Day One!

We met the kids today! They were looking out the window waving when we drove up. The oldest and the youngest were immediately engaging, but the middle was a little shy (she eventually warmed up). We first looked at some books, and they showed us the picture they had of us. Then we sculpted flowers, snakes, and necklaces with Play-Doh. Next we played “soccer” (indoors----it is windy and rainy here for now). Finally, we colored with them. The youngest decided to color on the carpet instead of the paper and it quickly became a game of “keep-the-crayons-away.” After an hour and a half, our translator Adam said it was time to go. We'll see them again tomorrow, and they will spend some time with us in our apartment.

Today we went to Tesco (like Walmart) for the 2nd time already and got some more groceries and cleaning supplies.

Gareth almost blew an outlet already.

We get about 25 channels on the TV, but only one (CNN, sorry Granny) is in English.

Our apartment is nice. We have a living room, kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom downstairs. There is a second floor where another small kitchen area, bathroom, and bedroom is located. The kids have beds there. Not sure of the sleeping arrangements just yet. I have a feeling we will all be sleeping upstairs or downstairs at the beginning. The beds are actually big enough for us all to fit on one. (Yes, large bed but with a dense, foam “mattress.”)

We haven't been able to use our cell phones since we aren't around WiFi. Maybe we'll find a cafe with WiFI and be able to use them in the future.

Thanks for your prayers! We are still a little bonkers from the quick time change, but thankfully, for this first week we have time to ourselves in the evenings and can rest early.

We can't post any pictures of their faces online until we are back in the U.S., but we'll have plenty to show when it's all official :)