Even though it was snowing this morning I decided to venture to the bazaar and get backpacks for the boys. As I have mentioned before, the bazaar is quite the adventure. Nothing ever seems to be the same. My last visit I saw a booth that had small backpacks and thought they'd be nice for the boys.
I found two and when I got back to the hotel, I packed some of the boy's new clothes, their snacks and some toys in each bag. Ty has purple (NOT VIKING PURPLE) trim on his backpack and Maxx's has blue. I wanted the boys to try on a few remaining pieces of clothing I brought them.
Both boys have colds and were a bit lethargic for the first 5 minutes of the visit. I explained they each have their own bag with their things and I want them to be able to carry some things in their backpacks when we go home to see Daddy. After they had the snacks, the translator quizzed the boys to see if they remembered who had which backpack. Ty commented that the backpacks are "Mommy's". He was pleased to know that is was his.
After his snack, Ty emptied his backpack and saw two pairs of jeans and immediately handed one to Maxx. I explained they both were for him to try on. He was a bit hesitant when we told him to take off his long underwear but he did. The first pair of pants was too big and he was a little upset so I told him to try on the other pair. He then quickly put on a new shirt and his jacket. He was quite impressed with himself as he put the backpack on and walked around.
Maxx decided to postpone his snack and put on his clothes. He would stomp his feet and giggle once I put the new shirt on him. Like Ty, he had to put on the backpack and walk around.
It took a while to get them to take off their backpacks to play. We went through our books and Ty started to count objects in one of the books. He can count to 10 now with minimal assistance. Maxx listens and counts to four.
The boys spent a stretch of time pretending to talk on the phone and making up words to yell at each other and giggle. Then they decided to put the hoods up on their coats because it was "raining" inside. Towards the end of the visit, Ty was jumping around a lot and literally lost his pants. Maxx's pants should fit him fine.
Since this was near the end of the visit, I got Ty into his old pants and he ran to the end of the room and announced he didn't want to take off his new shirt and jacket. I decided to help Maxx change while Ty thought about it. I played "this little piggy" when helping Ty with his socks and he's very ticklish. In fairness, I played the game again with Maxx. Maxx is prone to getting wound up and this launched him into silliness. When I was trying to get his long underwear on, he jumped up and decided to shake his barely covered backside for us. Then he decided, he would bob his head around to make it hard to put his old shirt on.
Luckily, when both boys were dressed in the babyhouse clothes, they packed their new clothes and their toys into their backpacks.
Our witness hearing will be at 2:00PM tomorrow. I will not be attending the hearing as the Coordinators mentioned I may be a distraction to the witnesses. After the hearing, the judge will let us know when he plans on issuing a decision.
Marcia
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