5/21/09 Update for the week

Update for the week:

We found out that Louie will be traveling June 20th to get our other two children YEAH YEAH YEAH...Julie will be staying home with the kiddos. Louie will return in a week with Moses and Gabrielle. Ages 8 and 10. That fills the house up with ages 2,5,6,7,8,10, and the grandbaby arriving in December.

Gideon the cat is a boy...Sophie insists that he is a girl...SHE CHECKED and says, NO GIRL IS HE!!! (Well, maybe he is a girl, he was neutered...so to her he looks more like a girl than a boy)

Mom does wear her hair after Sophie fixes it outside the house and shows off Sophie's creativity! So do NOT point and laugh when you see it...she works very hard to put mom's hair up...although she reminds me that mom's white hair no stay like ethiopian hair...I wish I had her curls.

Jet skiing with papa is FUN FUN FUN.

We do NOT drink the lake water .

We DO like to play in the sand.

We love LOTS and LOTS of suntan lotion.

We do NOT like the smell of mosquito spray.

We do not need to KISS the fish when we throw them back into the lake.

We do NOT take our Manhood out at the lake in front of EVERYONE and PEE in the lake.

Fishing is Fun.

We DO NOT eat the fish we catch without cooking them.

Taking the tires OFF the toy tractor does not make it GO better.

We DO share the computer when mom's timer rings...

Sophie is learning cursive writing. Boys are still working on printing ABC's.

Joseph: Sitting on the potty is only convenient AFTER we have gone in our pants!

Joseph: Learning the word DIAPA and pointing to your potty means you will be sitting on the potty MORE often!

We still do NOT run in the house...

We now write sentences and stand in the corner when we do not follow directions or do not respect each other and each others things.

We will write sentences mom gives us in ENGLISH not amharic or tigrayin.

We do NOT jump between the beds and yell in Amharic.

We do NOT toss the 2 year old between the beds (although all were GIGGLING when mom caught them)

We will at least taste a spoonfull of EVERYTHING on our plate before we say NO ME! After tasting, NO ME is acceptable but this still is NOT a restaurant.

5/17/09 Love that Jet Ski

IT's POTTY Time!

5/17/09 Grandpa Marv with the grandkiddos.

5/17/09 Grandpa Marv Visiting

Mr. Man's tantrum..You see mom just rolls by when he throws himself to the floor...He'll have to do better than that to get mama's attention!

Yes, we write sentences when we need a reminder to listen to Mama

First Jet Ski Ride

Posing at the beach

First Fishing trip...NO WE DO NOT DRINK LAKE WATER OR NEED TO KISS THE FISH BEFORE WE THROW THEM BACK INTO THE LAKE

First Boating Trip

Beading Necklaces

New pics of the crew!

5/6/09 Update

Update for the week:

Chicken noodle soup is a YUMMY

Waffles are a Yummy!

Boys will be Boys and now know fistacuffs are a NO ME!!!

Boys do not like to hug and kiss after fighting...too bad...

Bikeriding is fun, even with the training wheels ON...

Writing in chalk on the driveway is fun fun fun, even in amharic!!! or Tigray!

Isaiah learned he needs the CHAIN ON his bike for it to work.

Sophie loves the piano. Boys could care less...

Joseph likes whatever Sophie likes.

We still do NOT spit on the floor.

We have learned we STILL do NOT say NO ME to mom or dad!!!

We DO make beds when we get up in the morning.

We DO NOT put dirty clothes on again.

We LOVE the old game SIMON.

We have learned that we DO wear underwear.

We have learned that zippers may not be your friend if you don't have underwear on!

5/2/09 Trying on Church Clothes