So, four-year old like jokes. Four-year old kind of jokes. Jokes that I don’t find funny (especially when they are repeated endlessly). Pretend to laugh, and it only encourages him. It’s best when he can get Lily going, because the two of them are an award-winning comedy duo (in Kindergarten standards).
Yesterday I had this conversation [...]
Archive for May, 2007
Dawit, you’re killing me!
Posted in Dawitish on May 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Memorial Day Song
Posted in Lilyisms on May 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Lily’s school had a nice flag-raising ceremony today in honor of Memorial Day. Each grade participated: Kindergarten sang a song. John attended, but I was at work, so Lily offered to sing for me this afternoon. Here is her 6-year interpretation of the some of the song. Imagine, if you will, the hand gestures as [...]
Self Control
Posted in Dawitish, Lilyisms on May 25, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Just before bedtime, the kids were waiting for their book as John and I attempted to have a conversation. I said to both kids:
Please exercise some self-control and don’t interupt us. We’re almost done.
We finish our thoughts about job possibilities for the coming year during the next few minutes as the kids are [...]
Storytelling
Posted in Lilyisms on May 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Lily, in yet another effort to stay up past bedtime, offered to tell me a story. I requested a short story.
Lil: Well, do you want to hear a story about the planet that Unicorn Girl came from, or a story about Shrek, or a story about the turning spell…
Me: Lily….just tell the story.
Lil: Mommy! I’m [...]
Preaching to the choir
Posted in Family Life on May 11, 2007 | 4 Comments »
We attended an amazing performance tonight by the African Children’s Choir. (If you’re an American Idol fan, you saw the very same kids sing with Josh Groban on the benefit night) The children come from several countries in Africa and tour the world for almost a year. The organization trains them, tutors them, and continues [...]
Ethiopian connection…
Posted in Adoption on May 6, 2007 | 1 Comment »
New-mom-to-two-toddlers, Erin, is home from Ethiopia with her sons.
What an experience it is to meet your children for the first time. In Africa, on top of that. Oh yeah, and then meet their first family. Add to it the 22-hour plane ride home, and it makes for quite an initiation into parenthood.
While in Addis Ababa, [...]
