We arrived at the baby home this morning around 9:15am. The guard said visitor were not allowed until 10am. Max explained that we had permission; the guard had to check then we were on our way. Josh went into Sam's room to get him and found him sitting on chair by the door with the caregiver trying to tell him in Russian that his mommy and daddy were here. He had this look of "whatever" on his face, so Josh came upstairs to get the baseball and a biter biscuit. Eventually Josh was able to coax him and carried him upstairs where I was. He was really quiet today, but he fed his Cheerios to Josh and I which we felt was a good sense of trust from Sam. He didn't really want to play much today. We tried the car (which yesterday was more interesting to him) and encouraged him to push it but he didn't seem to interested. Sam simply wanted to sit on Daddy's lap or lay his head on Daddy's shoulder. We played with the pop beads for a couple of minutes.
He was pointing to what he wanted more today and pushing our hands away from things he didn't want. We gave him Cheerios and when we didn't want him to have any more we closed the container. Then he picked it up and gave it to Daddy as if to say "you open it". Then when we tried to get him to drink some water he pushed it away as if to say"I don't want it now."
He was also pointing to toys he wanted or didn't want.
He was pointing to what he wanted more today and pushing our hands away from things he didn't want. We gave him Cheerios and when we didn't want him to have any more we closed the container. Then he picked it up and gave it to Daddy as if to say "you open it". Then when we tried to get him to drink some water he pushed it away as if to say"I don't want it now."
He was also pointing to toys he wanted or didn't want.
Mommy took many pictures of me and Daddy playing and resting together, she also took many pictures of the apartment buildings and industries on the M5 and in the neighborhoods around Baby Home #20. We also posted pictures of our walking tours around Moscow. Mommy & Daddy also took video today, but you'll have to wait until we get home before you will be able to see this.
I thought maybe you would like some Russian history. There is something called the Seven Sisters - these are seven Stalinist skyscrapers in Moscow, Russia. They were built between 1947-1953 in an elaborate style combining elements of Russian Baroque and Gothlic styles and the early twentieth century technology of American skyscrapers. Similar buildings were built in Warsaw, Chelyabinsk, Kiev and Riga. To see the pictures of these amazing buildings and read more about them go to this website (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Sisters_(Moscow)). I hope you find them as interesting as I do.
Who was Lenin?
Lenin (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov) was a Russian revolutionary, a communist politician, the main leader of the October Revolution, the first head of the Soviet Union, and the primary theorist of Leninism, a variant of Marxism.
Who was Stalin?
Joseph Stalin (Joseph Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili) was the General Secretary/First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist party of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1953.
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