A Lesson Learned

Lauren has been making herself crazy asking for Aqua Sand Mermaid Island so she got money from her grandma and decided that's what she wanted to buy, it was a good lesson for her because she thinks everything she sees on TV is the " best thing ever" well, we got it home and opened it and she was highly disappointed in it because the mermaid is tiny, there's only 2 bottles of sand and a cheap plastic bowl, so it was a good lesson learned for a 5 year old :) on a brighter note, she did get some the cutest shoes ever also :)



see that tiny little pink thing, yep, that's the mermaid

Orbeez

Lauren has been saving her money for Orbeez and finally she had enough so we ordered them and they came today. What a happy surprise that was for her, she finished school and then it was time to play. They start out little and grow in water so you can make them into other things, she is having a blast so far :)

Trick or Treat

This is our first Halloween in the country and boy was it a doozie, we went trick or treating for 5 hours but only went to 12 houses :) Lauren was a Monarch Butterfly and she had a ball !!

Pumpkin Painting

Every year we let Lauren pick out a pumpkin and paint it, for some reason she loves to paint them :) Here's a few from over the years and then this year, she is growing up way too fast...




2006

2008 couldn't find one of her painting it just picking it


2009


2010

Lane Southern Orchards

Lauren had a homeschool field trip today to the lane orchards, they had a hayride, corn maze, peach ice cream and each kid got a little pumpkin. It was fun but HOT...I can't believe this is late October.

The Box

We've been taking Lauren to a doctor for her PTSD issues and we finally found something that is working that she has suggested. It's a box, yep a box. but it's a " worry" box. Lauren has MAJOR separation and abandonment issues and this box has helped her with that. When she gets upset because daddy has to go to work or because of some other fear or worry she puts a rock in the box and closes it up because as her doctor told her " there's nothing we can do about it anyway" and you know what ? It's working, when she gets upset or worried she goes outside and gets a rock and puts it in the box and closes it up and she's OK again. It's amazing that this little wooden box has reduced the drama in 3 days of using it :)

5 Years Ago Today

We were in Nashville, TN and I was at work when they announced overhead that I had a call from Children's Hope, I took off to my desk and that's when i got " the call" Brenda was on the other end and she said the greatest words ever " You have a daughter" What a great day, we got these pictures the very next day, Yang Li Meng was approx 6 or so months old in these.




5 years later and she is now in Kindergarten, heading rapidly into year number 6, wow, the years really do fly by.

Pnue-mania

The title describes how I feel right now about pneumonia, we have been at this battle with Lauren's pneumonia since it all started on August 10Th. We have been to our doctor 5 times since then, filled 9 prescriptions and spent somewhere around $350.00 in the process . We go to another doctor who is a pediatric pulmunologist on September 15th in Macon to try and see if he can help us rid this child of this crazy illness. I don't understand why she won't get better and why the cough will not go away but we'll keep trying until we get an answer. Until then we are in Pnue mania still :)

It's Official !!

Lauren has now been registered with the state of GA as a home schooled child. I sent my Declaration of Intent to them today so now I have to do four and a half hours of school each day for 180 days a year and send in monthly attendance reports on her to our school superintendent :)

BUGS !!

Our local Science museum has a special exhibit on large bugs so after being home bound for a while with pneumonia we decided to get out of this house and go check it out. Lauren's favorite part was the gift shop of course :)




finding China on the globe.

Where Have We Been ?

as much as I tried to avoid it, facebook took over my blog, it's easier to load pictures to facebook so I got suckered into it. :)I am determined to keep this blog because I don't scrapbook and this is how I have Lauren's milestones recorded. in the last 6 or so weeks we have moved to a small town, struggled with domestic adoption, signed Lauren up for PTSD therapy, started talking to DFACS about an adoption and getting ready to homeschool again for Kindergarten/ First Grade. We have also taken a trip to Florida for Steve's parents 50Th anniversary. It's been a busy few weeks but I am trying to keep up with my " online diary" now :) Here's a recent picture of my cute girl who starts Kindergarten/ First Grade homeschool on Monday. I say kindergarten and first grade because she will be doing 1st grade math and language arts and we'll be reviewing kindergarten in the other subjects.

Glasses

Lauren got glasses today, she loves them and thinks they are so cool because when she goes outside they turn into sunglasses automatically :)