June 3 UPDATE

Playing outside is a YES. It is NOT ok to play outside NAKED...Oh...Look...those are Doc's kids...the naked ones...

Going outside to play does not mean go outside, take shoes, pants, shirts, etc OFF????

We DO bless our food, medicine, teachers, school, papa's working, mom broke it, fruza mama broke it...lets just say it takes quite a while to get through prayers for meals, snacks, medicine.

School started this week for 4 weeks, 3 hours a day, an ESL program. So far so good. Teachers say A OK....they are only 3 days into it!

The kiddos LOVE School.

Joseph interchangably uses amharic and english. His favorite is Hello and mama dabo. They call him the dabo monster(kind of like cookie monster except dabo is bread)...Seems like Katie used to be the bread monster...oh wait...she still is.

Mom still does not exist when PAPA is in sight for Joseph.

The kiddos use their amharic and english names interchangeably now.

Joseph still sits on the potty, the big one, now NOT the little one, and continues to run naked out of the bathroom. He does say diapa now and gets a diaper when he needs one. I wish he would sit on the potty and actually GO potty...OH WELL...

Joseph...just because you can't reach the sink when you want to wash do NOT wash your hands and face in the toilet...ewwww

Joseph...we do NOT flush the WHOLE roll of toilet paper.

We are learning to SLOW down on our bikes BEFORE we run over our sister. Stopping is a work in progress.

Remembering that zippers are not your friend does not mean to NOT wear underwear but turn your pants and wear them backwards???

Sloppy Joes are YUMMY. Pickles are NO ME.

Eggs and lamb tibs are YUMMY.

Planet Earth DVD is a ME YES! The kiddos get about 1/2 hour of TV a day and this has been a HIT!

Only 1 LARGE tantrum last week. There are minor ones that we just work through.

The Kiddos are learning we do NOT HIT each other when someone makes you mad. This is MUCH less than when we first came home. We are STRONGLY working on this one.

Mama is still the boss, even when we don't agree with her....(just ask dad...hahaha)

WHen you don't like the food on the table do NOT sneak it to the dog. Oh...the dog is perfectly happy with her place UNDER the table stalking each chair waiting for the food to drop. Her favorite place...under the baby!

Joseph now says "mama tank you" and blesses his plate 3 times when he is finished. This give mama exactly 3 seconds to retrieve the plate before it hits the floor!

Gideon the cat loves to play with the older kiddos, he will walk very soft and slow by them...then Joseph the 2 year old comes by and the cat RUNS for the hills. He still likes his FUR ATTACHED. Joseph likes to try to rip it off by the hand fulls as he is saying NICE KITTY KITTY.

Going to a MOVIE was FUN FUN FUN. We LOVE popcorn.

We are COUNTING DOWN until Gabrielle and Moses join the family!