tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337370292024-03-19T13:49:35.335-04:00Hoping for SixMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602053437188227766noreply@blogger.comBlogger247125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33737029.post-68727771813491082602009-05-07T08:50:00.001-04:002009-05-07T09:27:36.280-04:00What A Face<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdyRAKoBZ94L66J-aV4PWFiuofEFvr6lYzO7bBw25knDy8UQ_oUky-JkUM9wj1b_rsMOWvif0pZ8pHYz6dJ6TkMWY57XRu-bw644wMKmmrWPhqRA0TKHoVXc5yVpD05RDfZdUL/s1600-h/DSC00782.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdyRAKoBZ94L66J-aV4PWFiuofEFvr6lYzO7bBw25knDy8UQ_oUky-JkUM9wj1b_rsMOWvif0pZ8pHYz6dJ6TkMWY57XRu-bw644wMKmmrWPhqRA0TKHoVXc5yVpD05RDfZdUL/s400/DSC00782.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333063990266206082" /></a>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwbddmUP4ybziG22M-RRYSMj1VQMYJx6EU3w2S1eewMtPnNGdeIqDxlreNUiyOEdT0q_j04fafXWxWrPsAT_PVmLE-3EqLEMYIHzzgzMyblxb4mWn1GtP4iSF1kSfL8J8Q7QQP/s1600-h/DSC00675.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwbddmUP4ybziG22M-RRYSMj1VQMYJx6EU3w2S1eewMtPnNGdeIqDxlreNUiyOEdT0q_j04fafXWxWrPsAT_PVmLE-3EqLEMYIHzzgzMyblxb4mWn1GtP4iSF1kSfL8J8Q7QQP/s400/DSC00675.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333063995344113730" /></a>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602053437188227766noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33737029.post-4824397658489955752009-05-04T13:09:00.004-04:002009-05-04T13:12:33.729-04:00Patch of Sunflowers<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib7hii_xMF0-aJ626kUiWg3B-JRmsTSVoBOwvSZN8IpOAnnqUol3eL4YxsahDQay6pyQeQ0_Z4qDsWAeRjlvgr2AsTvMKVDSXcZW6E7vEyiDsIQhWal8TayLuQtucIoFh0LNcl/s1600-h/DSC00862.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib7hii_xMF0-aJ626kUiWg3B-JRmsTSVoBOwvSZN8IpOAnnqUol3eL4YxsahDQay6pyQeQ0_Z4qDsWAeRjlvgr2AsTvMKVDSXcZW6E7vEyiDsIQhWal8TayLuQtucIoFh0LNcl/s400/DSC00862.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332017446219398226" /></a>
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Here is the "cake" we made for a cake auction at our Church. Jenise called it a "Patch of Sunflowers". Glad we brought it--it didn't get the lowest bid;)Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602053437188227766noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33737029.post-22224224430153260182009-05-02T12:15:00.002-04:002009-05-02T12:21:09.017-04:00A Photo A Day<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1bH23LE2LRgXSJR5CA7_tAhc2Imcos_Pc5PRuGxSfltDwOnkvmBsH9JtDj3mnUyMtB_7iUPqUHNQHwG9UcfSPLQr1vRmtCEOvyQKqdC7nGU_tk80R8hHmsQBaMjUk1raIQa-Z/s1600-h/swing.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 360px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1bH23LE2LRgXSJR5CA7_tAhc2Imcos_Pc5PRuGxSfltDwOnkvmBsH9JtDj3mnUyMtB_7iUPqUHNQHwG9UcfSPLQr1vRmtCEOvyQKqdC7nGU_tk80R8hHmsQBaMjUk1raIQa-Z/s400/swing.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331262425427162866" /></a>
It's been a long time since blogging but as I look back, I love the memories because my scrapbooking is WAY behind. I thought I would try to set a doable goal. I am not much of a talker but love posting photos. So my new goal is to post one picture a day and on days that I miss, the next post will have that many more photos. I've seen other blogs that do this and I thought it was a neat idea:)
Here goes...Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602053437188227766noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33737029.post-48256690561688878902008-12-15T12:40:00.005-05:002008-12-15T13:01:39.241-05:00Choosing the Christmas Tree<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNRMkaeAbJgHiSYLmJOWJpBeGnpwZZIPLItmt-e6_hegBOgX2ni6Y1Fh4NEYasT_wL1qvzhyphenhyphenqyi5_CO2JLWgbgDVrJiQmM-uh9XH4ZvaPtHIM0HrkLV-ifhskFv2KWWn93JvMI/s1600-h/DSC09163.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNRMkaeAbJgHiSYLmJOWJpBeGnpwZZIPLItmt-e6_hegBOgX2ni6Y1Fh4NEYasT_wL1qvzhyphenhyphenqyi5_CO2JLWgbgDVrJiQmM-uh9XH4ZvaPtHIM0HrkLV-ifhskFv2KWWn93JvMI/s400/DSC09163.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280074995421331618" /></a>
Each year for Christmas we alternate the kids and let one of them choose our Christmas tree, and each year we forget who chose the tree the previous Christmas. I am documentig here to make it official, this year Edward chose our tree and next year it will be JiaLi's turn. Edward was so cute--he was our speediest chooser yet. He saw two trees and made a comment that one of them was too small and too wide but as soon as he saw this tree(which was the other of the two trees), he said "this is my tree." His mind was made up. We got the tree two weekends ago and finally decorated Saturday.
