Day 2 at Orphanage

We went back to the orphanage twice today and saw Oscar (Ah-scah" or "Ah-scah-tee" is how they say his name in Russian) He was still scared and cried at times because he wanted to go back with the group. It was play time and he knew it and was upset that he had to go with these strangers again. We had peanut butter crackers and he wanted them so he gave us a chance. He was hungry and thirsty. We are amazed how he already drinks out of a cup and is potty trained and he just turned two. The babies here in Kazakhstan don't wear diapers at all.

This morning, he warmed up to John. John made him smile and giggle for the first time in the mirror. John bribed him over to him with some crackers and then sat him on his lap and they were friends from that point to then end of the visit. When they were looking in the mirror John was sticking out his tongue and I was saying "nyet da-da" (no da-da in Russian) and John would stop then do it again in the mirror and he would giggle. He was also doing a peek-a-boo type of thing in the mirror which he liked too. This is the first time we've seen him smile and heard him laugh.

At the afternoon visit, he wasn't happy again to come with us because he wanted to play with the group. I was told his favorite toys are the legos so we bribed him to come with us to the visiting room with more peanut butter crackers and some legos from the toy room. We had fun playing with the legos on the floor and Oscar is good at it too for his age. He was opening up a bit with us. Not totally but a start.