Letters and emails!

Hey everyone! No news on the kids' papers, but we did get new emails and letters in the mail!!

We just sent them last week letters along with envelopes with money for postage, and extra money for each of them to spend on whatever they want (the equivalent of $10 each of the Estonian money we had left over). I guess they didn't need the postage because before they received the money they had already sent us another letter. But maybe they'll send more now that they can give the money and envelope to anyone.

Here's what the email said:
Thanks for the cash you us have very much pleased
We want that you were our parents

And the letters we got from them today say this:

Hello, Mum and Dad!
Thank you very much for the ball, a hat, chocolate, Orbit. Biscuits I keep for my guests who will come to my birthday on 12 October.
I visit trainings every day during 2 hours. On Fridays we play with other teams, we have won 5 games and lost only one!
At the end of October, when we have holidays at school, we will go to Sillamae town (North Estonia) for several days. There we will have some games with other football teams.
Katja and I are waiting when the trial begins. It was said, that we must wait a little, because we have no passport and there are some problems with getting this passport.
I want to meet all our relatives and be friends with them.
Miss you very much, love you,
Roma

(Clarification: Orbit is gum. Biscuits are Oreos. LOL "Trial" is our court date. Trainings are soccer practice. Roman is turning 11 years old on Sunday.)

Hello, Mum and Dad!
Today we got a parcel from you, thank you very much! We are very happy! Especially I am thankful for earrings, they are really beautiful.
I do not go to school now, because of being ill, I had a cough and a temperature. But now I am getting well again and on Monday will go to school.
I also visit some extra lessons to learn faster English!
Roma and I are very often thinking of you, missing you. Wait and it is sure we come.
I liked your photos very much, especially Mummy's one, where she is near the seashore. She is very beautiful there.
Thank you for Katja's and Masha's photos, they look very happy. Masha looks like her sisters. Send them my regards.
We also send our photos. We went to Poltsamaa (south Estonia) for autumn days. We played there and had some competitions.
Love you very much,
Katja

(Clarification: Katja and Masha are their friends who were adopted by a family in Texas last June, remember. Camp in South Estonia or Katya being sick must've been the reason we were not getting emails from them for a couple weeks.)

Here are the pictures they sent, and the artwork they drew for us.












I assume the extra people on the left is a boy from their camp and a teacher. I think Katya's animal picture is a cat or a bear. Very cute. :) Roman appears to like abstract artwork. Interesting!

It was so nice to hear from them. We miss them so much! They are so sweet.

That's all for now.

Love,
Molly