Hosting Day 2
A fell asleep about two minutes after I wrote that post, all the while insisting he wasn't tired.
He called out for us a few times during the night, and Brent woke up - I slept right through the whole thing. We're not sure if he was waking up or talking in his sleep or what.
He awoke for good when he saw that we were getting up and walking around. We fed him breakfast and had to leave for Appleton at 8 AM.
The Vacation Bible School program started at 10 and the translator was a little late, so they let the kids play in the gym for a while. A liked that. Very much. It took both of us to cary him out of the gym, all the while him holding on for dear life to every door frame. We finally got him sitting in a desk, one of us on either side, trapping him in. The introductions took about an hour, and A said he wanted to be a pilot. The translator also said he was good with her camera. Then the first lesson, which was about 10 minutes. Then the kids practiced their singing, which meant physically picking A up and moving him over by the piano. He didn't really like the singing too much, but he endured it. Then a craft and lunch. After lunch there was more play time and I told Brent we should not bring him into the gym again, but A raced in there before we could catch him. Again with the two of us picking him up and carrying him to his desk. This time we brought crayons and paper to keep him occupied. There was another singing time, but we just let A stay at his desk and sang with him there. He sort of followed along. Another craft and another teaching. Then it was time for the last craft, but the facilitator just gave it to us and let us go play outside.
One of A's teachers was the chaperone on the trip and she was at VBS. That was an amazing help. She explained to him what was going to happen next, and how to do the craft. I don't know what we would have done without her there. A was really attached to her.
After VBS we went to a Russian grocery store, where the cashier said A was walking around yelling, "I want to eat candy, give me some money!" We bought him some, of course.
Then we went out to dinner with some friends. He was pretty good, although energetic and probably overtired. He asked for pizza but wouldn't eat it, but mostly ate Brent's fries and my salad.
When we got home we gave him a bath and got ready for bed. We tried the 'watch a movie until he falls asleep thing' but it didn't work this time. So we picked him up kicking and yelling and put him in bed. We both pretended to be asleep and he was out in 5 minutes.
Whew, what a long day! He sure keeps us running. Transisions are hard, and he certainly lets us know what he does and doesn't like. But he's all normal and all boy.
He called out for us a few times during the night, and Brent woke up - I slept right through the whole thing. We're not sure if he was waking up or talking in his sleep or what.
He awoke for good when he saw that we were getting up and walking around. We fed him breakfast and had to leave for Appleton at 8 AM.
The Vacation Bible School program started at 10 and the translator was a little late, so they let the kids play in the gym for a while. A liked that. Very much. It took both of us to cary him out of the gym, all the while him holding on for dear life to every door frame. We finally got him sitting in a desk, one of us on either side, trapping him in. The introductions took about an hour, and A said he wanted to be a pilot. The translator also said he was good with her camera. Then the first lesson, which was about 10 minutes. Then the kids practiced their singing, which meant physically picking A up and moving him over by the piano. He didn't really like the singing too much, but he endured it. Then a craft and lunch. After lunch there was more play time and I told Brent we should not bring him into the gym again, but A raced in there before we could catch him. Again with the two of us picking him up and carrying him to his desk. This time we brought crayons and paper to keep him occupied. There was another singing time, but we just let A stay at his desk and sang with him there. He sort of followed along. Another craft and another teaching. Then it was time for the last craft, but the facilitator just gave it to us and let us go play outside.
One of A's teachers was the chaperone on the trip and she was at VBS. That was an amazing help. She explained to him what was going to happen next, and how to do the craft. I don't know what we would have done without her there. A was really attached to her.
After VBS we went to a Russian grocery store, where the cashier said A was walking around yelling, "I want to eat candy, give me some money!" We bought him some, of course.
Then we went out to dinner with some friends. He was pretty good, although energetic and probably overtired. He asked for pizza but wouldn't eat it, but mostly ate Brent's fries and my salad.
When we got home we gave him a bath and got ready for bed. We tried the 'watch a movie until he falls asleep thing' but it didn't work this time. So we picked him up kicking and yelling and put him in bed. We both pretended to be asleep and he was out in 5 minutes.
Whew, what a long day! He sure keeps us running. Transisions are hard, and he certainly lets us know what he does and doesn't like. But he's all normal and all boy.
posted by Tracy at 10:22 AM
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