Sarah woke up in the wee hours of the morning today (1:15 a.m.), which meant mommy got up, too. We went downstairs for a little milk and banana bread. Sarah wasn’t planning to go back to bed, but I persuaded her to head back upstairs. After much tossing and turning, she fell asleep again an hour later. Since I wasn’t sleepy, I worked on the blog. Both kids were wide awake at 4:00 a.m. I lay down with them to curtail all the giggling, tickling, and goofing around. After much pantomiming to “go to sleep”, they both nodded off around 4:30 a.m. I fell asleep with them. We woke up 2 hours later.
Trying to adjust our body clocks backwards 13 hours to Minnesota time has been hard. Our bodies tell us to sleep in the afternoon and stay awake during the night. The kids nap after lunch for an hour or two. They’d sleep much longer if we’d let them. It’s hard to wake them up from a deep sleep. Sarah kept dozing off again. Same thing happened after supper. Tim had to keep waking her up. Both kids went to bed at 9:00 p.m. without much protest or goofing around. We’ll see what time they wake up tonight/tomorrow.
A friend came over with her 2 kids for a play date this morning. Her boys are the same ages as Jenna and Sarah. They brought a cake to celebrate Sarah’s arrival. The play date was a success. Everyone had fun running around in the back yard and playing in the sand box. Not sure if Sarah ever played with sand before. She liked getting the sand washed off her feet when she was done playing.
We enjoyed Sarah’s cake after lunch - Thanks Wendy! Sarah couldn’t keep her fingers out of the frosting while I was taking photos. She’d stick her fingers in her mouth to lick it off and go back for more. Sarah likes to keep her hands and face clean while she’s eating. She uses her napkin a lot at every meal. Must be something she’s been taught by her foster family.
It’s hard to believe we’ve only been home for 3 days. It seems much longer. Sarah is more animated every day. She chatters and sings constantl
y in Chinese. She likes to play with the doctor kit, draw on paper and the Magna Doodle, play the kid’s piano, dance, reorganize the refrigerator magnets, and play with the kid’s food and dishes. We really need to watch her when she’s got a pencil or pen in her hand. She likes to draw on things she shouldn’t be drawing on - like books, arms, and legs. She’s curious about how things work. She isn’t interested in watching videos or T.V.Tuesday, we plan to take Sarah in the car seat again. Can’t wait to see what she does. Any guesses?
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