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Danny and Jenise are at the same school this year and they each had a chorus concert last Tuesday. We had our adoption class last Tuesday evening during their concert and since we did miss one class in November, we wanted to make sure we did not miss again.(We cannot miss more than two.) Luckily Gramma and Papa were able to bring them and not only did they bring them to the concert but they also brought them out for dinner. Thank you Gramma and Papa!!! We are thankful too that our local Cable channel recorded their show and we will be able to watch it on our local channel this week or next week:) The rest of the pictures are the kids decorating the tree and posing with the finished product at the end. Their pose was all them--nothing to do with Mommy or Daddy. If you click on it, you can see their expressions even better.
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ1ufDM5uWCi_uxJsBmVLKtiLyQMcRHDBJyfPtQL_n38TSs4yX3E5AgurgJcqJR7oYioK0mdR6CdFdrQh0tih308MM_kKfz2ZcHU1s8Ad3NBtqglaF95lb2kca7aPOkWhE8m0b/s1600-h/DSC09183.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ1ufDM5uWCi_uxJsBmVLKtiLyQMcRHDBJyfPtQL_n38TSs4yX3E5AgurgJcqJR7oYioK0mdR6CdFdrQh0tih308MM_kKfz2ZcHU1s8Ad3NBtqglaF95lb2kca7aPOkWhE8m0b/s400/DSC09183.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280073433137620370" /></a>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602053437188227766noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33737029.post-46158345155791047102008-12-06T10:23:00.005-05:002008-12-06T17:39:39.196-05:00The Big 40<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGZ5vBETT3N0yBDvCeeRG_3ESSBviSSp2pV4Okh6V_jwdmkqy9vjtHN_R2AdEoGC5YW7Ow0gODoXj5v_iecRLKI9U2Qk1OmNP3EWb5BL90yWltreiIfgRTot9-5GyV48kwVxa7/s1600-h/halloween+2008+089.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGZ5vBETT3N0yBDvCeeRG_3ESSBviSSp2pV4Okh6V_jwdmkqy9vjtHN_R2AdEoGC5YW7Ow0gODoXj5v_iecRLKI9U2Qk1OmNP3EWb5BL90yWltreiIfgRTot9-5GyV48kwVxa7/s320/halloween+2008+089.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276700989499430530" /></a>
Here they are--my hubby and his twin. This October they turned the big 40 and my sister-in-law(his brother's wife) and I held a surprise party. The weekend we held it was a weekend that we usually hold our Halloween party. (We held our Halloween party a week later this year.) Soooo, my husband knew something was up. My Mom had had surgery so I told him that my Mom had thought she would be better but she still can't drive and would not be able to babysit so maybe we can go out as a family. Then a few days later, I told him that I had been talking to Amy and she wanted to try to have us go out together since it was such a big birthday;) So, he wasn't quite sure what was happening. That Saturday, Edward had a birthday party and I was stressing out while I was there because I was supposed to meet Amy at the restaurant to decorate right in the middle his party. Thankfully one of the Moms at the party offered to give Edward a ride home(people are so nice). Well, this would have been fine if when I said good bye to Edward I didn't tell him I was going to go decorate for Daddy's party. While I was there decorating, I returned home and Joe told me that JiaLi commented that "we were having a surprise"(now I said nothing to her--her ears are just too good) and then Edward said to him "yeah and Mommy is there right now decorating." Arghhhh....oh well, it was still good because he had no idea where we were going or who would be there. He enjoyed it:)
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We are so lucky that Uncle Pete with a lot of coercing agreed to sing some Irish folk music. Everyone there enjoyed it and it was so great for the kids to see Uncle Pete in action. (yes, he has a twin too)
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The remainder of the pictures are in no special order. I was mad at myself, a lot of the photos from the evening came out blurry.
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I know, I overpost JiaLi but had to include this one of her wrapped in her new blanket from her Auntie. I was hoping we could replace her green torn up one...not yet. AND we are so excited for<a href="http://thegrowingwarehouse.blogspot.com/"> Annslee</a> having her new brother with her:) YAY!!! He is such a cutie and we are so excited for you!!!
