Grego has been sick so can't go to camp today and when I asked Vadym if he still wanted to go he said "yes". When he says yes his eyes light up and he shakes his head up and down. He is such a joy. I packed his lunch while he ate breakfast (eggs and ham again, his favorite) and he got ready to go. I went through his bag and showed him his change of clothes, lunch, Thermos, and mit because today is baseball day. He seemed a little confused but never puts up a fuss.
Vadym then started rattling in Russian while doing hand gestures wildly trying to tell me a story. Finally Grego told me he was telling me about the water balloon fight yesterday at camp. I love how my 6 year old son knows and translates Russian :0). I got excited with him and clapped as I did last night when he was telling me about soccor. He was so proud of his victory in the balloon fights...too cute. Gary took him out the door and he went happily even without Grego next to him for support. He is just the best kid!
I forgot to mention yesterday that he discovered my daughter's Elmo ABC toy. Elmo sings ABCs and you can push each letter and it says it out loud. Vadym loves this and practices it over and over. We now play the game on it where is asks what letter makes that sound and I help him figure it out. He knows most of them now but still have trouble with the ones that sound the same like C and V. He watches my mouth when I say them so he can do it right. He likes to sing the song also and we do it a lot. Again he watches my mouth. I also point to each letter when we sing it so now he does that to follow along. If you are wondering, yes, this brings tears to my eyes to watch this smart little boy discover and learn with such joy and curiosity. He really wants to learn English. This has been like watching a butterfly emerge from a cocoon day by day.
When he came home from camp he ate a lot, went out to ride his bike and then came in to hang out with me. He wildly explained his day at camp and told me how he hit the baseball far and got a home run. I again clapped and got very excited for him. Big smiles. He wanted to go swimming tonight but I think we are going to pass. I explained we might not on Google Translate and we will see how Papa felt when he got home from work. He was fine with this. He layed on my bed next to me and played on my phone while I typed then grabbed the DS which he does not play often. He likes to just be next to me. I can be cooking or typing or just talking to him. He did the same thing with Serg his chaperon. He forms bonds with his caregivers.
Poor Grego is still not well so he is just chilling and Vadym is fine with that. He knows he is not well and doesn't bother him to play.
We took them to Pizza tonight and he played video games. He ate tomatoes and cucumber from my salad and of course his favorite pizza. We came home and Grego wanted to pull out the hide a bed. Vadym didn't want to watch the movie but played Angry Birds on my phone for a while and then went to bed at 9. First late night. Wow!
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