Vlad the bear

This weekend's visit with Natasha was again a lot of fun. This time, instead of one-on-one time with her, we spent our time in the classroom with the entire homeroom class. On Saturday we took her to the store and we bought candy and snacks for the class. While in the store, she was eyeing a big stuffed teddy bear, so we bought him too. We got the biggest smile out of her yet when she was holding that bear! She named him Vlad. Vlad quickly became the hit of the classroom.

Soon everyone was posing with Vlad for a photo. Natasha picked up the camera and started playing photographer. She has a knack for photography I think. Here are just a few of the photos we took. Our visit on Sunday ended early and we were sorry to go. We had a fun time with everyone. We could have easily stayed all day playing Uno, checkers, cops with the boys (they had toy guns), listening to their music (some of the girls felt comfortable enough to dance a little)

and snapping silly photos with Vlad. It was not until we were driving away that I realized we many not see some of them again. I wish we could take them all home. They are all such great kids.