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Monday, April 4, 2011

Lily and Sofia

We are so lucky to have a little group of Guat kiddos and their parents
who meet every couple of months....
somewhere
so the kids can play together,
and the mom's can compare stories about their feisty (for yes, that fire seems to be a common trait) tots.

It is nice to be able to chat
with people who have a shared experience,
and the same questions about adoption
that swirl about in my head all the time.

Every time we meet it seems that the kids have grown
and changed.....probably 'cause they have :-)
And this particular time,
maybe because it has been a few months since we attended one of these gatherings,
the big people were actually able to sit and visit with each other
and the kids were content, for the most part, to do their own thing.

Sofia was most excited to see her friend Lilyana.
These two are like chalk and cheese....
and yet somehow it doesn't seem to matter how long it has been since they have seen each other
and they fall into step
and become goofy, giggly, silly girls.

I love that they have this bond.
And I really hope that they can keep some form of it for,
as Sof would say,
a long, long, long, long,
LONG time.






This little game they had going on I was pretty sure was going to end in disaster....
but it didn't.


They look so much older in this photo than their 4 and 5 years.
This is where I get a glimpse of them at 13 and 14.


Goofballs.
I couldn't get a serious photo of them.




This is what I got when I asked for just one photo with a smile.
Goofballs again!!


This one was hilarious.
They were walking around the playground with their "walking sticks" saying
"we are the grandma's"



Happiness is having a friend who will just sit with you
and shoot the breeze
(oh yeah.....and have bark fights, and grass fights, and stick fights).

They are oh so cute.....
but feisty
remember?


1 comment:

Clyde and Terri said...

Thank you for these cute pics and their charming story of friendship.