Sneaking into your sisters room does NOT scare her...it only brings her wrath down on you...just ask the boys!
Joseph when you see the kitty drinking out of the toilet it doesnt' mean to shut the lid and try to flush the cat. Gideon does NOT like the swishing motion of the toilet water.
Balloons pop when they get too close to the rose bushes and you get an oooffooo (amharic for owie) when you reach in to retrieve your balloon. This is after you are told MANY times to STAY OUT of the bushes.
Ate at a chinese restaurant. Fried rice, crab ragoon, and egg rolls are a yes. Hot tea (chai) is a YES ME! 3 of the 4 BEGGED the entire meal for the ASA (fish - actually it was the KOI in the large fish aquarium). The owner of the restaurant did not oblige and cook any of her pets. We did have our heads hanging because they wanted to eat them.
HOT TUB is FUN FUN FUN. Even funner when you figure out how to turn on the jets. WHEEEE! Mom's rule...DON'T shint a bet (PEE) or spit in the hot tub! UMMM....so many rules for EVERYTHING. But we had alot of fun!
Sitting infront of the front loader washer watching the laundry go round and round provides LOTS of entertainment.
School is still fun, we are learning to do our work and come when the teacher blows the whistle. WHAT...school has rules too???
Prayer supposed to be...God is good, God is great...Kiddos say...God is good, God has GRAPES???
Joseph asked to go on the potty and actually peed, well...really he peed on mom, the floor, ALL OVER the toilet, that little man needs to keep the hose where it goes and tuck it in. oh well, I know some other boys that need practice aiming too...
We went out to eat and Sophie said to a friend of ours...Me ferenge american, Joseph ferenge american, boys ethiopia. Ferenge means white. I don't think she passed for a white american but the kiddos are the cutest ferenge americans I have ever seen!
The Sound of Music was WONDERFUL. Actually put the kids in a transe like state. Took us 3 days to watch it at our rate.
Our favorite new song...My Jesus Stronger...but when the kids sing it, it gains an african beat and the shoulder and hip and head dancing.
90 plus degrees, 95 percent humidity, mom melting, kiddos running playing tag outside for 3 hours. Many water breaks, many times asking if they can to to the hippo NO, Alligator NO lake. The answer is still no we don't drink that water.
We had WONDERFUL visitors last Saturday. The Borchers came to visit. What a blessing to get the children together again. Picture this...2 men, 11 children, 2 wives in wheelchairs. You would think it is a movie...oh wait...Julie and Carey are both in wheel chairs from broken legs and ankles...NOT FUNNY...(well the picture is worth words....will post pic soon)
Louie leaves Friday.. Gone a week to bring our Gabrielle and Moses home. We are praying for health and safety during this trip.
Days since Gabrielle & Moses home from Ethiopia
Days since Sophie, Joseph, Isaiah, and Caleb came from Ethiopia!
Grandbaby Jaxon Arrived November 25,2009
