It's Yogurt Time!!!

Doggie says "It's learning time" everytime we turn him on and probably a few dozen times during each visit.

Both boys still love yogurt and get excited when the spoons and towels come out. Randy found these really small plastic spoons that we use to try to slow Ty down. Ty loves to take as big of a mouthful of yogurt as he can. We think he can eat a container in six mouthfuls.

As you can see, Maxx is a bit messier. We roll up his sleeves and hope for the best. He holds the spoon close to the scoop and then can't understand why he can't get to the yogurt after a few bites. I usually let him eat on his own and then help him with the last of the yogurt. By this time he's putting his mouth on the edge of the yogurt container hoping to get the yogurt faster.

Randy finished up his visits with the boys yesterday. Things have been going really well. Ty is definitely "Daddy's boy" and is a little jealous if Dad is holding Maxx. Ty is happy when we pick him up at his room and when he leaves us for bathroom breaks, he runs back as fast as he can. One day he didn't want to go back and tried taking off his shoes so he couldn't leave.

Maxx did run to Randy yesterday morning which was excellent as he did it in front of the Adoption Coordinator and her daughter who was our translator for the day. Maxx still wants approximately 5 minutes of hugs before he is ready to play.

Both boys are laughing and verbalizing (in Kazak) a bit more. Maxx started to make "da" and "ma" sounds for us. Ty would shout "away" at the ballons as he pushed them under the bassinet.

This week Randy and I went to the bazaar to find a few items. We got some crayons, sticker books, paper, DVDs and found a kiddy toilet for our hotel room. We found the kid's section of the bazaar and made sure we could find the closest entrance to it.

Randy left for Almaty last night so yesterday we took a cab to a larger store and stocked up on a whole bunch of items. A lot of bottled water, fruit juice, Mommy juice, yogurt, kleenex and wipes. We then spent the remainder of the day walking around and checking out some shops. We then went to our favorite eating/drinking place before heading back to the hotel.

That's the latest from Taraz. I will see the boys tomorrow and will try to get more pics.

Marcia