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzOFRTYl_NdVkDypkkNXi-nmTUuA9FCrz3JNbKBkSl501DkDEteq9h_b3MFlrW2BxWAx32I0oqu1ghUnHxRwUKmfB9EAGkyrDoFVTHDBpfHpN4r7uYHrlIDMM7WPTLDK5CGjX1/s1600-h/DSC08824.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzOFRTYl_NdVkDypkkNXi-nmTUuA9FCrz3JNbKBkSl501DkDEteq9h_b3MFlrW2BxWAx32I0oqu1ghUnHxRwUKmfB9EAGkyrDoFVTHDBpfHpN4r7uYHrlIDMM7WPTLDK5CGjX1/s320/DSC08824.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276699244606225170" /></a>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602053437188227766noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33737029.post-2855119663016217342008-11-28T11:01:00.007-05:002008-11-28T13:57:25.854-05:00Happy Thanksgiving<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvGJkXWvEFdba83ztqZx0H-5S32dH_kcc4PCCbEK3zpyH3g2Iyh8AH7K5k4jPzWL1NEGE1fwzOOKQhQviAUSAD2C8TX96e3TWxN4Fx1_kRBi5wVxOPo1gV1ihli0ZglMScCraR/s1600-h/DSC09049.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvGJkXWvEFdba83ztqZx0H-5S32dH_kcc4PCCbEK3zpyH3g2Iyh8AH7K5k4jPzWL1NEGE1fwzOOKQhQviAUSAD2C8TX96e3TWxN4Fx1_kRBi5wVxOPo1gV1ihli0ZglMScCraR/s320/DSC09049.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273741130219927794" /></a>
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I could not let this week go by without giving my Secret Pal a very,very big thank you. This Christmas Elf is the cutest thing ever!!! I have never heard of this tradition and it is the best---we love it! Thank you Secret Pal for such a perfect gift. News on our adoption: We have 4 classes left to take which if the weather cooperates will be done in 2 weeks. Snow may be the only factor but we are saying prayers it won't. We had a home study last week and we are having one more on Tuesday and then once we get all our paperwork together, we will be ready to progress. Just a few more pieces.
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Our oldest daughter is trying to grow her bangs out(she's almost there) and she constantly has her hair in a headband and clip. JiaLi asked her to do her hair one morning...
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Here they are.
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Thanksgiving this year was great for us. We are so thankful for all our family. Some years not everyone can make it whether it be work(a nurse is in the family), or having to go to the other side of the family. This year all of Jos's family made it. All the cousins were there:)
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Where JiaLi goes for preschool, the class pictures are not done until the spring. All the other kids had their school photos done in the fall and usually I include them with Christmas gifts. I was going to be patient and wait but I decided to try to take one of JiaLi like I did last year. Here is our start:
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She has this thing when her picture is being taken of tilting her head--not sure where it came from but Danny used to do it!
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Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We just love this time of year--especially the special anniversary we celebrate of JiaLi coming home!
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Thought I would warn you with the title. I was going to not post but I decided why not. As I mentioned earlier, for her preschool class, JiaLi dressed like a lion. It is a costume she received for her birthday that will not fit her next year(it barely fit her this year) and to get use out of it, she wanted to wear it to school(this is with no coercion by Mommy). Of course whenever her cousins are over(seen in the next picture), they love to play lion and it ends up on one of them:)We were very excited to have our cousins stop by for some early trick-or-treating. As soon as they arrived, JiaLi ran to her room to get her costume.
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And here they are ready to go. Danny and Jenise went with their friends this year so it was just these three and our neighbors. It was nice having the three(Daddy was sick this year so Mommy took the kids--it was nice though because the Moms were the ones this year too who took their kids).
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JiaLi was very excited to catch up with her best buddy while we were out trick-or-treating.
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And here they are checking out what they received. JiaLi had the most and the reason, we had such a large group and JiaLi waited patiently at each house and because of her wings, got stuck in the doors. Most of the people giving out treats did not understand that she was stuck and continued to load her bag since she was standing with it open. Of course, she made no effort to move or say she was stuck... had there been no candy, believe me she would have communicated!!
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The rate I've been posting, I thought I would add this photo. This was just a random day and these two decided to play secret agent and dress in their black(dark blue)clothing to be agents.
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Don't ever let JiaLi fool you--she LOVES to dance and sing-especially with the big kids:)
These photos really are in no certain order. We had such a good time. We went with my DH's brother and one of their best friends. There were 10 kids and 6 adults.
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While in Epcot we ran into someone working there also from China with a very similar last name as the Qi that JiaLi had and in honor of that she gave JiaLi stickers galore--JiaLi was very proud that they came from someone from China.
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Jiali's favorite spots were the water areas throughout the parks.
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Of course, had to ride the tea cups. Not a ride Mommy went on though---no thank you;)
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Animal Kingdom was actually the first park we went to. Above are the girls in the group and below are the "4" (well, almost 4) year olds. (JiaLi is the only one 4 and one will be 4 in Nov. and the other in Jan.)
