We had a lovely birthday party for the girls. I thought it might be a bit chaotic, but the weather was good, we were outside the whole time, the kids were happy, the adults were well fed, and a good time seemed to be had by all.
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Last birthday, we had a quiet celebration with my [...]
We got back from our four day hiking trip - and boy o boy do I have pictures! But that will have to wait because tomorrow is the girls’ 4th birthday party. We’ve been cooking and baking all day! But here is a stolen moment in the garden… in their Ethiopian party dresses, to boot.
Since we got married, my husband has cheerfully allowed me to drag him up and down a few mountains. But as a prairie boy, it isn’t really his thing. It’s my thing. So I figure, if I want my girls to experience the Canadian wilderness the way I have experienced it, it’s up to me.
So [...]
Everybody has a different lifestyle and living experience. These snapshots from the last couple of weeks does give a hint of ours, anyway. Busy busy busy! but with lots of time for the improtant things, such as play and gardening, fmaily and friends.
BTW: You will see some pics of Sugar and Spice’s friend Tigger. Guess [...]
A few words from Spice about her yellow Ethiopian scarf, and scarf wearing in general. You get a sense of how she talks. (Although she is more verbose when not being taped. Aren’t we all…) She got this scarf at the women’s weaving cooperative near Entoto mountain, in Addis Ababa.
These guys crack me up. You can see what drumming lessons for a week, two tiny guitars, mixed with a little artistic licence, does.
It is an 11 minute video… but enjoyable for family and friends with time to kill!
If you are wondering - yes, Sugar does have a black eye. It’s going down now, thank goodness. [...]
Shortly after we brought the girls home from Ethiopia, we took them to get a flourisde treatment. The dental hygenist told us “they both have cavities!” Yikes.
So three dentist apointments later, the “chompers” as the dentist calls them, are all fixed. The first visit was just that, a visit. The second one, both girls got [...]
Well, I got home after a week away last night. Jorck held the fort down nicely… I knew he would. He did stage mak-up, fed them hotdogs and pulled weeds int he garden. The only difference when I got home is that the girls started eating vegetables again, and, as their pre-school teacher teacher said [...]
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The girls started ballet lessons a few months ago, and boy o boy, have they ever enjoyed it.
There dance show is in two weeks, but I captured a bit of their dress rehearsal today - too cute! They don’t practice at home or anything - yet they still obviously have picked up a thing or [...]
I know from talking to a lot of people pre-adoption, that a common worry is “what if we get matched with the WRONG kid(s)?” After all, they kids aren’t made of your DNA - if Jrock and I had chosen to make a baby, no doubt the offspring would have burnt easily, been smart cookies, [...]
The girls really love going out gardening with us - which is good, because it’s like their father and I’s favourite summer hobby.
For example, I took a nap this afternoon and told them not to interupt me unless they were hurt. When I woke up an hour later, I found them outside - happy as clams [...]
Well, ok, in all honesty, I gave them their blog names before I met them.
But Sugar and Spice actually seem to fit. Sugar is honest and forthright… and very genuinely affectionate. She’s also as stuborn as her mother, hard on herself, academically strong and vulnerable to rejection. (Ok, so that’s all like me too.)
Spice is a [...]
So if you are one of the parenting school that doesn’t think we should teach our kids about procreation until they are older, teenagers, or possibly married, don’t watch the video below. Or if you don’t want to hear scientific names for male/female body parts, don’t watch the video either. It might offend you - and I [...]
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Our dear little Laughlin hasn’t been such a dear lately. In fact, when I left for Ethiopia, he started peeing in the house… and hadn’t really stopped until about a month ago. We got to the point where we had him in diapers every day (a “male wrap”, they call it!) which was a temporary [...]
