Thursday Night Activities

Below are pictures taken when one of neighbor's boys came over to play with Vanya. They seemed to have a great time together playing with a new yard game we got him, the soccer ball, and bubbles.

The big hit of the evening was the scooter! Vanya carefully watched as his new friend showed him how it worked. It took him some time, but he was diligent about succeeding. After his friend left, Vanya kept playing with the scooter until he could at least get the second foot off the ground. As of Sat. morning, he was practicing again with Tim outside.

An interesting note from Thursday night is that Tim showed him some sidewalk chalk (again provided by our neighbors-- thank you!!) and how to use it. He wrote "Ivan" and drew a smiley face. Vanya then picked up the chalk and wrote the word, "chalk!" I had gone into the house for water and didn't see this, but Tim says he wrote it very quickly; he doesn't think Vanya looked at the box. Quick learner?????