Pink Toes and Pingers

For some reason Daddy

is the chosen nail painter for

Lauren. She will get the polish

and go and tell daddy

"pink toes and pingers"

and of course he always

obliges her. Even if it's

the Auburn/Florida game.

Now that's Love :) Blowing her nails dry

Sitting very still

Lauren and Daddy Reading

Mid Autumn Moon Celebration

We celebrated tonight
with dinner at a Chinese
restaurant and then
Mooncake for dessert.
Thanks to Michelle for
the cute card also.

Sidewalk Paint

Today is such a beautiful

day so we got out the sidewalk

paint, the girls had a blast

and created some serious

masterpieces.

Sesame Street Live

We took Lauren to see Elmo

makes music yesterday at the

Phillips Arena. It was a neat show.

sorry the pictures are so dark

but it was dark inside and my camera

is old :) Having a blast
Big Bird and the gang

Bert doing "stayin alive" . too funny.

Abstract Masterpieces

Here are two of Lauren's

masterpieces of art. The

Rainbow and The Hippo.

Give a kid some dollar

markers and they create

priceless works of art :) Rainbow
Hippo

Stamp Markers Are Cool

I found these really cool

markers for Lauren for

a buck. they have a marker

on one end and a rolling

stamper on the other. she

greatly enjoys these things. What kind of art should I create ? Stop with the pictures already

Mmmm Soup

Lauren's new favorite food

is chicken noodle soup but

she won't eat the noodles or

the chicken. Just the soup.

I can feed myself, no help please

I can also drink my soup with this bowl

Referral Weekend Fun

There are 2 weekends that we

celebrate with reckless abandon.

referral day and gotcha day. This

was our second referral day

anniversary and we had a great

weekend. Saturday we took Lauren to an

Atlanta Braves baseball game, this

girl LOVES baseball, she likes it

on tv, in person, video game,

whatever or wherever she loves it.

She had a blast but it was super hot.

Then on Monday we went to Six Flags

and had a great time there also

she rode all the little rides she loves

and wanted to ride the roller coaster

but she was too short, maybe next year :) All ready for the Braves game, the ponytail lasted 5 seconds
The tomahawk chop
Her shirt says " future coaster rider"

2 Years Ago

Two years ago we got "the call" the

one we had been waiting on for 7 long months. I was

at work and Brenda called me and said

" you have a daughter" 2 years later

and I still remember that very day.
Lauren's referral pictures 2005

Lauren 2006
Lauren 2007

Mama Chair Rock Renny

Today, Lauren came to me

and said mama chair rock renny

well translated that means

Mama, come rock Lauren in

the glider and I was more than happy

to oblige. she has not wanted

to be rocked in over a year

so we rocked, we sang, she slept.

This picture is Lauren in

China in 2005 when she wanted to be rocked

all the time.

Adoption Fundraising Help and Our dog Molly

We are working on our second adoption, this time from Vietnam. If anyone has any fundraising ideas they would be willing to share please tell me. We are going to have to do this as debt free as possible so I need to fundraise and apply for grants as much as I can. We'll keep you posted on the adoption as we are in the beginning stages. Now, about our poor dog Molly.

We have a daschund/pekinese
mixed dog Molly, that is about 14 years old.
she is very patient with Lauren even when Lauren
does this type of stuff to her.
I don't know if you can tell but
Lauren is trying to wipe the dog's mouth
after feeding her turkey cubes. she chased
this poor dog all over the dining room
trying to wipe her face and Molly never got annoyed she
just ran away and tried to hide. Can't say I blame her. :)

My tongue hurts and a book report

I know, it's a crazy title but today Lauren came to me and

said "mama, my tongue hurts". I have no clue as to why her tongue hurts, I didn't even know she knew where her tongue is at. :) but anyway, she wanted some orange medicine for it ( ibuprofen) and it made it all better :)

Now for the book report, the discipline without shouting or spanking book was ok and I will be glad to mail it to anyone that would like to borrow it. just email me privately with your address. There is one line in it that totally applies to me and that is " disciplining is sometimes like working fertile ground and sometimes like hitting your head against a brick wall"

The basics of the book are:

1. Decide on a behavior you would like to change ( explain to your child what you want done)

2.Praise your childs behavior when she/he is doing something good

3.Avoid power struggles

4.Be there

5. Don't be a historian ( don't keep reminding your child of a past bad behavior)

Parenting Peculiars

I bought this book from amazon.com and it came in today, I am going to see how helpful it really is for me. The closer Lauren gets to 3 the absolute worse her temper is getting. She is hitting, kicking, throwing, and being a downright little brat at times. I try my hardest to not let it affect me to the point of spanking or yelling but I am not a patient person and to tell you the truth it's getting old. I'll let you know how the book helps. Lord knows somethings gotta give with this crazy child of mine. She can also be really sweet and loving but her temper is out of this world, I guess it's the Hubei girl in her. :)

I wonder what he did ?

I came down the hall today

to find purple bunny on the

time out stool with duck

next in line. :) I wonder what the

misbehavior was that Lauren

thought needed a time out ?

What to do when it's hot outside?

Put some cool shaving cream on

and play in the pool.

We Wii

Steve bought a Wii "for Lauren"

yeah, right. he plays it almost

every night. Here she is playing baseball

with him. I have to say, it is lots of fun. :)

Conversation

Here's a daily conversation now with Lauren for your reading pleasure.

Mama- Lauren it's nap time

Lauren- No mama, see dada

Mama- Daddy's not here, he's at work

Lauren-No mama, see dada

Mama- Lauren, daddy's at work. let's lay down for nap

Lauren- No mama, no night night, see dada.

This conversation will go on and on until she finally gives up and lays down for a nap.

Ugh...... Will she ever just comply :) Good thing she's really cute.

Ellow Choos aka Yellow Shoes

Lauren picked out these

crocs yesterday and i know the flowers

don't match but she picked them out also

she is very proud of her

ellow choos. She had her

choice of purple, blue or

yellow and she wanted yellow.