Day 3 of 10

Today was an afternoon visit so we slept in late and enjoyed a leisurely breakfast. Afterwards we did some computer work and then went for a short walk, then it was time for our visit. We had a very good visit today. There were two other couples there when we arrived but they left after about 30 minutes. They will be leaving for their home back in the U.S. now so they won’t be there tomorrow. After they left, “Brother” perked up and started to show his bubbly side again.

The high point of my visit was a little cloth that he almost immediately started looking for once he came into our room. That’s what the photo is above. We’re quite certain his caretakers have started explaining to him that he will soon be going for an airplane ride. He kept that cloth either in his hand or within reach almost our whole visit. It was precious. At one point he blew his nose in it - it was quite funny. And, at another point he actually spit on the cloth and was using it to wipe up the table and a mirror in the room. I wonder where he gets that from? Gee, I sure am glad we have to wear our sanitary booties and facemasks.

For some reason “Brother” didn’t like the pants he had on today. On two occasions he had as much of a meltdown as we’ve seen as he fiercely tried to pull off his pants. Patti and I had quite the time getting them back on. One of his caretakers was in the room and used a common method of dealing with this…candy. We’ve heard this is a common way to deal with unruly children in Russia.

We went for a walk in the neighborhood, and saw some dogs sitting out in the sun. We just had to take a picture of them.

Tomorrow we may get an opportunity to take “Brother” out of the orphanage to get his photo for his passport. We’re hopeful for that opportunity.