Dance recital is over for the year and it was awesome! The girls did so well with their numbers and looked beautiful :) Shae danced 3 dances and had 2 costumes - green with boa feathers and an orange number with shiny silver pants. Aubree had a silver and white costume with a poofy in the back. They each got a bundle of beautiful roses (pink and yellow).
I always think its amazing what my girls can do... so posed and elegant on stage! I am so very proud of them!
Its the end of the School Year and Shae is cleaning out her desk and bringing home the whole lot of it. Heres what she had in here homemade booklet she made. The original pages are bound, and include print as well as braille. I have kept it in its original un-edited/Phoenticallyspelled form as well for posterity
#1
Dana
Amazing
Dogs
Drive
Yells outside
#2
Lundry
A Mom
Undr the bed
Read
Ic Crem
Elefnts
#3
bit fit hit sit kit mit pit
sit
He had a fit
His mother he bit
He had to sit
#4
I like food
Meetbols Strfri
I like food
Sadwich Popcorn
I like food
#4.5
Famile
woch tv Play toys
Play otsid Shoping
Famile
Spring is here with all its beauty. Flowers, sunshine, lovely rainstorms. The little ones had their last day of school on May 16th.... SHQ goes on until June 3rd.
SHQ got a new pretty pink bike... the training wheels are to come off soon. THK is riding SHQ's old bike, and B is riding the new bike she got last year. We are quite the sight as we all go down the sidewalk in a line...S, T, and B because she pedals so darn slow. Makes her mad that THK is ahead of her but he would run her off the sidewalk if he wasnt.
We planted a garden last week - did you know they put carrot and radish seeds in a cotton strip now?!?!? Its the bestest thing ever! Now your plants stay in one place when the hard rains come!! Kids liked the garden and we also planted a few flowers this year too.
SHQ and I are off to Pitts next weekend to see her eye specialist... pray for us! I was stoopid not to book our tickets in Feb when I had the chance because I could have gotten them both free with my frequent flier miles. But noooo I waited because the dr office has cancelled on me before and I didnt want to have to pay a changing fee. I should have because I only got one of our tickets for free... the other I had to pay $500 for. I was soo disappointed!!
We had our pictures taken and they turned out beautifully! It was quite the experience that was rewarded with lots of ice cream afterwards.
Yesterday we went to the zoo and had a blast! The kids loved the elephants... two of them loved the goats and one of them would start to hyperventilate every time I suggested feeding a goat.... guess which one it was! I'll give you a hint... the hair color rhymes with BITE!! Train was also a big hit at the zoo... lions made THK just keep asking if they were going to eat him.
We switched churches recently because our old church wouldnt baptize THK without him going through some kind of child RCIA. Jesus Christ on a Cracker! He's four freaking years old and English is his second language! Thats what we get for having our favorite deacon move away... we're dealing with a priest that doesnt even like people. Our new church is newer, has move families our age, and very compassionate priests. I feel very at home there... they even have a BAND!! Hows that for progressive catholics!! THK gets baptized on June 15 after the 11:15am service. We were asked if we wanted to fully dunk him but I didnt think that would fly :D
Aubree had a great birthday! We all went to the movies to see Horton Hears a Who, we played at the mall, had a nice party with the cousins, and she got some very nice presents on her birthday - 2 dresses, a movie, and a SCOOTER! They've all been zooming around the house on it and taking pretty good turns... only a little fighting!
Shae sang in a program and school and we were lucky enough to have Grandma Dona come and listen to :) Shae is doing very well in school and we are so proud of her!
We had our 7th wedding anniversary yesterday. Had a wonderful lunch date together and I got beautiful calla lilies. Kids - your dad is da bomb!!
Tian continues to do well. His language abilities are just astonishing!! We were lucky enough to find out that he gets to be in 5 mornings a week Pre-K next year! WooWoo!
List of things to report:
1. There is NOTHING WRONG WITH TIAN'S THYROID!!! The Endocrinologist said his second blood test would be fine and it was. End of saga!
2. Tian got his glasses - he looks so handsome! We had to put the chums on them to keep them on his head... he thinks he can just rip them off and with the chums he has to work at it.
3. The girls were at the dentist the other day. Aubree has 2 cavities and Shae has to go to the orthodontist at AGE 7!!! Both of those are sooo wrong on sooo many levels. One of Aubree's is a refix of one she had filled before... the other one is new... I hope and PRAY her permanent teeth arent this pock-ridden. Shae is going to have to have teeth pulled... she has no room for her permanent teeth to come through and the regular dentist says both baby and permanent teeth are going to have to come out.
4. Everyone got a haircut! Tian got a nice buzz last week and the girls got a brand new SHORT do' yesterday. Its a bob with lots of layers and is soo cute on both of them! Shae was so tired of her hair falling in her face and I dont blame her one bit. She has enough trouble seeing her print books... her hair hanging in ther face doesnt help at all.
5. School is going well for everyone! Tian is fitting right into his class of almost all boys... there are only 3 girls in the whole class! B is totally ready for kindergarten per her teacher and Kindergarten Roundup is this week. Shae's parent teacher conference is this week too so we'll get confirmation of what we already know.. that she's doing just fine and is grade-level with everyone else!
6. The girls are starting to work on their dances for recital...I dont know what B's music is because I dont sit over by her room but Shae's dancing to something snazzy for Tap, We're off to see the Wizard for Ballet, and something bouncy for Jazz.
5.
Just a quick update... things are going well! THK is adjusting great! He's starting to understand more of what we say, has a good time at Big G's every day, and is doing wonderful at preschool.
Since he's been home, he's started preschool, went to the regular dr twice (shots!), and the dentist. This week, he's going to the eye dr and the endocrinologist. Thanks to our adoption agency CHI and their required list of blood tests (seriously... THANK YOU!!), we found out that he has a high thyroid level. Thursday we hope to find out what that means for him... right now I have no idea but I'm not terrible worried just yet.
The girls are adjusting as well to having another little person around. Shae thinks he's too loud....Aubree cant decide whether or not she likes it that he's younger and she's older.
Yesterday we got brave and took them all to hobby lobby for a craft kit and to Old Chicago for supper. Supper wasnt as hard as I thought it would be with 2 wild 4 year olds swinging their utensils around their heads :D We probably wont go out again for supper for awhile... THK needs more English in him so he can make his wants clearly known. He thought the picture of spagetti looked good but once it came.. he was not as thrilled.
THK had a wonderful first day at pre-school today. He was a bit teary at first because the ladies were talking to him and he thought I was going to leave him.
We started at the rice table sifting rice into dump trucks and finding the little animals in them. He then started to venture out on his own for short forays to other areas of the room...always making sure to come back to me every few minutes to make sure I was still there where he left me. After that he was freely moving around the room!
He played, he painted, he patiencely sat through 2 book readings that he doesnt understand yet, and he giggled through the songs the other kids were singing and doing gestures to. :D
Snacktime was a big hit with him as was the gym. He left happily with a large bag of valentines and a good feeling for tomorrow. Dana is helper parent tomorrow in his room...I'll be next door in Aubree's room.
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