Friday, Apr 14th

Last night went better than expected. We had crying for about 15 minutes, we think from shear fright. Ian did his best to comfort Vitalik. He told Sam not to be afraid, that there were no monsters, no fires, no strangers or trap doors in our apartment and then kissed him and held his hand. We left them alone and they were both very quiet for 15 minutes. We went to go check on them and Vitalik was still awake. We kissed him goodnight and then 10 minutes later he was snoring and Ian wanted to be closer to him and within minutes they were both sound asleep. Friday was very boring in my mind but the boys had fun with empty soda bottles, water bottles, and mama’s overnight bag. I’m having a hard time staying indoors all day. The weather is getting warmer, but there are not a lot of child-friendly activities available at this time. Sam again tried to push our buttons, but we made it quite clear that although we love him dearly and shower him with affection he still needs to mind us and be respectful at all times. The boys are improving daily about looking out for one another and seem to be enjoying each other’s company more and more. Both boys still love bath time and Vitalik loves to get clean, brush his teeth and put lotion on. Vitalik also loves to be in the kitchen whenever I’m washing dishes or cooking food. Not to much to report today, our big excitement for the week-end is our plan to go to a life-size puppet show. We are providing tickets for 6 children in Vitalik’s group. It will be nice to see some of the children once again and it makes me happy to know we’ll be shedding a bit of happiness their way.