Day 2 with Dasha

We spent day 2 today with Dasha Katerina Green today!  It was an amazing day.  When we first made it to the orphanage, the children were sitting at their little tables eating breakfast.  I didn't see what they were eating, except I did see hot dogs.  About 1/2 of the kids were holding their bare hot dogs with their hands and wiggling them.  It was pretty funny to see 10 or so little ones shaking hot dogs in the air.

Just seconds after we showed up, peeking through the door, Dasha's friends pointed us out.  She looked over and just gave us the biggest smile that I have ever seen.  She waved to us excitedly.  When she finished her meal, she ran out to see us. 

We took her outside to play, or actually she took us outside.  She changed her clothes and put on her outside shoes.  Then she grabbed each of our hands and showed us the way.  Good thing because we weren't sure how to get outside!  There's a couple staircases and a few hallways.  We have gone in a different way everytime, so it's not as straightforward as it may seem (unless you are 6 years old, I guess).

We went out and sat on a park bench in the playground.  She looked at our photo album again, and we took more pictures.   She remembered who we were, and both Babushkas and Dadushkas (Grandma and Grandpa).   There is this little dog that always seems to be around, Dasha saw her and went for her.  Really friendly little dog.  He seems to love attention, and Dasha loves giving it to her. 

Dasha then took us over to the playground to show off a bit.  She is a little daredevil.  She likes to climb on about everything.  She climbed up on the back of the park bench and jumped off the back before we knew what she was doing.  She attempted a couple more times, but we were on to her game by then.  A bit later, the other children came outside to play.  She wanted us to hold her and carry her when they were around.  She would just give them a grin and a look like she was showing us off. 

We went inside to play, since all the other kids were outside and she didn't want to share us.  She really likes to color, put together puzzles, and redo Kendra's hair!

We had to leave at noon.  It was lunch time, then nap time.  We had paperwork chases to perform all afternoon.  We found out that the normal Judge and Prosecutor for this area are on Vacation.  We will soon find out what that means to us. 

This is another PHOTO ALBUM, so click on the header to get the rest of the thumbnails, or click here:  http://www.philgreen.blog-city.com/photo_album_4.htm