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Don’t Judge Me

holidays, It's all about me!, Stuff 4 Responses »

Dec 072010

I was going to use the title Off With His Head with this post and threatened as much to Hubby yesterday evening.

Yesterday our advent activity was to make Christmas Cookies. As it was a snow day I thought we would have a lot of time to get the cookies done, but with all of the outdoor play in the snow (Yeah Outdoor Play!) we didn’t get started on cookies until after dinner.

Hubby comes running when I call the girls to the kitchen in hopes of nabbing some cookie dough. The look on his face when he saw the pre-packaged cookie dough cut into Christmas shapes was one of shock and laughter. I guess he had been expecting some homemade ball of cookie dough that I had made from scratch in all of my snow-day-spare-time. He went on to say things like “recipe has been in the family for generations” and ” handed down” under his breath while laughing. I’m glad I could amuse him. Not!

I immediately removed the cookie dough from his hand as he did not deserve my hand-bought morsels. Well, I tried to take it away but he is bigger than I am.

So my cookies may not be from scratch, but the girls had fun, the cookies taste good and the mess was minimal for mom.

So there.

Two Years A Family

Adoption, Ethiopia No Responses »

Apr 172010

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Last Friday made two years since I met my two middle daughters, Mita and Enu. April 16, 2008 was the day our family was made complete. Last year I gave all the girls little gifts to represent family and Ethiopia. We also went to Chuck E. Cheese and had some fun.

This year the girls wanted to be more low-key, so no special celebration, just some awesome sugar cookies and an extra hug. It is tough having pre-teens. They don’t want a big deal made of anything, unless they want to make a big deal about it!

At Elle's Classroom.

Elle, being only five, does still like “Big Deals” thankfully! I went to her classroom and talked about Ethiopia with her four and five year old friends. The kids enjoyed holding the wood carvings, and playing with the scarves. I shared with them the following books: E is for Ethiopia and Phillip and the Ethiopian. Elle also bragged about riding a camel in Ethiopia and showed pictures of her on our camel ride.

They also enjoyed the cookies I brought. I ordered two dozen sugar cookies from a new local baker, Simply Sweet, I learned about a couple weeks ago. The cookies were fabulous and I will be ordering again!

So even without a big celebration, I did treasure our two year anniversary no matter how quiet it was and I am very proud of our family!