Joe and I laughed because about 2 weeks into her stay, Madina looks at Joe and asks “What’s your name?”. She wasn’t calling him Dad or anything really. She decided at that point she wanted to call him by his name. It was around this same time that she was really warming up to him. Now they are buddies and she calls him Joe all the time now.
Joe’s Mom gave Madina the perfect book. It’s a Disney character seek and find picture book. She and Joe went through the whole book together. Joe’s Mom also sent some cute clothes. Madina’s favorite is the little green polka-dot dress with the pink flower. She looks adorable in it... thank you so much!
Unfortunately, most of the clothes we’ve bought her cannot go back to Afghanistan. Yesterday, her and I went through her entire room, dresser and closet. I communicated to her which clothes are staying and which are going by saying “Yes Kabul or No Kabul”. I think she understood and it wasn’t as bad as it could have been. We’ll see what happens when I pack up her suitcase on August 4th. We are told the girls can only take back long pants—no dresses or shorts. Madina mainly needs winter clothing because of the extreme harsh winters in the mountains of Kabul. Libby so generously donated some clothing items that Lindsey no longer needs. Madina will have a couple beautiful winter coats—one is a gorgeous pretty-in-pink coat and the other is a Hello Kitty pink fur-lined denim jacket. Oh I wish they came in my size! From now on, I’m only buying Madina clothes she needs to take back with her. This is challenging however, considering it’s the middle of summer and winter clothes are not in stores now. We will be going to Lydia’s Loft tomorrow to pick up some winter items from storage. If anyone has any warm winter clothing or long pants that they no longer need and would like to donate to Madina, please let me know. She is a size 8 and shoe size 3. Her and Lindsey are the exact size and height. I’m sad all the cute summer clothes we’ve gotten her can’t go back, but I’m saving them for next year if we get another host child. We are also looking for a large suitcase with wheels to send back with her. It must be really old, beat-up and ugly. The worse the condition the better. We are told that a nice, clean, newer suitcase will be stolen on the trip back. If anyone has a very large one in terrible throw-away condition, please let me know. Thank you so much! I going to see if I can get caught up on some posts today. Much to tell... so little time!
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