and just plain paper are great. Anything with buttons that controls something is also a fascination. Whether it be light switches, fans, computers, DVD players, cameras, video cameras, or phones if you leave it out then you should expect it in their hands. Lucas loves wearing Daddy’s ball caps, and watch. Brushing teeth is big fun and they tend to brush really hard so we had to have a little lesson on that.
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