James' best friend Madiyar is visiting with us for a couple weeks. Here are a few pics of what they've been up to, which recently included swimming, disassembling then reassembling bikes, and sustaining bodily injury.
Just a quick word....don't forget to vote.
And one more......thanks!
You know...Craig and I were just talking about how lucky we are that our injury prone son is staying in such a fun and safe home, complete with its own trauma surgeon! Thanks for the services...do we need to send you guys a co-pay?
Don't worry about it, it's on the house. And besides the on-call trauma surgeon, we currently have my sister visiting with us. Btw? She's a nurse. And she's been cleaning it like nobody's business. She's in the middle of a saline irrigation as we speak.
Like Mr. Rogers used to say (paraphrased), Won't - you be - my Followers?
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.
Cast of Characters
Meet the fambly:
Our Family in 2009
Anne
Fred
Patrick
James
Bella
Rosie
Julie
Daniel
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4 comments:
You know...Craig and I were just talking about how lucky we are that our injury prone son is staying in such a fun and safe home, complete with its own trauma surgeon! Thanks for the services...do we need to send you guys a co-pay?
Don't worry about it, it's on the house. And besides the on-call trauma surgeon, we currently have my sister visiting with us. Btw? She's a nurse. And she's been cleaning it like nobody's business. She's in the middle of a saline irrigation as we speak.
your comment above answers all my unspoken questions.
How Do you do that-I was not aware you even know who I am and here you are reading my mind. I love that in a woman.
Ooooh, saline irrigation, you guys spoil him so! Seriously, thanks so much...
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