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This year, Auntie Sheri gave each of the kids a $25 gift certificate for Disney. Here is JiaLi with her souvenir:)
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Thought I would post to say Happy Halloween to everyone. We went to Disney in early October and spent one evening trick-or-treating. The issue was the evening we did this it not only poured like the usual quick Florida pour but it rained the entire evening. I did not get good photos but here is JiaLi as Tinkerbell, Jenise was Ella Enchanted, Daniel was one of the Celtics, Joseph was Indiana Jones and Edward was Anakin. Yesterday at preschool, JiaLi had a parade and she dressed like a lion--she received a lion costume from her Gramma for her birthday. She is back in her Tinkerbell costume today. We are going to Joseph's and Edward's school to watch their parade. Last weekend we had a surprise party for Joe and his twin--they turned 40. Photos coming. We usually hold our Halloween party on the last weekend in October but because of the 40th party, we are holding it November 1st so I may be posting Halloween photos for the month of November;)
We started our class. We have taken 3 classes and have either 5 or 7 more to take. (we are not clear if we need to take 8 or 10 classes since the outline of the class is for 8 sessions but the dates of the classes are for 10) We'll see but we are happy to finally be started. We have a lot of homework to do!!
I've also been teaching 2 religious ed. classes at our church--even though each is only twice a month it still occupies time but I am loving it. I am teaching Joseph's and Jenise's classes. I have also been able to volunteer during the week in the schools. Having lots of fun and wishing I could post more and I will.
Secret Buddy, thank you for the Halloween goodies this month. I will be posting about it---the books are the best--we don't have any of them:) THANK YOU!!!Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602053437188227766noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33737029.post-86176218217789649662008-10-06T14:06:00.004-04:002008-10-07T06:51:00.630-04:00The October Kids<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi37gheTtXfXSgSMf9zSDVtbg_LILhr1St-pFRvoPZlYyvaw0QeE7C7Id1y_oiYX8hwLCQNHxVn6jguqdBwFq9aCBdwOYui2G-1c1VgbVYbMU1o3gwV3i8BAxMBHi-bjP-HefXm/s1600-h/DSC08305.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi37gheTtXfXSgSMf9zSDVtbg_LILhr1St-pFRvoPZlYyvaw0QeE7C7Id1y_oiYX8hwLCQNHxVn6jguqdBwFq9aCBdwOYui2G-1c1VgbVYbMU1o3gwV3i8BAxMBHi-bjP-HefXm/s320/DSC08305.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254105089500589762" /></a>
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I took these photos last week trying to get the leaves just beginning to turn. Of course, JiaLi ccooperated with goofy faces. Joseph and JiaLi each have their birthdays in early October. My DH was out of town all last week, and my sister and Mom one of the days brought over a cake for the both of them. Here they are blowing out the candles with their cousins. We did sing happy birthday to JiaLi yesterday--I'll try to post. BTW, our class starts this Thursday and continues until the first or second week in December.
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Later that night they were sitting together at supper(we have a bench on one side) and JiaLi was repeatedly saying with a big giggle "we're the October kids!" (that's what she is trying to whisper in his ear in the third photo down)
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A week ago Friday at the boys' school, a singer came to entertain the kids. The younger kids all had a blast. I was not able to catch them but JiaLi especially enjoyed hanging out with big brother Joseph and dancing with his friends. We caught it on video but the video is way too long.
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The Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk was last Sunday. I walked the beginning with my neighbor, and then Joe met us at the 13 mile point with the 3 kids to walk the remainder with us. I was so proud of them. They did such a great job and had such a great spirit. There is Jenise and her friend crossing the finish line. I did offer to hold Danny's hand;)
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The boys just have not been able to get a soccer game in this month. Well, they played one but otherwise they have been rained out every Saturday. Jenise on the other hand is playing on the travel soccer team this year and they, so far, have played no matter what. Here she is today warming up, but it began to rain so much the photos were not clear:)
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Finally thank you Secret Buddy for the most recent gift and thank you for your patience with our process. I came home Thursday all excited because there was a message from the Social Worker helping us. The message was letting us know that they have not forgotten about us and that they are hoping to start a class by the end of September. (September 30th is Tuesday???) They need to find someone to teach the class because she is not teaching it anymore. I wanted to ask what was needed to teach the class!! I know, patience, prayers and lots of deep breaths. Secret Buddy, this is such a great gift. You have the best ideas! Thank you.
