An Exciting First Day!

Our afternoon was just as exciting as our morning. When we walked in, Gracie ran to Gail and told her that she slept well. We then went back outside to the playground and spent the afternoon there. She had fun throwing and kicking a beachball that we brought and soon she discovered the game of "fetch" where she would kick the ball into the weeds and Gail or I had to retrieve it. Then we got out some crayons and she colored for a little while. I think she had more fun dumping them out of the box and putting them back in than she actually did coloring. The afternoon went quickly and she gave us both hugs and kisses and told us that we had to come back tomorrow and bring more cookies. (She really liked the little Lorna Doone cookies.) Although she is only four, she told us that she was five and later changed it to six. We know she can count to six! It was a wonderful first day with her and we are looking forward what tomorrow will bring.

For dinner we walked to a Chinese restaurant a couple of blocks away. The food was excellent and we brought the rest back to the apartment. Also Petko brought Gail's lost luggage to her today and he set us up with a cell phone to use. Hurray!