Who would've believed it-mosquito bites in March?! Lyle and I and even Little Ryan are covered from head to toe (not quite, but it sure feels like it). The little suckers bite you in the weirdest places, like your palm or the sole of your foot. Lyle & I are both from the Mosquito Capital of Canada and we've never been bitten on our palms before. We bought some sort of cream today so hopefully that will help. Also, the weather really cooled off today so that should give us some relief.
We had lunch at Mike & Leisa's house today and played a game for most of the afternoon until we went to see Ryan. It was nice to be busy all day! Tomorrow will also be a full day since our visit with Ryan has been shifted to 10:30 am and then we'll go to the local musuem with Ainur. We're hoping to go back to the S'Mall store in the late afternoon.
Yesterday (Sunday) we got special permission to pick Ryan up from his "cottage" when we arrived to play, as Ainur was away for the afternoon and she is always the one to get him. He was so excited to see us there. He was wearing his PJs and his hair was standing up on end. We tried to peek into his room, but didn't get to see too much. Lyle thinks he saw where Ryan's crib was located. The room was so sweet. There was a beautiful Mother Goose mural on one wall and Sylvester & Tweety curtains on the window. There were probably 10 cribs in the room. One of the caregivers got him dressed & handed him to us. When I brought him back at 5:00, another caregiver pointed to his face & then pointed to mine while speaking in Kazakh. She either meant that we look alike or that we both looked sad. I just kept saying "Spasiba" (thank you). I don't know if that made any sense to her.
Ryan has been babbling a lot. Yesterday he said Mama & today he said Mem. I don't know if he means to say it, but I'm lovin' it. He also says "Dooh" & we can communicate for several minutes, each one of us saying "Dooh" and pointing to something.
Since we had a lasagna lunch today at Leisa's, we'll surf the Net for bit before having a small dinner.
Paka, paka.
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I can't believe there are mosquitos already! We didn't have any in Uralsk - how strange. And just think - you'll be home for the beginning of mosquito season here!!
Glad to hear you guys are still enjoying yourselves - I had to laugh at some of the ways you entertain Ryan during your visits. Just wait until you have him in the apartment - you'll have to come up with something even more exciting than ballerina twirls!
You sure have a great social life out there. Sounds like Ryan is opening up even more and babbling as well. Those mosquitoes are smaller and you feel their bites afterwards... if they are the same ones as in Almaty. Don't bring any of them back home in your suitcases.
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