Many boxes from Grandma have arrived on our doorstep since Dawit has been with us. He has a little ritual of checking for items on the front porch. This week, a Priority Mail box was waiting for us. It was addressed to me, and much to Dawit’s dismay it contained only almond flour that I [...]
Archive for April, 2007
The Box
Posted in Dawitish, Family Life on April 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Le Tour Eiffel
Posted in Dawitish on April 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Each week, Lily has a home assignment to come up with words that start with a specific letter. This week the letter is “A”. So we spent some time as we walked the dog this morning coming up with “a” words. Apple, angel, airplane, airport, angry…etc. Dawit chimes in:
Dawit: I know! Lily’s favorite: Awful Tower!
I [...]
Play ball!
Posted in Family Life on April 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Baseball started today. I managed to get them on the same team, which will make our Saturday mornings much more manageable. Lily is the only girl on the team, and she’s quite proud of herself. Dawit, of course, is taking this baseball stuff very seriously. You should hear him growl when he hits the ball!
We [...]
Do something about this
Posted in Adoption on April 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Abebech discusses the “Adoption is the New Black” t-shirt dilemma and declares it rant-worthy. I agree. If you haven’t heard, Urb@n Outfitters created an adoption t-shirt.
It appears the shirt is no longer available. Hop on over to A New Flower Blooms and read about it, and maybe make some noise by emailing the company.
Commentary and [...]
Guess who is on a plane right now?
Posted in Adoption on April 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Erin, from Holding Still is on her way to Ethiopia to meet her two boys!
She’s going to try and blog while there at Sonshine.
Gardening
Posted in Family Life on April 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Dawit had a breakthrough in the eating department this week. He was putting on a good show for Grandma, and decided to try something new and exciting: a hamburger bun. Yes, expanding his horizons to include different forms of white bread. He choose the package, and picked buns with seasame seeds. Adventurous, eh?
Here he is, [...]
Crocodile Tears
Posted in Family Life on April 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Our 10 days with Grandma is already over. Lily and Dawit had huge tears after taking her to the airport. I distracted them by planning sleeping arrangements for when she comes again..with Auntie Amy and Brittany.
Dawit, of course, looked for a box from Grandma as soon as we got home from taking her to the [...]
Patience
Posted in Dawitish, Lilyisms on April 17, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Lily, Dawit and Grandma waited in the the car for me yesterday while I did a quick errand. Apparently the kids felt they had waited too long, because when I got back into the van, Lily greeted me with
Mommy, you’re drying my patience!
Followed by Dawit’s
You’re driving my patience, too!
Be sure to check this out!
Posted in Adoption, Ethiopia on April 7, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Toi qui viens d’Etiopie
It’s an Ethiopian adoption blog with some amazing photo albums. Scroll down on the left sidebar to access the albums, grouped mainly by geographical area. Gorgeous!
It’s in French, but if you have a bit of the language (or imagination), you’ll navigate just fine. Here is the link to my favorite section, all [...]
Measurement Mix-up
Posted in Dawitish on April 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“Lily! Six more inches until Gramma comes!”
~Dawit, at the dinner table tonight
