Ivan and Anatoliy enjoyed a wonderful last weekend! They enjoyed one last day at the pool on Saturday and Matt taught them Marco/Polo! They loved the fact that I was actually in the pool with them (I have a had a cast on the entire time that they have been here).
Saturday night was super fun b/c the boys got to experience a typical weekend backyard BBQ. We were with friends that actually have a teenage boy who is Ivan's age. Ivan was in heaven! Running around playing soccer, basketball - honestly he was just enjoying being a teenager! It was wonderful to see. Anatoliy enjoyed water balloons, corn hole and playing in the water hose. By 10 o'clock he said "Lisa, I tired." They both got to enjoy for just one night what my boys have been enjoying their whole lives - and that makes me so happy and sad at the same time - very bittersweet!
Today we drove to Greensboro to meet my parents for lunch and let the boys meet them. Everyone got along great and we got lots of photos for their scrapbook. After getting more items into their suitcase - honestly Anatoliy's suitcase is bigger than him - we went out to get Chinese for dinner! They of course loved it! They were very excited about trying Chinese and funny enough ate more than my boys have ever ate of Chinese food!
Tonight was hard, we all know what tomorrow brings - Ivan is being strong and very focused on getting things packed and what he will wear on the plane, etc. Anatoliy is having a harder time, lots more hugs, not wanting to let go when we kissed him goodnight, now saying "I no want airplane."
When we left my parents today in Greensboro, our son William went with them to spend the night and we were explaining that he would miss the airport and saying goodbye to the boys - he said, "It's OK Mom, b/c all I was going to do was cry." Then tonight, Matt was saying good night to Ryan (our oldest son) and Matt was explaining that tomorrow is going to be an early morning and that it is going to be sad for everyone, etc. Ryan says, "Dad, we should just adopt them." Matt says, "Really? b/c you know know that means that they would be here everyday, all the time." Ryan says, "Yeah, well they do well for our family!"
These boys have done great things for our family and my hope is that when they board that plane tomorrow - they know that their is a family out there in the US that truly loves them!
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