Thursday, June 29, 2006

Chef Girl-R-Dee

We've gotten into cooking lately. Sarah listens to directions better, and Mommy has learned that whatever spills can get cleaned up. Most of the time Sarah is so giddy to be dumping, cutting, scooping, and stirring to even realize she's made something. Here, she made her very first pizza. Things went askew when the pepperoni made an appearance. She really had strong feelings that ALL slices of pepperoni belong in the exact same place on the pizza. The paparazzi knew when to back off. :)

So that went so fabulously I decided to make her her very own apron (Yes, I know, just call me Martha)...oh my! the squealing that ensued from that--priceless. So here she is trying her hand at baking. They were the best blueberry muffins ever!!!!





Almost forgot her other fashion statement! This is Sarah trying on the oven mitts in hopes that Mommy will let her near the oven when it's open. Can't you just hear her saying "I can do it Mommy, I'm ready!"


What summer is all about...

As May came to a close I was freaking out about what in the world we would do for the summer. We knew vacations were out. Of course in my chaos, Sarah is as cool as a cucumber. To her, life is simple...wake up, hold mama for a few minutes, eat a snack and watch Big Big World (I'll admit this can sometimes turn into a total PBS morning fest on housework day), maybe run a few errands, an always cool lunch to which she usually says "it was delicious mama! you're the big best!" (we're not sure where that came from, but whatever, it works), take a nap, wake up, hold mama, check email...to her the days are full of fun and adventure. To me, I'm paranoid I'm not enough "fun". But then Sarah will request me to "come snuggle" before she falls off to sleep, and you realize love is sometimes all the "fun" you need.

Sometimes though, fun is....an ice cold "puhpul icey pops".



Or, making lemonade out of the lemons of getting a car fixed. We had to use Daddy's truck for a week while the car was being worked on. Sarah was beside herself getting to sit in the "front" seat. And mommy kindof liked the convenience of it too! Here she is showing off her new ride.....


There have been playdates, pool parties, Kindermusik camp...all big fun. But at the end of the day sometimes she has just had enough of that annoying black clicky thing in front of mommy's face and she cries "mommy, no more pictures...too many". But I couldn't help myself, the girl is so stinkin' cute!!!!! So here is the final picture on some day in June...where the paparazzi had just gone too far......

We love you all! (Sarah especially loves the mail she's been receiving lately!)

Thursday, June 22, 2006

Passing the time...update on mei mei *snore*


I woke up this morning to find that there is a new batch of referrals out there. So here we are posting an update about mei mei...it's anti-climatic though. They matched through June 28, 2005. A whole 13 days. Which is better than 5 days. Slightly less better than a whole month. :) What's so pitiful is that as slow as it has seemed the last several months they still haven't slowed down as much as we are expecting them to.
BUT, we have Sarah. Who just came and sat by me and said "can I have a big hug?". So it could certainly be a harder wait.
Today we (Sarah and I) will be going to Kindermusik camp. 3 days down, 2 to go. She's having a blast!! Her friend Xenia is in it too and it has been so much fun to watch them really get to know each other more. They were holding hands yesterday...of course they were there were no cameras to be found!!
Well, it's time to go get ready...not sure what picture I'll include yet. But hopefully I can find something!
*edited to tell about the picture...the girl seriously believes in matching her stuff. She insisted I take a picture of her matching flower so she could see. Too cute.*

Monday, June 05, 2006

Traditional Chinese hair


I was inspired by Pam in Henan's blog...she had done her daughter's hair "traditional" so I thought (as I sat there watching Mulan for the 1000th time) "I can do that"...
Sarah loved it! So I just had to share a picture. Tomorrow we head down to see Granma and Papa...can't wait to see you!!!