Hi Cheryl, the ladies in the picture are Maxim and Sasha’s groupa leaders (teacher/ Mama).
We got to sleep in today! The children slept in until 8:00. We all needed it. Today is circus day. George came about 11:00 to walk with us to the circus. Sasha wanted toys the venders were selling and Maxim wanted us to find juice. It is a very long walk and it was very nice here today. We were all hot and ready for a rest and juice. The circus is inside and it was very crowded. I am always worried about getting separated from the children. We had to check our coats before we could go in, push in through the lines and then out again. The circus was really good. The building was a big dome room almost like a circus tent. We all set around a center stage. The children seemed to really enjoy it. There was a strong man, dancers, clowns, rope/ high wire acts, trapeze (sort of), baby bear, snakes, dog tricks, baby alligators and more. They even had a harness rigged up so the children could be raised to the height of the trapeze platform. They had choreographed water with lights, pyrotechnics and a fog machine. It was really great. Sasha saw children in front of us with popcorn and wanted some. Shawn and I had just asked if the children had ever had popcorn, I guess that answered our question. During the intermission we got everyone popcorn. There were so many things for sale Sasha could not stand it. Balloons (her favorite), pictures with the dogs, She has a hard time hearing no but did very well, not so much pouting today. On the way out we got her a humming bird that lights up, the boys did not want anything.
It was a beautiful walk home. I am really enjoying the nice weather. We had eggs and sausage for lunch. George stayed for a while so we had him go through a list of things with Sash to see if there was anything she likes to eat. It was a very long list. No eggs, no meat, no cereal, no cheese, no yogurt…. We were just about to give up when George asked about an omelet. It worked! So we made an omelet out of eggs with meat and cheese and she ate about half. Go figure, we are just glad to see here eat. They have been so much better about what they eat and understanding that snacks are for snacks not dinner. They did not ask for any chocolate or their chocolate cereal at all today.
Ray and Shawn worked on learning more words today. They went through more flash cards. Ray really wants to learn. He worked on some word searches in the afternoon and his alphabet with Sasha and I latter in the evening. His is picking up on more things every day. All of the children are surprising us with words that they know.
There was a huge wrestling match in the living room today, it was just like WWE. Ray wanted to wrestle so the match was on but Sasha felt that she needed to help Ray so she would sneak in and tickle Shawn or poke him. That would give Ray the chance to wiggle out of the hold. After all the noise Maxim had to see what was happening so he joined in. He felt safer with a little distance between him and the big boys. Ray would not give up until Shawn was pinned. They both were ready for a nap when they were done. It was very fun to watch.
Before bed tonight we snuggled up in bed and watched movies on the computer. The children have a hard time sitting still but really enjoy the time together. Maxim lay against Shawn and barley moved for the whole movie (that never happens). Sasha and Ray would stay with us and then go and lay in their beds and then would come back to use. Bedtime was easy tonight. Everyone just got in bed and said good night with hugs and kisses for us. I am so glad; it is hard to leave them alone when they are upset/ wired.
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