Lauren's New Friend

Lauren has made yet another new friend. There is an old retired man that works at the orphanage as a gardener. He has taken a liking to Lauren. He picked her an Iris flower the other day and some Daisies. We brought them home to our apartment and put them in a glass on our kitchen table. They brightened up our apartment quite a bit. Through our interpreter, Dinara, The Gardener explained to us that Lauren has "authorization" from him to pick any flowers that she wishes to pick.

The heat has been "stifling" the last two days and yesterday Lauren's new friend asked us through sign language if it was OK for him to spray Lauren down a bit with the garden hose. We gladly gave him the go-ahead and the two of them had a great time.