Bringing Borya Home: Mirth Monday

Monday, June 27, 2011

Mirth Monday

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Here it is.

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5 comments:

Lori @ Five of My Own said...: hehehehehe...needed that.; June 27, 2011 at 6:43 PM
Rooster Inn said...: Well, lol...hahahha I just got it!; June 27, 2011 at 6:44 PM
Anne Birdsong said...: If I could make you ladies laugh, then my work here is done.

But Aunt Mary? A little slow ....; June 28, 2011 at 4:39 AM
Rooster Inn said...: In the race of life I am a tortoise and not a hare...but as you know a true right angle with a 3 on one side and a 4 on the other is supposed to have a 5 on the remaining side, so I thought it was a trick question. I told you I don't do math on a Mon.!; June 28, 2011 at 5:00 AM
Anne Birdsong said...: Well then you're a better man than I. I saw the joke. I chuckled. I moved on without ever stopping to solve it.

You need to start a new blog: Mad Math with Aunt Mary!; June 28, 2011 at 7:20 AM

A Little History

Quite frankly, I don't know what I was thinking at the time. We went from 3 kids by birth to "oh, let's adopt a 4th" without a whole lot of deliberation.

While adopting said 4th (in Kazakhstan), we met a young man of 8 yrs by the name of Borya. Thought he was a pretty nice kid and years later found out we could adopt him too. Only thing was, he came as a 2-in-1 package with his younger sister Ylia. What the hay, said we, and rushed headlong into the adoption process. Again. To adopt two kids that were 10 and 13 at the time.

Started a blog to keep track of where my head was in this adoption game. When Borya and Ylia arrived home, we were suddenly the proud parents of six kids, ages 9, 10, 11, 11, 13 and 13.

That was back in 2009, but I still blog. I figure what doesn't make us laugh makes us cry, and I'd rather be laughing.

Also? We live on a farm(ish) with a few dozen critters. You're just as likely to read a post about the farming side of things as you are the parenting side. Thought you might want to know in case you have allergies or something.

As for the structure of this blog, I pretty much post on a daily basis, and I tend to be all over the place in what I write about, so if it's nice, neat and compartmentalized you're looking for, be off with you now, you won't find it here.

I do have some structure, though, I'm not a total bohemian. I roll like this:
Mon: Mirth Monday. A little somethin' to make you chuckle.
Tues: Sometimes Adoption Tuesday, sometimes A Tip For Tuesday, sometimes random thoughts.
Weds: Wordless Wednesday. Usually a photo or some artwork from myself or one of my oh-so-talented children.
Thurs: all random, all the time.
Fri: Farm Friday. Speaks for itself.
Sat, Sun: More random musings.

Feel free to explore and don't be shy -- drop me a line to say hello, and be sure to add yourself as a follower. Feeds my ego in a big way. I'm very insecure.

A Brief Timeline

8/03 Met Borya in Kazakhstan while adopting Natasha.

11/03 "Lost" him when he transferred to another orphanage.

12/05 Found him again in Ridder.

8/07 We were told we could try to adopt Borya and his younger sister Ylia. Immediately began the paperwork process.

10/25/08 Travelled to Kazakhstan to begin visitation.

11/18/08 Court date. Adoption approved.

11/23/08 Arrived home in America (without Borya and Ylia).

12/5/08 Received adoption decree.

1/9/09 James and Julie arrived in America.

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Mirth Monday

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Like Mr. Rogers used to say (paraphrased), Won't - you be - my Followers?

A Little History

Cast of Characters

Our Family in 2009

I'm on Top Mommy Blogs!

An award? For ME?

The Lazy Mom Award for Most Popular Lazy Mom Tip of 2011 is.....

Babble babble....

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