How Long Can it Rain?

On Tuesday we woke up to rain, rain and more rain. Our commute to the baby home today was going to be very wet. I guess the good news is that at least half of it is underground!

We had a quiet morning with real coffee (YAY) and chocolate croissants for breakfast. We were due to visit Nick again today from 1 - 3. So we headed out around 11:45 for the hour trip to the baby home. We were doing it on our own for the first time.

The trip was very, very wet and by the time we arrived at the baby home both our pants were soaked from the knees down, our coats were drenched and we really looked like a mess. Luckily the security guard was not phased by our disheveled appearance and signed us in with no issues.

They brought Nick out to us and told us we were going to spend the day in the Music Room. I was very excited about this because the past few days (except for the time outside), when we have played in the room that is immediately outside of Nick's groupa, there are alot of distractions with people going in and out and bringing children in and out. By being able to take Nick to a separate room, we avoid these distractions, mainly.

We went to the Music Room which is a very large room with some comfy chairs and couches and then a very large open area. We had been playing in the open area for about 30 minutes when one of the workers came in the room and declared it was too cold for us to be playing there. The security woman speaks a bit of English, so she came back and told us we needed to move to a room down the hall. When the security woman saw Bill and Nick together she smiled and said they have "one face", meaning that they look alike. Its very interesting because Bill and I didn't really see it but several of our friends/family have said the same thing!

The new room was very comfortable, although I'm not sure it was really any warmer than the Music room. We had a fun day with Nick again. He seems to be getting more and more comfortable with us each day. We are getting many more smiles and giggles out of him. Bill found his tickle spot, so that is pretty funny because its about the only time we see him flat out giggle. He also did quite a bit of walking and seems to really enjoy toddling around.

We didn't have to pull out the cheerios much today at all. But when we did we tried to work on the sign for "more" again. He was more reluctant (or something) to use the sign today than he was yesterday. We'll keep trying. We also introduced the sign for "hat".

I'd say the bulk of our time was spent playing with the train that Julie gave us. Nick really has taken an interest in it. It has a front car with a place for a conductor, and then in the back car there are places for a monkey and an elephant. The figures fit on small pegs and if you press down on the pegs for the monkey and elephant they make the animal noises. If you press down on the conductor, the wheels move and there is a Choo-choo noise, whistle, etc. Nick spent alot of time pressing the pegs, listening to the noises and he also was trying to place the figures on the pegs. Placing the figures on the pegs proved to be a bit difficult for him but I think in no time he'll have it worked out.

Before we knew it our time was up and we had to take Nick back to his groupa. When we opened the door to take him back, Bill set him down and he toddled very quickly to one of his caregivers. He really loves the caregivers and his group. They all seemed very happy to see him again as well, with all the little ones converging around him when he came back into the area, too cute.

Of course when we left it was still raining. So we made the trek back to the apartment. We were both pretty beat so we stayed in for dinner and took it easy.

Tomorrow we have another visit with Nick, YAY! We also have dinner at Ron and Dinia's which we are looking forward to very much.

We miss everyone at home a ton and if you leave a comment or email, I promise we'll write back quickly!