This weekend was the Newton/Carson family reunion where Ty and Maxx were able to meet more family members. It was also the 3rd month of their being in the US. Lately, I have been working on putting away some of the paperwork related to the adoption. All these activities have made me think a bit of our time in Kazakhstan.
The boys periodically bring up Kazakhstan in conversation so I thought I'd share a few of their stories.
On an extended car trip, Maxx woke up and asked where "S" was. "S" was one of our Honeywell friends who helped us in Almaty. We explained she was at her office with our friends "I", "E", "A" and "M". Maxx decided he wants to work at Honeywell in Almaty. Unfortunately, he could not tell us what job skill he possesses for employment.
We took the boys to the Hennepin County Fair. It is a relatively small fair which was perfect for us. While Ty and I were walking to the rides to meet Randy and Maxx, Ty said "Kazakhstan". I asked him if the fair reminded him of KZ and he said "yes". Later we asked him if he heard someone speaking Russian and he said "yes". We couldn't think of any visual at the fair that reminded us of KZ.
The boys still like to watch YouTube videos of "Qara Jorga" aka "The Horse Song". For the first time last night, Ty started to do some of the dance moves he learned at Umit. Maxx decided to follow along. Then the boys got to be a bit creative as I have not seen any performances of QJ where boys ride each other like horses, shake backsides or lift up shirts. This must be some kind of US/KZ hybrid version of the dance. LOL
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Water Boys
I am sorry I haven't posted for so long. If there has been a common theme to our lives these past few weeks it's been WATER.
The boys had their first trip to Wisconsin in late June. We took them to a waterpark hotel in the Dells. They had a great time in the splash areas. Both sets of Grandparents were able to come by and join in the fun. The boys liked having a bunk bed in their hotel room. That made us happy as we would like to graduate them to bunk beds here.
We enrolled the boys in our local preschool and they are enjoying it. Ty's first day was "Water Day" where he got to bring a swimsuit and run through the sprinklers at school. Yesterday, there were pony rides at school. Ty informed me he rode the "big horse" not the "little pony" like Maxx did. Maxx was hesitant about school but yesterday did very well.
At home the boys play a game called "find the water". Randy has a remote control for our sprinkler system and will randomly turn on sprinklers as the boys chase the water. Ace also enjoys this game a lot.
Over the July 4th weekend, we went to my Aunt's cabin and the boys got to experience a lake for the first time. They wanted to ride in the canoe but we had them hold off as we didn't bring life jackets. Randy and Liz (my aunt) took them for spins in the pedal boat.
Last weekend we went to a cabin with friends and the boys were able to ride a motor boat. They loved it. Randy and I went tubing and Ty kept motioning for us to go faster.
We hope everyone is enjoying their summer.
Marcia
The boys had their first trip to Wisconsin in late June. We took them to a waterpark hotel in the Dells. They had a great time in the splash areas. Both sets of Grandparents were able to come by and join in the fun. The boys liked having a bunk bed in their hotel room. That made us happy as we would like to graduate them to bunk beds here.
We enrolled the boys in our local preschool and they are enjoying it. Ty's first day was "Water Day" where he got to bring a swimsuit and run through the sprinklers at school. Yesterday, there were pony rides at school. Ty informed me he rode the "big horse" not the "little pony" like Maxx did. Maxx was hesitant about school but yesterday did very well.
At home the boys play a game called "find the water". Randy has a remote control for our sprinkler system and will randomly turn on sprinklers as the boys chase the water. Ace also enjoys this game a lot.
Over the July 4th weekend, we went to my Aunt's cabin and the boys got to experience a lake for the first time. They wanted to ride in the canoe but we had them hold off as we didn't bring life jackets. Randy and Liz (my aunt) took them for spins in the pedal boat.
Last weekend we went to a cabin with friends and the boys were able to ride a motor boat. They loved it. Randy and I went tubing and Ty kept motioning for us to go faster.
We hope everyone is enjoying their summer.
Marcia
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