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O.k. this is a silly add on. I am reading all the updates on my DH's travel mates blogs and reading about how the girls have gone to the dentist. Had to share that JiaLi went to her first appointment on September 3rd (I did not bring a camera) and I was so proud of her. She was a nervous wreck the night before but pulled through. Same thing--no cavities. But...when she bit down...way out of line..looks like future mouthwork. Jenise is going through some right now--she just got a palate expander and then might need braces on her front teeth.Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602053437188227766noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33737029.post-66354538340682905232008-09-18T14:21:00.012-04:002008-09-18T17:10:56.824-04:00Trying to be a Better Blogger:)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAaJR2wCW8VkYOVmgYLVmj5fH1bcR0GvuM01cNlnhUb2GCdWjz3SP5BHAXcjMOOMUGMZWH8s-6TlZZj-F-c0SKWZDlP8I-i1gshema9A2xqakwZ48f_G8x6-lKiLqA9HD17K_f/s1600-h/DSC08155.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAaJR2wCW8VkYOVmgYLVmj5fH1bcR0GvuM01cNlnhUb2GCdWjz3SP5BHAXcjMOOMUGMZWH8s-6TlZZj-F-c0SKWZDlP8I-i1gshema9A2xqakwZ48f_G8x6-lKiLqA9HD17K_f/s400/DSC08155.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247428400482972114" /></a>
Here is JiaLi on the playground at school. Of course, the day I have my camera, no monkey bars. She was too busy with everything else. I stand a distance from the playground when I wait and even though I can see her I am unable to get a decent photo. Had to crop it though to show her expression--she has that smile on when I drop her off and when I pick her up. She is loving preschool!!
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Thought I would post some photos from our last weekend before this weekend approaches and I don't post. The first photos are from the birthday party at cousins. Fishing and swimming was fun for the kids. Poor Danny--his hook got stuck on a rock. Of course, when you look at the dock picture, you will notice no adults. It was in the 60s and we were too wimpy to go in. Gotta love kids:)
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Here is JiaLi with her loot from the pinata.
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We went to a party on Sunday at my DH's parents. His younger sister is getting married in May(YAY!!) and we had a get-together to meet her fiance's family. I wasn't a good picture taker there but did take some like the cousins on the big swing.
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And Jenise with a dragonfly--might have to do something with this one.
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Had to end with this one from the birthday party!!
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Here she is on her first day of school. I can't get over how well she did. She went right in with no tears. A little bit of wondering but went right about her day. At the end of the day, she is usually on the playground. I tried to get to her school a little early today but she was in the bathroom!!! I wanted to take pictures of her on those monkey bars--she's doing them and turning around when she gets to the end...maybe I should get her into gymnastics;) Hopefully as the end of the week approaches, I will be able to catch her. She goes three mornings a week. She does have her favorite ladybug backpack which I will also try to get a photo of. She received it from her cousin Catherine who is in big kid school now(Kindergarten) and needs a larger backpack. The photo in pink is JiaLi on day2--willing to go back:)
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Had to throw one in of the boys:) Edward, who is 6, lost his first tooth on Friday.
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We were hoping to be into the adoption-related class that I talked about a few posts ago and we never heard. I was getting nervous that we did something wrong(like forgot to submit something). Finally we called and it turns out they did not have enough people for the class and are holding it in October. I pray we get into it...this waiting thing over a class which seems so doable is driving me crazy. I know I shouldn't complain but I just want to take some more steps...
On a different note, my question is related to the Moon Festival which is right around the corner. With JiaLi in school now, I wanted to go in with a book/activity for her class. I was wondering if you had a book to recommend that kids enjoy related to the Moon Festival to share. As some may remember, her first year home, her birthday fell on the Moon Festival and it's now just one of those days that I want to make sure we celebrate:) Thank you in advance for sharing!!Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602053437188227766noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33737029.post-59552772592244184202008-09-02T05:56:00.006-04:002008-09-02T07:10:31.816-04:00A Big Day<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXTn5DhUZRPKIM-5f_-1erxKav3xenPyjee_PxC2qAD1yRt1WExdXorqX926EtFmujcKOip0yKZvAcu8ybmGY6fPLrFE1XwCHuxVndiyG73Ha_gL6U_beMWGnR5qjT5xW-y2Ld/s1600-h/Jiali.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXTn5DhUZRPKIM-5f_-1erxKav3xenPyjee_PxC2qAD1yRt1WExdXorqX926EtFmujcKOip0yKZvAcu8ybmGY6fPLrFE1XwCHuxVndiyG73Ha_gL6U_beMWGnR5qjT5xW-y2Ld/s400/Jiali.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241363083395631362" /></a>
Today is a big day for our little girl. JiaLi will be starting preschool. I am both happy and sad. I hate that she is going but I am so happy for her to go. (Did that make sense?) She was hilarious last night at bedtime. She called me back in the room three times telling me that she had to tell me something. The final one was "are the other kids going to be there without their Mommy and Daddy too?" We had a day last week to visit the school with Mommy and she loved it. We'll see.
