Cinderella, Are You There ?

I was listening in on a phone conversation this morning between Lauren and her princess phone. She started with Cinderella, are you there ? and then said hold on, I have an email from Sleeping Beauty. Now Snow White is leaving me a message, I'll call you back. I was cracking up at her...she is too funny.

What Do You Wear To Shop ?

if your Lauren you wear a tutu and heels of course :) notice she's shopping for more clothes and her poor baby is nude, she's working on her mommy skills I promise.

Before I Forget

I need to get down these Lauren quotes before I forget them, I use this blog as a baby book so to speak and have been neglecting it so I need to get these funny things down before they slip my mind :)

"Mom, you are styling" She was watching me get ready

"Mom, this next one will be easier for you" She said this because I couldn't understand what she was saying to me :)

"What's the big idea ?" she said this when she lost a game of topple to me and daddy

" Do brains go away "

She is always saying funny stuff but if I don't get them down I'll forget them and since I can't scrapbook very well this is the way I remember what she says. :)

Go Fish - The Mom Song

Anxiety 101

Well, we are back to square one with Lauren and her anxiety issues, I put her in a preschool camp for a week because she wanted to be with other kids, well she FREAKED out because of the crowd of kids and will not go back, I called her doctor today and she said to withdraw her from camp and do not let her attend preschool in the Fall or it will get worse. we knew we were going to homeschool anyway because of her high anxiety but she wanted to play with other kids so we signed her up, big mistake. She completely shut down and had an anxiety attack both days she went. I get frustrated at times when I see how easy going and social other kids are but I have to remember that Lauren has these issues and scored a 96 % anxiety level on her testing at the International Adoption Clinic so she is just different than other kids but honestly it doesn't make it easy on any of us. Her doctors tell us to expect her to be on anti anxiety meds at some point in her life, I hope she outgrows this before that point.

New Camera and Some Cuteness

I started having issues with my camera so we took it back to the store and they no longer carry the one we had ( it was only 2 years old and a Kodak)so because we had an extended warranty we got to pick out a whole new camera so we got a Nikon S560 and I like it alot already. Now I am back in action with picture taking and today was a good day to do it as we saw Noah and Jeremiah for lunch :)



look closely, can you see the two hand holders :)


The Fashionista

Paperoni

Lauren has been asking for the craft kit Paperoni and when we were in Florida a commercial came on so I went ahead and ordered her a fairyland one from Amazon. It was a good idea, it came in today and she spent most of the evening doing it, she has 2000 in her kit so she should be busy for a while. :)





*she was not impressed that there was picture taking going on while she was crafting*

Florida Fun & Frolic

We spent 11 days in Florida and just got home a few days ago, we went for our denominations general assembly but also spent a few days with family. we tried to mix meetings and fun so we went to Sea World, Putt Putt Golf and Disney Marketplace while we were in Orlando. Our niece Brittany turned 15 and we got to be there to celebrate with her so that was very special. It was a wonderful trip but there's no place like home after a long trip :)


Happy Birthday Brittany...Ice cream cake. yum






she's holding mr. mailman from pbs sprout, she wanted to enter the contest of going to fun places with him to try and win a prize :)

Orlando, Here We Come

We are leaving on Friday to go to Orlando until the 6th of July, Lauren is so excited. We are going to a church conference but hope to do some fun stuff there as well. She is already asking if they have putt putt golf there :) This chick loves her putt putt, she played twice in Tennessee and thought she was big stuff.

Family Reunion 2009

We had a great time in TN at the family reunion, we went to Dollywood, played putt putt golf twice, went to a comedy show and just had fun with cousins. Lauren LOVED the constant playmates being around with all of the cousins there, we had approx 30 people show up and stay the week with us so there was always a playmate around for her :)

Headin Out

Heading to Townsend, TN for a family reunion for a week, I'll post pictures when we come back :) Lots of fun with cousins to be had......stay tuned.

Blue Day

Lauren had a playdate with Noah and Jeremiah yesterday and when she got out of the shower she decided it was " Blue Day" so her skort, shirt and shoes all had to be blue. :)

Imagine Spot 2

Adopted......

Reptile and Amphibian Class

Our county parks program had an hour and a half home school class today on reptiles and amphibians so you know we had to go, Lauren touched a snake skin, a turtle shell and a LIVE toad, she loves snakes, lizards and anything of the sort. Then they went outside to look for tadpoles in the pond but didn't find any today. They also had a live snake to touch but had to put him up because he was shedding and was a little cranky and jumpy so she didn't get to touch him, the lady holding him couldn't control him anymore so I was glad he got put back in his tank. HA



The Poor Scared Toad :)

Touching the Toad

Snakeskin

Turtle Shell

Regular School

Today we took Lauren and signed her up for preschool for the Fall at the Methodist church preschool, she loves homeschool or school home as she calls it but has been asking if she can go to "regular school" also. She talked and talked on the way about her new friends and her new school and once we got there she completely clammed up, would not say a word to anyone at her new school. Once we got back in the van she was chatty Cathy all over again. Silly Girl.....

She is also going to 2 weekday morning summer camps this year, one at dance school and one at her new school so she can get used to the school and the teachers and kids there, she is so excited about them both and they both were cheap so bonus for mom and dad also :)