I don’t know how, but Dawit has lost his front tooth already. It was his first naturally lost tooth. Maybe he bumped it? Maybe he is really older than 4?
Can he stand any more excitement? Lost tooth, kindergarten, impending birthday party to celebrate his 5th year, a box coming from Grandma…
He’s been so [...]
Archive for August, 2007
A new lisp
Posted in Family Life on August 31, 2007 | 3 Comments »
4 days ’til Kindergarten
Posted in Adoption, Family Life on August 31, 2007 | 4 Comments »
We got a list of school supplies, and at the bottom of the list is an optional letter describing your child’s learning style and/or anything else you think the teacher should know. Where to start with my Kindergartner? Here’s what I came up with:
(tissue alert, grandma)
Dear Teacher,
As you know, Dawit was born in [...]
Farm Camp
Posted in Family Life on August 26, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Lily attended mini-farm camp in northern Connecticut at Fiddlehead Farm last week. There was Starbuck the Wonder pony, Chicken Pilates, puppies, herbs, flowers, fish, and tears when it was over.
They even got a somewhat reluctant Dawit on the pony.
Who are you playing tonight?
Posted in Lilyisms on August 19, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I finally took the kids to one of John’s hockey games tonight. I have to say, watching an entire team trying to slam pucks in your husband’s direction is not easy. Add to that the number of f-bombs used by the players (in every grammatical sense: verb, adjective, adverb, etc), and it made [...]
Recommended for ages 5 and up
Posted in Dawitish on August 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Dawit found a new computer game in a box that Granny sent. Upon examining the label, he wanted to know
How many ups do you gotta be to play?
And later, when trying to remember that dramatic expression used to describe the most urgent thirst (I’m dying of…)
I’m watered to death!
Connecticut fun
Posted in Family Life on August 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We spent yesterday at Dinosaur State Park.
Real dinosaur tracks, butterfly garden, hiking trails, and “mining” for gems:
Picnic
Posted in Adoption, Family Life on August 13, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Several families in New England who have adopted from Ethiopia got together on Saturday. It’s such fun to see the kids together, some of them were at the orphanages at the same time. We met another Dawit! The kids had great time, and we got to chat with the adults about ongoing adjustments.
There [...]
Meet the artist
Posted in Family Life on August 8, 2007 | 3 Comments »
In kindergarten, Lily studied some of the master painters. They read about their lives, techniques, and looked at some famous pieces. Then the kids had an opportunity to create a work based on the famous painting. What you see here is the Mona Lisa, of course. I dig her style.
When studying Norman [...]
The Countdown
Posted in Ethiopia on August 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Only 34 days until the Ethiopian Millenium.
I would love to be in Ethiopia for the celebrations!
Summertime
Posted in Family Life on August 7, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Where has the summer gone? We got our school supply lists in the mail, there are only 4 swimming lessons left, the new backpacks and lunchboxes have been selected…
The kids are doing great with their swimming. They both jumped off the diving platform today. (Dawit did it three times, of course)