BTW, this photo was taken by my brother-in-law at our August family reunion:)Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602053437188227766noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33737029.post-41016079988761873982008-08-28T12:33:00.011-04:002008-08-28T17:50:44.134-04:00Girls at the Zoo<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC-h4Rp4zWN7bH6gmUQbPLoeF2aZo8-WL-2KUw36p1CG1zrHKTaVka2kqLO7sif7iB5C6YV5XqGw9kEp3ge62BISGLgfCaMGvKAprahWTDd65G_NXuQCmDpBGU7vYf0Gatxk2_/s1600-h/DSC07799.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC-h4Rp4zWN7bH6gmUQbPLoeF2aZo8-WL-2KUw36p1CG1zrHKTaVka2kqLO7sif7iB5C6YV5XqGw9kEp3ge62BISGLgfCaMGvKAprahWTDd65G_NXuQCmDpBGU7vYf0Gatxk2_/s200/DSC07799.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239631734428324082" /></a>
Here are the gifts from my incredible Secret Buddy. Thank you Secret Buddy. All of the kids have enthusiastically been wearing their Red Thread bracelets. I can't wait to place a photo in that adorable frame,wrap our child in that towel and fill that album with photos! Thank you too for the recent gift. I will post a photo soon.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipnEqPBx38ZhuYvGScZE2a2cJ17NChjRI9-2j1yfd8BJYTGZjEgBRb0OQCxFnulGE70lrKZ9EhsNLOz-uNMH-LgzvohUDVQQrh0Tp7bI4rC6N9csYWmvzLNK8dTWBbPP2cj8sH/s1600-h/DSC07804.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipnEqPBx38ZhuYvGScZE2a2cJ17NChjRI9-2j1yfd8BJYTGZjEgBRb0OQCxFnulGE70lrKZ9EhsNLOz-uNMH-LgzvohUDVQQrh0Tp7bI4rC6N9csYWmvzLNK8dTWBbPP2cj8sH/s200/DSC07804.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239631741493529922" /></a>
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One week this summer, the boys had a basketball camp. It was a half-day camp for Joseph and Edward and Danny was able to work as a Jr. Counselor. It was a great experience for him. The kids were in grades 1-4. On the last morning, the girls and I went to a zoo in the same town. One special thing at the zoo was the white lion. Jenise loved how everything in the zoo was made of recycled material--including the bench they are sitting on.
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The girls enjoyed the bubble machine and the mist tent more than anything else:)
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I definitely need to go back and fix the lighting on this picture...I just thought it was cute--hope you can see them:)
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The darkness was bugging me so I added some light. I have a bad habit of overcorrecting but at least now you can see them...well, you can see Jenise. If only that hat were slightly higher:)
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Sorry it has been so long since I last posted. I honestly did not think that much time had gone by. I told myself I would post before the kids were back in school and they are back tomorrow so I am posting tonight:) These are scatterings from our summer. I finally took the card out of our camera and uploaded/downloaded photos. We have the girls at the zoo(more to come), the boys after basketball camp, fishing at our family reunion and Danny finally caught a fish, JiaLi getting a ride from Grandma and JiaLi with Mama Pug and her other Gramma. We have had such a great summer. Secret Buddy thanks for the gifts, I will be posting them. The kids all wear their Red Thread Bracelets religiously. I just love it. Thanks for everything. So what's going on with our adoption? Not something I really like to talk about. I get nervous. With JiaLi, we told immediate family but really didn't come out and tell people(although with all the references, many knew)until we had everything over there. Now with Vietnam, I haven't said anything yet but now I will. We withdrew. We did not feel far enough along in the process and did not want to lose more money. We were researching other countries and came to a decision that we agreed upon. We are adopting from right here. We applied and had a visit the end of July with a Social Worker and now we need to take a 10-week, 1-night per week class and we are hoping to get into one for September and then go from there. We'll see. I miss you all and I am going to try to get caught up this week on everyone's blogs:)
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Edward will sit an endless amount of time and listen to stories. But now he is at an age where he really needs to be reading more independently. The kids came home with recommended authors from the schools for summer reading. We picked up some books from the library by one of the authors for Edward(the Max and Ruby author). The book that he enjoyed the most was Max's Dragon Shirt and we focused on him reading it. He understands each of the sounds for all of the letters but gets overwhelmed by the larger words--which I know is normal for most kids(went through it with the others) but Edward's frustration sometimes gets really bad with a temper added on. I tried and tried to think of something to motivate him(I know, I should say bribe) and came up with goggles. We just got some for Danny because he is swimming higher distances and it makes sense for him to wear them as he swims laps but wanted the younger ones to work on keeping their eyes open under water. When I brought up buying goggles if he read the whole book to me...what a change. He ended up reading the book 5 times before we even got the goggles. I did offer goggles for the others too;) when we were shopping.
