Last week Dawit and Lily had a lemonade stand while we had a garage sale. They make a huge sign together–I wish I had thought to take a photo. There were pictures of Superman and Unicorn Girl (a superhero with a magic horn) painstakingly drawn by the kids, and LEMONADE written in bold [...]
Archive for September, 2006
Aggressive salespeople
Posted in Adoption, Dawitish on September 23, 2006 | 8 Comments »
Happy Birthday Dawit!
Posted in Adoption on September 18, 2006 | 7 Comments »
Birthday Party!
Posted in Adoption on September 16, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Dawit will be 4 years old next week. He will have his first-ever birthday party on Sunday, with “pupcakes” and a pinata. The theme is Superheroes, and this costume, along with a pile of Superman stuff, arrived from Grandma today. We had to pry him out of it to put him to bed.
Unexpected sadness
Posted in Adoption on September 8, 2006 | 6 Comments »
Tonight I put a sad little boy to bed, crying for his family in Ethiopia. We re-hashed the entire time we spent in Ethiopia. He remembers every detail, down to the pattern on his clothing each day. He asked questions about how we knew who and where his was, and why we wanted him. He [...]
August Update
Posted in Adoption on September 2, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Big sister Lil started Kindergarten yesterday. Dawit didn’t know what to do with himself for the almost seven hours she was gone. He asked all day “Lily’s coming soon?” Apparently playing Go Fish is way more fun with her than Daddy. He starts preschool next week, and he can’t wait to eat lunch there. He’s [...]
