A Very Good Day

Our days ebb and flow. They wax and wane. But day to day, we are all settling in. There is less jet lag. More full nights of sleep. We are all handling life a lot better.

Kameron is probably one of the bravest boys I have ever met. I cannot even begin to fathom what he must be feeling and thinking these days. America and China really could not be much more different! And, for the most part, he is handling his brothers, mom and dad, and all of these transitions with a smile on his face. After a week at home, he finally wanted to go outside of the house. He asked to go to the store to buy more candy. We JUMPED at the chance! And would you know, our sweet boy dug through the candy bin to find EACH of his brothers their favorites and insisted dad get them for his brothers as well! He is such a sweet boy.

Today, he wanted to go to the Boise Aquarium and feed the sharks and manta rays. And he seemed to enjoy that a lot.

Goodness-- are these boys just hysterical or what? 

Tummies are starting to adjust to foreign foods. I think one of the things that surprised us, is that if he tells us he doesn't like something, you have to let him try it quite a few times because he may just like it yet. We thought he didn't like pizza-- and he ate that right up! He has given us looks of disgust, said "blech" and spit out all things peanut butter, and then-- he ate a peanut butter and jelly sandwich after trying and liking his brothers....

And we had been concerned about the cold winter weather here in Idaho and how Kameron would do with it. He has lived in the "eternal spring" city of China for many years. He has never seen snow or played in it before. That is.. until now.....

And tonight, we ran into a bit of a problem: The first sibling argument. Feelings were hurt. Mom and dad had to referee and use Google translate to figure out the affront. It came to our attention that Kameron did not know that some of the toys were not for everyone. Some toys are for just ONE child. (This is something we had learned in our adoption education. The concept of ownership can be a foreign one to orphaned children). Kameron has some clothes, Lego's, books, a backpack, and a car we got him in China-- that is his. But until tonight, he did not seem to grasp that he can have things that he are ONLY HIS. We asked him if he wanted his own stuffed animal-- and he said yes. When I asked if he wanted to go tomorrow. He said "tonight." So we loaded into the car and headed to Build-a-Bear.

"Kevin" and Kameron

 Afterwards, we went and got the boys hot chocolate. It was so fun seeing Kameron's expression when we ordered and got it through drive-thru. Like we were nuts! And come to think of it, we did not see a single drive-thru while in China.

Just before he fell asleep, we asked him, "Was today a good day?" And he said, "Yes."