A picture of Thomas with a whole bunch of cornstarch in his hair.  Deliberately applied by me in order to remove the vaseline his sister had liberally applied in his hair.  (as told in jeriendhal 's  entry.)  Step #2 was to use dishwashing liquid to shampoo the cornstarch and any remaining oil out.

It worked. :)

It looks like it might work in terms of coming close to the way the our local chinese food place makes honey sesame chicken.  (Or "Chinese Chicken" in Thomas-speak.)

...half a world away... I became a mom for the second time (and probably last..lol...  jeriendhal and I always talked of having 2 or 3 kids, and with Miss G we're probably done, as she and Thomas can be quite a handful.)

Today was the day I met her in the civil affairs office in Nanjing -- the capital of Jiangsu province.  I wasn't legally considered her mom at that point -- today was the start of the "24 hr harmonious period", we returned the next day to the civil affairs office to finalize the adoption.  Click here for the entry from the travel blog I kept during the trip.

I can't believe its been a year.  Time has flown in one sense...and yet, it seems like this fiesty, sassy, smart little girl has always been a part of our family.


Funny story:  I was doing my exercises on the Wii fit a day or two ago..and doing squats, which of course you have to hunker down low.  Georgia is watching..then swats my backside and says, "You got a big butt."  Grandma (my mom's) curse has been fulfilled "May you have a daughter exactly like you." <- when I was younger I did something similar.. luckily my mom had a good sense of humor and laughed...  as I admit that I did.  LOL!

Tags: mommy mush, my daughter

jeriendhal and Thomas had gone to bed. Miss G was running around while I was on ICQ chatting with my best buddy Elena. At one point Georgia comes bouncing up to me...

G: "Mommy, guess what?"
me (a little distractedly): "What baby?"
G: "I need a hug and a kiss." (wraps her arms around me and plants one on me)
Me: (melts into a puddle of goo) "Aww, thank you baby." (and kisses and hugs her back)

Yesterday must have been G's day to be cute... (especially cute that is).  I didn't see this one, but jeriendhal  told me that at one point yesterday both kids had gone upstairs... and lay in Thomas bed.   I believe Thomas had pulled the covers over his head and Georgia was beside him, with her arm around him.  When daddy went upstairs to check on them she looked up and said, "We sleeping."

Tags: my daughter, my son, puddle of goo

I got "uncle" cards for Father's day out in the mail today. ;) For me, that's an accomplishment! (Oh, how I wish we had grandpas to give cards to...but I admit to being greedy and wishing for more time with those very special men.)

Haven't gotten/made a card for my husband yet..and not sure what to do for his gift -- he's not a tie-wearing kinda guy!

But I'll think of something... or blatently ask him for ideas. LOL

Tags: family, father's day

Was the title of Thomas' 1st grade celebration which took place at 7:30pm last night. We weren't too sure about going, or allowing Tom to participate, partially because he doesn't always do the whole "following directions' thing, and too, because of the lateness of the hour.... he is usually ready for bed around 8pm or so, although he has on occasion stayed up until 9:30 or later. ( Read more )

Tags: my son, school

A call I answered at my library not too long ago. ( Read more )

Or put them on my list for birthday, Xmas, etc. ( More under the cut ) had them.. not sure if hubby has any of them or not..but I wants me own.  ;)

Tags: pirates!

In the birthday present department!

 For Thomas birthday we've split the celebration up a bit.... we had cupcakes with Grandma Day this past Sunday... then mommy and daddy gave him his presents yesterday (his actual birthday)... and on Sat the 13th we'll have some cake, etc with my mom. I also went to Thomas' school yesterday and had lunch with him. He didn't know i was coming, so he was suprised and GRINNED.

Anyway, here's the best toy evah! (at least to Thomas, who has a fascination with all things mechanical -- like microwaves, dishwashers..and real washing machines)



This toy washing machine, by Mielle can really hold water, altho so far we haven't needed to put any in. So far Thomas is just enjoying pressing the buttons and watching it spin. He's also put his own socks in to "wash" as well as a bath washcloth. Too cute!

Tags: birthday, my son

The conversation went something like this:

Georgia had gotten yogurt on her shirt so she took it off.  "I'm naked!"  she exclaimed.  (She was still wearing jeans)We chuckled at that and told her she was half naked... so she took off the jeans and said happily "I'm naked!"

 Then she started shaking her pullup clad tush around and said "Shake your body!  Shake your body!"

I laughed like a loon.. When I asked her what she was doing she told me, "I shake my hinney!"

Tags: funny, my daughter