We are moving forward with our hopes to adopt. On Thursday we went around our area and delivered cards and flyers to places like Crisis Pregnancy centers and Baby Safe Havens. Everyone we talked to was so supportive and gave us more ideas of where to place our information. We are so touched by the helpfulness of our friends and family, and the complete strangers who so willingly let others know about us. Thank you so much everyone!
This weekend I got to babysit a little girl in our ward while her parents moved. I watched her for about 7 hours on Friday and another 5 hours on Saturday. It was so much fun! She is 2 years old and looks like a red headed Shirley Temple - with the cute pout and everything. We put puzzles together, played games, danced, rolled around on my exercise ball, played hide and seek,and drew with sidewalk chalk. The sidewalk chalk was a big hit, but she didn't really draw. She just sat and talked to me while I drew. Whenever I asked her if she wanted to do something else she would say "No, this is fun". Apparently she had a lot she wanted to tell me. Near the end of the sidewalk chalk she looked at me, stopped right in the middle of what she was saying, and said in complete shock and disapproval "You're dirty!" She was right. I had managed to completely cover my pants in chalk.
When Allan came home from work on Friday she got really shy and just stared at him with wide eyes. But, Allan knows how to win over little girls. He offered her a doughnut that he had brought home from work. She lit up and was soon talking to him very comfortably. On Saturday she wanted a cookie and we happened to have some girl scout cookies. She decided on the lemon cookies. I was a little worried because they are pretty strong but I let her try it anyway. She dabbed her tongue on the cookie and promptly made the cutest sour face I've ever seen. Then she gave it a look of confusion and dabbed her tongue again - with the same results. I asked her if she liked it and she nodded her head vigorously and said "yes". I knew it was true because up until this point whenever I asked her a yes or no question she would say "sure"either happily or resignedly.
We also had a lot of fun playing with our neighbors who have three little boys, 4, 2, and infant. Friday night they saw us taking a walk and invited us over to play. She had a ball playing with their things. The play time turned into an impromptu dinner at their house. Allan and I really enjoyed getting to know them better, and their food was really good too! ;) She told me at 8:30 the next morning that she wanted to go and play with them again and was devastated to learn that we would have to wait until after lunch.
On Sunday I subbed for Senior Primary. I brought bubble wrap for both Sr. and Jr. It was a big hit again. I think I could bring bubble wrap every week and they would be thrilled. One of the ways I had them sing the song was by doing their best superhero moves. It was hilarious! There was one particular little sunbeam who really got into it. He punched and kicked and spun and jumped his little heart out. The Senior primary's favorite was "Boys sing like girls and girls sing like boys". They continued doing it the rest of the class. Next week is the return of Captain CTR. They are going to show the captain how well they can sing his theme song. Now the captain has to learn it so he can sing with them....
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