Words

E, when not allowed to play in the foam pit at the end of gymnastics because she didn't obey her teacher: "That's OK. It's more important to spend time with your Mom than playing in the pit."

D, in the car: "Mom, 6 is 3 + 3 and 4 is 2 + 2 -- what about 5?" So I related it to half notes in music, which he understands, and discussed FRACTIONS with my 1st grader.

Skipping

No, not the kids, but their CDs. When we brought D & E home from Russia we tried to set a new bedtime/sleep routine for them, including playing soothing music. Two weeks ago one that E listens to started to make a strange noise at the end, and this week one of D's is skipping like an old LP (sorry if you aren't old enough to know what this is....) Replacement Plan A is uploading them and burning a new copy. Plan B will be to find the EXACT same CDs, more for my nostalgia than anything else. I hope I don't have to make a Plan C.

Fun or Fear?

Riding the air tram at the San Diego Zoo was a highlight for them and torture for me, as I have a fear of falling! And we did it twice!

Seven Years Ago Today!

Our earliest photo of D:

Please say a prayer for his birth mother!

God is Great!

Please read this story about some friends of ours. The car was totalled, and the only unbroken windows in the vehicle were in the back seat, where the kids were!
http://www.murfreesboropost.com/news.php?viewStory=14815

Confetti Pizza

When we have pizza for lunch I make a veggie one for myself. D makes a tomato pizza, and E makes a pepperoni pizza. In an attempt to get them to eat more veggies, last week I made a pizza with little pieces of pepperoni (already cooked and de-greased), snap peas, scallions, tomatoes, baby corn, carrots, broccoli, red pepper, and whatever other vegetable I had on hand. The kids asked what kind it was and I thought quickly and said, "confetti."

Confetti pizza is now a request from everyone. Wish I'd tried that sooner!!!

Frosty and ... Frostine?