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As many of you know from previous posts, I am a horrible shopper and my kids really should have more bathing suits than they do for the amount of time that they are in the water;) Well, I finally brought JiaLi shopping(the same day we got the goggles). I bought her two bathing suits and right away when she saw this in the store she had to get it because Jenise had it. Jenise was such a good sport with her. I had to laugh to at the <a href="http://thegrowingwarehouse.blogspot.com/2008/07/when-can-we-sign-her-up.html">diving post on Annslee's blog</a>.
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JiaLi is actually up to 5 times jumping with her sister:)
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JiaLi is not diving or anything fancy yet but we are proud that she has gone from bobbing in the water to diving to the bottom to get toys:) Step-by-step:)
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The next day, it was the cutest thing. We were driving Jenise to her camp and JiaLi said to Jenise "wasn't that fun yesterday wearing the same bathing suit."
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The other day we were at a park and JiaLi wanted to go on the swings. The others were playing baseball. The swings were right in the sun and it was a hot day. Prior to going on the swing, I told her to be careful because the swings might be hot. She used her hand to touch and test the swing and she turned and said, "Ooooooo,the swings are <em><strong>wicked</strong></em> hot!" <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBxtbAjoW-d4kM7RzZIRz8s0Nbe1nhSS1rsTP1rKz-PUFUSL45ZfxExGk_aR0BbMozAz937V3-AnKB4U6pCcDoJL3NAgwFHMSpmLX43EQ9naeGE6l6TU1eS2kPpQ27SoUyvL9I/s1600-h/popsicle.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBxtbAjoW-d4kM7RzZIRz8s0Nbe1nhSS1rsTP1rKz-PUFUSL45ZfxExGk_aR0BbMozAz937V3-AnKB4U6pCcDoJL3NAgwFHMSpmLX43EQ9naeGE6l6TU1eS2kPpQ27SoUyvL9I/s400/popsicle.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225485158255279474" /></a>
This one is from the cookout a few weekends ago. I love how the popsicle matches her bathing suit:)Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602053437188227766noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33737029.post-71005129636892425622008-07-19T23:12:00.007-04:002008-07-19T23:38:43.845-04:00And he is six...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1l0v8W8aET0T9YmYXbtRLBzm8wu05kt2Tg8hcLsk0kG54eboJy3yoekqOTLAi6hKlo4_L0mJIi10M_q2EPZHjKi7JJFQGXRCXzcdrq9wQw1_huGOHNtuQJPCMmlqtc4lTvIwp/s1600-h/edward+six.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1l0v8W8aET0T9YmYXbtRLBzm8wu05kt2Tg8hcLsk0kG54eboJy3yoekqOTLAi6hKlo4_L0mJIi10M_q2EPZHjKi7JJFQGXRCXzcdrq9wQw1_huGOHNtuQJPCMmlqtc4lTvIwp/s400/edward+six.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224929561372024338" /></a>
Yesterday, Edward turned six. We will be holding his birthday party with the family in August to try to give us a little more time to work on the tree fort. For his birthday, Edward chose supper. He decided on quesadillas(may not be spelt right). As we were shopping for ingredients, he turned to me and said, "Mommy do I like quesadillas?"
Daddy did the cooking. And the meal was enjoyed by everyone:) A great choice Edward:)
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While we were shopping, we also strolled down the ice cream aisle and he chose a dessert. Italian ice:)
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These two enjoyed strawberry while the others enjoyed lemon. Jenise topped everyone's off with a piece of candy from the bag of candy she received from her coach at the basketball camp she attended last week:) BTW, they are sitting on the floor because it was a hot evening and they ate supper in the air-conditioned bedroom:)
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Jenise had a jumprope camp last week and I was in awe at how she jumped. They did Double Dutch jumproping and some other jumprope things. Of course, JiaLi also wanted to jumprope and the day we went to watch, JiaLi made sure to bring a jumprope along. JiaLi also enjoyed jumproping without a rope:)
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Everyone except JiaLi participated in swimming lessons last week and this week. They have had a lesson each day and will finish tomorrow. The age to participate is Kindergarten. I'm not sure what clicked this week but all of a sudden, JiaLi is doing bobs in the water on her own:) We are so proud of her:)
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I don't know if you can tell but in the lower photo of the big brother pictures, JiaLi is riding his back.
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Since Joseph was in the post yesterday didn't want to leave Edward out:) He had a collision with his brother while playing basketball and landed on his head--luckily he also landed on his elbow so that full impact was not to the head. I keep telling him that just because he dressed like Harry Potter last Halloween doesn't mean he needs to Really be him.(for those who have read, I am referring to the Lightening scar on his head--all week, he has been saying now I really look like Harry Potter.)
