With the morning off and the sun finally shining through the clouds, the temperature rose to a Florida like day of 9C, we ventured off exploring Kremenchuk.
Our first stop would be the local market that was close to the first apartment that we stayed in when we arrived here. It wasn't as large as what we found in Liev, but it provided us with some items we needed to bring Karyna home to Canada.
We then visited the small bread kiosk to load up on some fresh buns before heading back home. This is when we made a wrong turn and ended up minutes away from the baby house. To our surprise, Nathan did not complain the whole trip so if the weather is nice again tomorrow, we will attempt to walk to the baby house. Nathan did have another episode with his glasses. As we were walking home, the lens in his glasses popped out. Nathan reacted quickly enought to catch it and let us know before we lost any other critical parts.
Back at the house, Nathan finally returned to doing some school work as I caught up with emails. It wasn't long before we had to leave for our 4pm visit.
Karyna was very excited to see us this afternoon. She ran as quickly as she could away from the caregivers to us - at least that is what she wanted to do. She still needs assistance walking as she is unstable on her own.
I found out very quickly in the playroom that she doesn't like to be surprised by new objects when I pulled out my video camera for the first time. The minute she saw I was recording her, she began to cry and looked for comfort from Martha. I will try again another day.
During this play session, we had her saying bye, bye and momma. Her please is getting better but still no muttering of the word or any sign of saying thank you. She just waits for her piece of banana, cookie, or bread and then quickly puts it into her mouth. She was giving things a little easier today but still not sharing to the disappointment of Nathan. If she has a toy, there is no way she will share with Nathan and if Nathan tries to pull it away, then she either cries or lets out a shriek which we assume is her way of saying NO.
When it was time to go, Karyna refused to go back to her group for the first time. We had expected this to happen at some point, and were very pleased to see it. She actually turned away and walked in the other direction as we approached the group room. It did not take much to convince her to go back as it was dinner time. We said our bye byes and exchanged some blown kisses.
Here are some photos of the baby house grounds and the room we play in with Karyna.
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