Vadym again got up early and went up to Serg’s room and they were all playing ball outside when I got up. Giuliana is in love with Vadym and Serg. She is always trying to take them by the hand to go play in her room.
Today the Chaperon Serg is leaving to the Keegan's house and then down to San Diego for the rest of the trip. He is such a great guy. We really enjoyed him. I made sure he prepared Vadym for his leaving. I took Vadym shopping at the grocery store with Grego and Giuliana. It was fine until my mom showed up and it turned into mass chaos. She took them to find toys and when they came back they each had a balloon and Giuliana was not about to stay with us. I told my mom she now had to stay to get me through the store. Vadym would run after Giuliana when she would take off. You can tell he is use to small kids. I pulled the photo of him with his siblings up on my phone and pulled him aside at the checkout. I showed him the photo and asked him if it was his brother and sister. He lit up like a Roman candle. I then told him to pick out something for them and his eyes got really big and he was so happy. He picked a Frisbee for his 4 year old brother and when he could not find something for his older sister I told him we would go to another store. He showed me he wanted to get her a necklace. I told him ok. This make him soo soo happy.
He did shut down twice today. Once when the neighbor girl came over to play. He got really upset and wanted nothing to do with her. Second when my friend showed up with her kids to go swimming. Lots of tears.
We came home and picked up Serg and I took Vadym with me to drop him off. We did have tears on the way home and he went outside to hide his soft sobs. I went out and told him we were going swimming and that made him happy. He does not like to cry in front of people. He is such a brave little guy.
I took them swimming at Noni’s in the afternoon with my friend and her kids. Vadym was squealing like a little piglet. Way too cute. He can’t swim but I had the arm floaters on him. He jumped off the diving board when Gary got there to help him. I played catch with him for a long time. I had to teach him to throw overhand and he would try to catch with his fingers laced together and palms up. Just priceless moments. He also learned to say “good catch” and we had to say it each time or he would look at me and wait to hear it before he would throw it back.
When we got home he had a snack and fell asleep on the couch. First night with no tears. Jackpot! I got up once and he looked at me and fell back asleep. BREAKTHROUGH!
BTW, Vadym just turned 8 years old. We really love this kid. He is so gentle and kind. Also very helpful and tidy. Can't say enough about him.
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