Quick Note

Yesterday Alayna was excited to see us and played hard both sessions. We went outside in the morning to let the kids run around. Alayna ran around at least. Nate fell asleep in his momma's arms for a hour. Nate has started crying when we first see him in the afternoon. He only cries about 2 minutes if he's held. At the same time he's becoming more interactive and playful with us. One big problem we've seen is since there is no one-on-one child care, these kids are often bribed with things like candy. When Nate was crying, the caregiver came into our little room and gave Nate a piece of candy to stop him from crying. Great for the teeth. I can't wait to get them home to let them splash around in the tub and enjoy being a kid. Schedules are nice but theirs is to extreme. We finally got cool weather here, in the 70's. The orphanage feels that it is to cool and here comes the heat. They do things very differently here. If a child has a fever they bundle them up in clothes and blankets; we strip them almost naked and try to cool them off. Poor kids. Only 2 weeks left for us here and 5 weeks left for Nate and Alayna in the orphanage.