These children are all wonderful! One year have past.
Ashley has been teaching Matteus how to play certain instruments. He helped him with the violin, and now is now teaching him the harp. He has even had Matteus perform with him. Matteus also enjoys looking after his several younger siblings, and started dating a boy several months ago. They get along very well and the relationship is going along nicely.
Rini is such a sweetheart. We have a hard time keeping her near us, she tries to get away at every chance she gets. It has gotten worse since she started walking. Luckily, her older brothers and sisters are always willing to go running after her.
Aysel is SO sweet. She can often be found spending time with Rini. She has started talking even more, when she's around, there is never a moment of quiet. Maeve says that Rocky should be her "Guide cat," and the girls tried to train him. It didn't work, but everyone had fun trying. She and Varvara don't spend much time together, because when they do hey babble each other's ears off.
Varvara is the most imaginative girl we've ever met. She is constantly in her own little world. She plays with Maeve a lot. She has so much fun telling stories to everyone, and we love hearing them. The other day she was telling us about a world where everyone owns a million pet butterflies and they all play together and the big rainbow. How cute! We have all gotten to know Poppy very well, and so has everyone we know. We are so lucky to have Varvee!
Thank you so much!
This message was edited 7/17/2009, 4:24 PM