Archive for April, 2006
It’s Spring
Posted in Adoption on April 25, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Dawit-ish
Posted in Adoption on April 21, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Dawit is speaking completely in English. Granted, sentence structure and pronunciation are a variation all his own, but we understand him.
A few examples: He learned the phrase “close the door”. Now, if he wants anything closed, he uses it. “Close the door window”, “close the door zipper”, “close the door [...]
First Easter Basket
Posted in Adoption on April 13, 2006 | 1 Comment »
We’ve colored eggs this week, and found many signs of Spring in our yard. Today the FedEx man brought a big package with the kids’ names on it. It never made it past the hall, they were so excited that they sat right down on the floor to open it.
Grandma knows just what [...]
I signed up for this?
Posted in Adoption on April 10, 2006 | 4 Comments »
Dawit, Lily, and I went to Target today. The kids insisted on riding in one of those carts that has an extension and two plastic seats for bigger kids. It was like pushing an unwilling ox through the store.
Here’s the scene and why we got many amused smiles and some annoyed looks: Dawit [...]
Still here!
Posted in Adoption on April 9, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Finally back online thanks to some very generous friends. As soon as I have this Mac all figured out, I’ll post new photos and video.
Dawit is speaking only in English. He loves Clifford, bananas, Itsy-Bitsy spiders, purple, computer games, slides, anything with wheels, beets, Coca-Cola (no, I don’t give it to him), bubbles. [...]
