Yesterday was the first day of school following Easter break for the older Haitian children. The younger ones were still around but overall the place was emptier than normal. We found out that school begins at 6 in the morning and releases around 1 pm. The thought of being at school and ready to go at 6 am made me mentally cringe. Mornings are not my thing.
Shelby had all our things packed and ready to go so we had all morning to spend with the children. Petoucheka is addicted to the "Left-Center-Right" or "Góch-Mitan-Dwat" as we now call it. It is funny watching Peoucheka play since she really gets into the game. Normally she is very quiet and doesn't talk all that much. When she is playing she seems to be the most vocal of the bunch. I think that every kid who wasn't in school and old enough to play cycled through at least one game that morning. One of the boys, Lickson, takes his game playing seriously and kept all the other players in line. Petoucheka is competitive and has been known to try to sneak in an extra chip or re-roll a poor roll before anyone notices. Doesn't happen when Lickson plays. He ending up winning 7 games in a row before I manages to win one myself.
We left the game there when we left. Before we go next time, I am going to find some blank dice and properly mark them as "G", "M", and "D" for them.
After awhile we left the others to play the game so we could give Petoucheka some individual attention. Not to mention the fact that I can only sit on the ground for so long before my legs start to protest. Somehow I ended up becoming a "Tap Tap" for Petoucheka. She is starting to pick up a few English words. I got tapped on the head and told to "Go!".
Before we left we changed into New Creation church shirts and jeans for trip home. We knew that the temperature back in Raleigh was going to be in the mid 40's by the time we landed. Having the same shirts makes it much easier to herd and keep track of our kids through the various airports and checkpoints. Petoucheka also changed into her shirt that matched ours and put on jeans as well so she would match the rest of us.
Soon it was time to leave. We took a bunch more pictures of Petoucheka. Gave many hugs then loaded up and left. Some of the other kids were already back from school so we had the chance to tell them goodbye as well. I got to tell Professor Enock good-bye too which made me happy.
Leaving Petoucheka behind wasn't fun.
The rest of the day was pretty typical for airplane travel. Lots of people, long lines, checkpoints, and waiting.
Now we are home. All we can do now is patiently wait. This morning we were told that all our paperwork was received by the Haitian Embassy for the next part of the adoption process. Next week we get fingerprinted once again for the immigration process so she will have US citizenship. After that all that is left is the waiting. Eveline didn't think that Petoucheka would be home with us by Christmas. We remain optimistic that things will move quickly.
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