The Land That I Will Show You

Another really cold day forced us to stay in. Starting to wish we had brought a heavier jacket! Our visit was a little short today. Rain made the trip out to the Ark longer than usual. Of course, we are not allowed to stay past 5:00 so we made the best of what time we had. We started a cool glitter art project and then played Yahtzee while enjoying some Mamba (sort of like Starburst). It seems dice are fine, just not cards. Go figure. The children showed us their math skills by adding and multiplying the numbers on the dice. Zarina says math is her favorite subject and it shows. Rinat was very disappointed that we did not have time for a round of Crazy 8. We promised to try again tomorrow. Didn’t take many pictures today. Rinat did debut a new outfit to at least vary the photo a bit. Svetlana, our coordinator, dropped by our room on her way out of town and said we had to give her the names for the children’s court papers. She let us have about 60 seconds to decide! Rinat has decided to keep his name so it was really just middle names to choose. Forced to make a decision we came up with Rinat Brawner (Keith’s maternal great-grandmother), Sholpan Isabel (an Americanized version of their current last name, Isabekova) and Zarina Faith (which Lucy has been calling her along).