Life as usual

I should be in bed, but I'm working off a second-wind here.  Our trip home was great.  Patricia did really well on the three different flights, two of them 8 hours apiece and the third a puddle-jump from DC.  She slept throughout most of the long ones.

We enjoyed seeing family and friends at the airport.  Thanks to everyone who came out and made Patricia feel welcome!  And to the people who went up and down the escalator with her multiple times; it's always good to burn off some pent-up energy before bedtime.  And who wouldn't want to get some additional escalator practice after only having been on one for the first time in the previous 24 hours?

She slept well all night until about 8am, and over the course of today got to know the boys.  Before long she was playing guns with them for a time, and then in the next hour was looking for Casey with a doll in one of her arms and a purse in the other.  "Casey, come play!"  You'd have to hear this for the full effect.  The Ugandans are very fond of saying the stand-alone word 'come' as a bossy command.  That's just how she said it to him.  He was in the middle of a computer game on the laptop, so he took a minute to look her up and down, before he went right back to his game.  Funny thing is the computer game mesmerized her too as she watched what he was doing, so they both stood in front of the laptop for awhile.

The mountain of mail has been gone through and the bookkeeping of the Shaw family has been updated.  All are unpacked and the laundry is almost caught up.  We will soon have a birthday girl whom we will celebrate a little early with roller skating and a sleepover tomorrow night.  Life doesn't get much better, especially when you throw in that she is entering the age of double digits!

I apologize for the pictureless run-of-the-mill post, but ordinary sounds kind of good right about now.  Just some days to get to know each other and to unwind from the recent events is on the agenda.  Other than the roller skating and cake, that is.

Love,
Kim