Picnic photos

picnic

We went to the LSS picnic this weekend (LSS is our adoption agency). Eva had a lot of fun, it was all right to the rest of us. There was another family there who had a 6 year old girl from the Hunan province. I was amazed at how many similarities Eva and her have... they looked remarkably alike. In any case, Eva was upset about the sun in her eyes in the car ride on the way down so she put on her sunglasses and then promptly fell asleep. She got to eat an ice cream cone, which was a first for her. Also Mrs. & Mr. J was there with their two children, who Eva loves immensely. So, having friends and food and fun outside was just the thing for her.

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Today Eva insisted on carrying her beaded panda purse with her to daycare (I made her leave it in the car). She has started thinking she should have a purse with her everywhere she goes. It was cute though, after examining the nice neat rows of beads this morning, she informed me that her purse is corn on the cob.

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Today is an overcast, cloudy day. On the way to Mrs. J's house this morning, Eva looked at the sky and said, "Sky full of smoke today." I told her that smoke was called a cloud.

I am behind on posting pictures, so some of these are older, but will become more current. In fact the first few are from the fair.

Busy Times

I'm feeling a little bit guilty about how long it's been since I've posted. I had 2 weeks off between the end of my summer class and the beginning of this fall semester and decided to utilize it fully. I have completely and absolutely loved these last two weeks with Eva. Every day she seems to grow and do more and more. I hear her saying things that I don't even realize that I say until out they come. For example, last weekend we had our Families with Children from China meeting and David wanted Eva to go down the slide. She informed him that, "I not in the mood." She tells our cat constantly that she has, "totally unacceptable behavior." It's delightful to hear her ennunciate that one. The other morning she was playing with David's mask for his C-PAP (for sleep apnea). She put the strap around her neck and when she couldn't pull it off informed me that it was "stuck in my beard." I corrected her pronunciation on dental floss. She was telling me that she had the "En'al Coss" I replied "You have the Dental Floss" To which, she retorted with exasperation oozing out of every syllable "That's what I said, Mommy." She can get into the refridgerators, turn the lights on and off, loves to go places with me and only goes potty in the potty chair when it's her idea and she can get something she wants out of it. (Yes, potty training has hit a snag.)

I will post more now that I am back to my routine and also have access to the internet access at work. It's very irritating to post with just the dial-up at home.