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I have had this in my head sine it happened and had to post about it. The photo has nothing to do with the story but I made sure to take a picture of these two over the weekend so that I could share the story:) Of course, this photo is cracking me up because JiaLi is eyeing Joseph's popsicle even though she has one of her own;)
The kids were eating lunch the other day and just doing there usual talking back and forth. All of a sudden, Joseph turned to me and said, "Mommy, I'm glad JiaLi isn't Chinese any more." He had a big smile on his face. I looked at him wondering what he was thinking. I tried to explained that a part of JiaLi will always be Chinese. He looked at me again and said, "Yeah but I can talk to her." We talked a little bit more and I went on to say that we never know, maybe one day JiaLi will learn Chinese. A few hours later Joseph approached me with concern. "Mommy, will I understand JiaLi when she gets bigger?" (Joseph is thinking in purely language terms.) I told him that since JiaLi was so young when she came home that English is her main language and she will ALWAYS be a _______________(I used our last name).
What a sigh of relief he breathed.Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602053437188227766noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33737029.post-30566515016256143002008-07-10T17:54:00.004-04:002008-07-10T18:12:10.235-04:00Our Day At The Beach...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4gdWcSQhM-tPzbbP3wumuYB1wyWniVeUjV3NC2MvNSnRo4bfofh6REQvKIwkpLrnqZSo-M7oOnSvCip8ogykZm0lSKJc4E-8_85eG_iKtw5uLClU1cSwGopUiI8bE2QWCzAvO/s1600-h/beach2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4gdWcSQhM-tPzbbP3wumuYB1wyWniVeUjV3NC2MvNSnRo4bfofh6REQvKIwkpLrnqZSo-M7oOnSvCip8ogykZm0lSKJc4E-8_85eG_iKtw5uLClU1cSwGopUiI8bE2QWCzAvO/s400/beach2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221509631203604306" /></a>
was just a blast. The kids were so hilarious. When we first got there, JiaLi just kept studying the water trying to decide if she was going to go in. The photo with her looking up with her eyes closed, she is clinging to my leg and pretty much did that at the beginning. Edward was a little hesitant but wanted to be right there with the kids.
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Every one of them lost there balance from an oncoming wave. They were a little frightened but not enough to stay out of the water. JiaLi, of course, changed how she felt and was right there trying to jump with the kids. The waves were big and did make Mommy nervous so they were limited with how far they could go but they didn't complain:)
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Showing Mommy their broken shells;)
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Here is a new favorite:)
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I was hoping to post pictures from our family reunion but I did a bad job that day and the pictures didn't come out that great:( I am posting now our trip. I apologize for so many photos but believe it or not I did narrow down. Last week, my DH had a business trip in Long Island and very last minute, the whole family tagged along. The very first day, we were not sure how far from the office we were and I didn't want to spend all day trying to find my way around so Daddy drove himself and we hung out at the hotel. (Mommy did not have success here getting a family shot but that's o.k.--wait till you see the beach.) We went for a walk to see what was around and then when we returned we went swimming. There was an indoor and an outdoor pool and the outdoor pool was not crowded at all--we were pretty much the only ones in--so the kids had the pool to themselves.
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Taking a break for lunch...our room had a full kitchen. The kids are eating leftover pizza from the night before.
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Then we spent some time on the half basketball court. My kids luckily love basketball and were happy to have this activity available.
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It was a really hot pool so of course we went right back in the pool.
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JiaLi has turned into quite a water monster. She is right there with the kids in the pool the entire time we were there. It is so much fun to watch. She is finally going underwater too without losing her breath:) She does not do this on her own yet but when she goes under with others, she no longer fears it:)
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JiaLi copying her brother. No she did not dive from the steps but she had fun pretending.
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One of our neighbor's learned a recipe from her daughter's Girl Scout troop leader to make handmade ice cream, and she shared it with all the neighbors. A cream mixture is mixed in one zip loc bag and then this bag is placed in another zip loc bag of ice cubes and rock salt. I will post the exact recipe when I get it. I want to do this for Edward's birthday. The mixture is mixed by hand which gets very cold to the touch so gloves were recommended;) Then eating:)
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Did I mention JiaLi now pulls herself up on her own...yes, my heart goes pitter-patter every time I turn my head and see that she has done it...
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This last one is not related but had to post. She had her cape on and I asked her what she was doing and she said she was "SUPERMAN TO SAVE THE PANDAS!!!!"
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I just have not been able to post. We have been so crazy(a good crazy)with summer. Last week, we had Ice Cream Making with the neighbors, then over the weekend we had Daddy's family reunion and early this week, we were away. So needless to say, I have lots to post and I will but I am feeling guilty that I did not make 4th of July cards. The post I made earlier in June/end of May with this photo of JiaLi and everyone joking about me making a card...I seriously wanted to make one and even packed a bag of stamping supplies to make them while we were away. Just never got to it...But I found this freebie today for 4th of July and decided to put together a layout. I was going to title it "Proud to be an American";) I would post one with all the kids but I really don't have a Patriotic one of them all and since her face is so funny, (this was right after falling asleep in the car coming home from the parade)just had to put something together. We hope everyone has a fun weekend!!Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602053437188227766noreply@blogger.com3