Monday, June 04, 2007
Hello again,
A bit more catching up.
We had a truly lovely Mother's Day.
Last year on Mother's Day all we had was a picture of our little one, but this year . . .
Let's just say I know why adoptive families celebrate "Gotcha Day!"
As you can see, she's growing up so fast. She has learned that if she leaves her hat on, people will fuss over h
er and say how cute she is. "Hat!" has become one of her favorite words.
Right before Mother's Day, we went on a little expedition to celebrate Daddy's birthday--to the Omaha Zoo! It was a big hit with Althea, since she loves animals. She liked the petting zoo, but she really loved the tigers, or as she calls them "ti-ders, rrrrrr!"
She also pointed out
each and every time she spotted water. In original "Althea-speak," all forms of water were c
alled "wash," then she moved onto calling them all "wat." By the end of our day at the zoo, we had a consistent, two-syllable "wa-ter!" I never noticed before, but there's an awful lot of water at the zoo.
O.k., this kid
really loves animals, even big scary gorillas. Believe it or not, she actually wanted to get
closer to the window. Mommy, the adult who knows about the safety of strong thick glass, was too nervous to get any closer. Yikes!
You'll just have to imagine the soundtrack--Althea imitating a low "Oooo, Oooo, Oooo" sound.
Hello everyone!
I know it's been far too long since the last blog entry. Not quite sure where all the time went. I've decided I'm going to invent calendar mulch, some sort of product that would keep extra things from springing up on your calendar and filling it up too fast!
Anyway, thought we'd catch you up with events over the last few weeks--here's the first installment:
We had a lovely Easter together with our cute
little bunny.
We dyed Easter Eggs, which Althea enjoyed with the contagious joy of a toddler. "Oooooo! Wow!" You would have thought we had made sparkly fairies appear.
One of those great joys of parenthood--getting to feel again the wonder of colo
ring an Egg!
We also enjoyed the big day at church, even though most of our time is spent in the Nursery. Thankfully, Althea really likes the nursery, at least for a few hours at a time.
When we first brought her home, I had visions of her in the Sanctuary with us, perhaps sitting quietly with one of our dear church friends. (Do I hear the chortles of more experienced parents?) Actually, she LOVES being in worship. The problem is that she wants to lead things! She wants to be heard and she wants to be up on the chancel. Not surprising, considering that's where her parents are most of the time. As Andrew says, how will she ever learn to be quiet in church when we never are?
Hello again,
er and say how cute she is. "Hat!" has become one of her favorite words.
alled "wash," then she moved onto calling them all "wat." By the end of our day at the zoo, we had a consistent, two-syllable "wa-ter!" I never noticed before, but there's an awful lot of water at the zoo.
