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Tuesday, November 1st, 2011Toothless Mimi
Friday, October 28th, 2011Mimi finally lost her front top tooth. It had been hanging in there for so long that it was making me crazy. She hopes to have the other one out by Christmas and to have no front teeth. She is super cute without the tooth in her mouth. She has a slight lisp which is [...]
{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 [...]
Filling Up the Tank
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011Ms. Mimi has a deep need for a lot of attention. When she hasn’t had enough or feels slighted it is very obvious. She behaves poorly, doing things she would never consider doing normally. Because I am an adoptive parent and have read plenty of adoption parenting books this behavior presents itself just like an [...]
1,825 days
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011Five years ago Mimi had a grand mal seizure. When I count up the bad days in my life this day is in the top three. Mimi could have died. She could have had far more brain damage and never woken up. I could have lost her. I have spent the last 1,825 days never [...]
Such Strength in Such a Small Girl
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011“Mom why do I always have to have everything happen to me?” ~ Madeline while driving to the dentist to her abscess tooth extracted this morning. “I don’t know Mimi.” ~ Mommy as her heart is breaking with the knowledge of all Mimi has had to endure in her lifetime. “I don’t like it” ~ [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
A Date for Moodle
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011Today I had the opportunity to take Mimi Moodle out on her date. She wanted to go to the mall. We headed off to go and find some shoes and a sassy outfit. Madeline has sensory issues and finding shoes that she likes the feeling of is often very difficult. Last year it took the [...]
Seal Beach for Mimi
Saturday, July 23rd, 2011Madeline learned to body surf this year. She was so proud that she was able to go out farther in the ocean. No longer is she too afraid, she can safely swim out and ride the waves without constant fear that she will be sucked away. However, when I go out farther in the ocean [...]
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. [...]
Lung Capacity
Saturday, July 16th, 2011While swimming this summer I noticed something interesting; Paul has a unusually long ability to hold his breath, so much that his swim teacher said it was “unnatural”. I had to laugh at the college aged life gaurd’s choice of words but honestly I have to agree. Paul can swim from one end of our [...]
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 [...]
Plucked Out
Monday, June 27th, 2011Finally the day came where one of the kids would allow me to pull one of their teeth out. Mimi had a loose tooth for some time. She was babying it for several weeks and making me crazy. On Father’s Day morning she was having her sisters try to pull it out. I said I [...]
Our Rider
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011Grammy came over yesterday and Madeline insisted on showing her how she could ride her bike. So I took some pictures and recreated the scene. The rider with her adoring sister helping her. A small movie of her riding. Yes, she rides really slowly. I am not sure how she stays so stable at this [...]
Biking
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011Last night as we were going to go on our walk, Madeline asked if she could ask Annie to try out her two-wheeler. I figured she would do what she normally does which is get on for a second, feel the wobbly bike and get off for the evening. I went about my normal routine [...]
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 [...]
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