Update on the girls

"We got a new toy!"

"So what if none of us knows how to jump yet!  We'll figure it out, because we try harder!"

I promised an update on the girls, so here goes:

Big Girl is still very loving, and quiet, and likes to be held or to look at picture books, or to just sit and think.  We try to keep her active and moving, since we know she needs lots of stimulation, and physical activity.  That's not her natural inclination, though.  She hasn't changed too much since we brought her home, but she seems really different than when she was in the orphanage, when she was so aggressive.  She and Little Girl are best friends, and seem to always have an understanding.  They like to play together, and are very tender with one another, freely giving hugs, or stroking each other's hair.  Big Girl tries to talk more than the others, but her words sound very little like what she's trying to imitate.  We just keep encouraging her, though.  I try to give her lots of little jobs, and most of the time, she can figure out what I want from her, and will give it a try.  For example:  "Throw this away in the garbage."  "No, no;  that's the dirty laundry!"  "Look!  Look where I'm pointing!  Garbage! Gar---bage!  Right there!  Yes, yes!  That's right!  Garbage!"

I think when we all understand english, life will be a little easier.

Little Girl is our most animated child, with tons of personality, who loves to charm everyone whose path crosses hers.  She also has a great sense of humor.  She laughs a lot, and makes a lot of jokes.  She laughs at our jokes, as well as her own.  When she laughs, she laughs so hard that her head bobs up and down, as if it's so funny, she just can't bear it.  Of course, she's very animated when she's not happy, also.  She cries loudly and with much drama.  She has a little routine in which she begins a long, drawn out wail, while slowly tipping her head to one side, and bringing the back of her hand up to cover her eyes.  We all know what's coming when she starts this, so it makes everyone laugh.  That makes it even worse, of course.  She's also very sassy, and makes a lot of faces at her older brothers and sister when they boss her.  She'll also point at them at the same time.  She tries to talk, also, but again, hard to recognize what she's trying to say.

Time to go;  life is busy!