When Worlds Collide

Travelling to adopt Julia in December 2004, we must have brought along 40 movie DVD's to watch. We spent so much time bonding, sleeping, and writing our journals that we never saw any of them. Instead, we watched many episodes of a half-hour sitcom named "Titus" that I was extremely fond of.

This time we're a little smarter and left most of the movie DVD's at home. We only brought a couple ("Cold Mountain" and "I, Robot"). Our main entertainment is the first season of a half-hour sitcom called "3rd Rock From The Sun."

In the very first episode, the buxom alien named Sally is trying to understand the female earthling form she's assumed. She pushes her breasts together and says "What do you think? They seem to have greater power when they collide. I'm not wrong, am I?"

In today's bonding visit, Kristina somehow instinctively knew the very same thing. She suddenly held the green and pink playballs up against her chest and stood there proudly beaming at us. This set the tone for today's visit, which was active, fun-filled and just pretty damn silly.

Examples:

I got 'stuck' in one of the play tunnels and wiggled helplessly like a fish until Kristina came and pulled me out.

Kristina spun around in circles so much that she lay in a dizzy heap on the floor.

We played a game where we all pretended to fall asleep as Kristina lay on the balance beam. She would then, in a true leap of faith, suddenly roll off one side and rely on us to catch her.

We got into a number of hilarious bouts of laughter over things we don't even remember.

Robin painted Kristina's fingernails for the first time in a bright pink color. Kristina ran around the orphanage proudly showing them off to anyone she could find.

The self-opening umbrella was discovered and became a big hit. Kristina opened it dozens of times, posed with it and spun it upside down like a top.