Kimberly
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Sunday, October 16th, 2011Today was Kimberly’s Clown/Fair birthday party. She had such a fun time. We played many fair games including a bean bag toss and a bottle toss. The kids even got a chance to throw darts at balloons. We spent plenty of time clowning around! Competing in 3 legged races and hanging out eating popcorn with [...]
{Pumpkin Patch 2011}
Monday, October 10th, 2011Yesterday we made the trek up to the pumpkin patch in Chino Valley, AZ. It was a brisk day up there so we all wore long pants and brought sweatshirts. We picked perfect pumpkins. Pretended to drive tractors. Pet animals in the petting zoo. Took a hay ride and ate kettle corn. Found our way [...]
Heart for Adoption
Saturday, October 8th, 2011“Mom, you know that thing they have for cats that makes them not have babies?” ~ Kimberly “Yes.” ~ Mom “Do they have that for people?” ~ Kimberly “Yes.” ~ Mom “Oh good! When I get older I want to do that and then adopt 2 or 3 kids.” ~ Kimberly “That is a good [...]
Last Day at the Public Pool
Sunday, August 28th, 2011Today, Sandi decided to give the kids a special treat and so we took everybody to the public pool. It was really fun watching all of them doing the same things that we used to enjoy when we were children. Annie jumping off the high dive (doing dives, cannonballs, and pencil drops), Kimberly racing me [...]
Kick Off the School Year Right
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011Each year we have several traditions that start the school year. We read The Kissing Hand and Owl Babies the night beore school starts. We review the order of operations on the white board in the kitchen before bed so we can have a smooth morning. The kids have sweet dreams for a year full [...]
Kimberly Found Out
Thursday, August 11th, 2011Kimberly just figured out today that we have this blog. They have always referred to it as us just “putting things on the internet”. She never knew that there was a complete site devoted to their lives and our feelings while we raised them. She was in awe, and of course she somehow thinks this [...]
Back to School 2011
Thursday, August 11th, 2011The Girls had fun shopping for their sassy outfits. It is neat to see them beginning to have their own identities through their outfits. Each one looked perfect! Hard to believe we have two 2nd graders and one 1st grader now! The years certainly are flying by.
Sewing with Love
Monday, August 8th, 2011It is a very good thing I love Kimberly and Madeline sooooo much. Today I helped each of them sew a sock monkey from socks. I HATE hand sewing so the fact that I got through both of them is a true testiment to how much I love those ladies. I can’t say I would [...]
Wishing and Hoping
Thursday, August 4th, 2011When each one of the Girls went to the mall they each asked to make a wish and toss a coin into the fountain at the mall. I took that time to drop my own coin in the fountain with a special wish for each girl. My wishes and hopes revolved around a successful school [...]
Let’s Make a Date
Thursday, August 4th, 2011Today Kimberly had her date with Mommy. She needed to return some shoes since she bought the wrong size when we went out this past weekend. Unfortunately they didn’t have her size in those shoes so we had to trudge off to find an entirely new pair. We started our date off with some Starbucks. [...]
Seal Beach for Kimmie
Saturday, July 23rd, 2011Kimberly gets so excited when the waves are approaching her. She literally jumps for joy each time the surf comes up. Going out in the ocean with Daddy is her favorite thing to do. She likes to go with him best because he can stand farther out and help her when she tires. She also [...]
Kung Fu Panda 2
Saturday, July 16th, 2011Kung Fu Panda 2 opened at the beginning of summer. I knew that a main theme of the movie was adoption and I waited for others to see it to give me reviews. Having two children who are adopted I worry about the impact that movies about adoption can have on them. In general movies [...]
Swimming Lessons 2011
Saturday, July 16th, 2011Swim lessons are over for the summer. We had our last class on July 14, 2011. It seems weird to be done with swimming so early. This summer is flying by and because of the early start to school this year the summer is almost over. The kids all did really well in their classes. [...]
Ethnicity
Thursday, June 30th, 2011“Your brother doesn’t look like you!” ~ A little girl in Kimmie’s swim class “I know. That’s because I’m not Ethiopian!” ~ Kimberly This may not seem like much but it was a very uplifting moment. Ethnicity/race/color of skin don’t matter to my kids. When we adopted Paul I knew that we would be faced [...]
Gamers Unite
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011This summer the kids have really been into playing on Mimi’s DS and vsmiles. They have all become very adept at these games and it is interesting to see this growth in them. Before this summer they were only marginally interested in video games. They spent a lot of time last summer playing Just Dance [...]
She’s Famous
Thursday, June 16th, 2011My Mother got a job this summer at a new indoor amusement park. She will be making pizza and snacks for kids and parents to munch on. The other day they had a VIP party and the kids were invited. They were shooting a commercial and needed kids having fun. When I told the kids [...]
Biggest Enemy
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011“There’s my biggest enemy!” ~ Kimberly “What are you talking about?” ~ Sandi “Mr. Peanut, he’s my worst enemy!” ~ Kimberly This was out of the blue as we were walking through Walmart tonight. She is so funny about how much she despises anything peanut. I guess if it could kill you, you’d be pretty [...]
Swimming time again
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011I have good intentions, really I do. I have been trying to remember to bring my camera each morning to swim lessons to capture the “first day of swim lessons” photo. But, somewhere between packing up 4 kids, their towels, bathing suit coverups, making sure I have applied sunscreen to each one of them, and [...]
Kimberly’s Moving on to Second Grade
Friday, May 27th, 2011and my how she has grown!!!!!
Mediocrity strikes again
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011Last week I was notified that Annie and Kimberly were going to receive the Attitude is Everything award at school. Yes, this would be the second time they were getting it this year. My eyes rolled. UGH! As I have mentioned many times on this blog this award is ridiculous. It rewards children for doing [...]
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