Natasha tried some English words today! And I learned she can read some English - apparently her brother has good English. We visited with a friend who has a daughter from Ukraine and Natasha had a great time, didn't want to leave. It was with the friend that she tried her first English words smile emoticon After getting back home she snuggled with me on the couch and we looked at family photos on the computer for a bit - she enjoyed looking at pics of our zoo trips and named the animals she knew in English. After that she went upstairs and crashed, didn't join us for our family pizza & movie night but I think she's just overwhelmed.
Hayley (16 yr old foster daughter) has been a rockstar in helping with Natasha. She's making a point to see that Natasha brushes her teeth regularly and puts pajamas on for bed (not always common for orphanage kids). They share a bedroom and bathroom so it's easy for Hayley to encourage that without it seeming like criticism. And tonight she noticed that Natasha wore the same outfit two days in a row so she said "I think I'm going to put those clothes in the wash tonight so she'll have to wear something different tomorrow."
We did learn that she has an adult brother & sister still in Ukraine as well as her mother. She's mentioned the brother fairly frequently.
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