We met my cousin for a walk around Great Falls National Park. Everyone was exhausted when we were finished, but it’s amazing how a little habesha will energize 5 kids for a giggly ride home.
Day 16
Movie night!
Day 15
We’re such dorks. Our love language is cool science projects. The latest came from a similarly-minded friend. All 5 kids and I gathered around to watch the entire digestive process unfold in one caterpillar (if you catch my drift)–over lunch no less. Hopefully we’ll have beautiful photos of swallow tails to show in a couple...
Lost In Translation
Monday Kayla and I made pumpkin muffins. When we were adding the pumpking, she asked what it was and I told her. Kayla’s been the pickier eater of the two and the muffins have been her go to food if she doesn’t like what I’m serving. Wednesday We are sitting around the dinner table eating...
Day 14
Lest you think only the boys are out having fun 🙂
{Classical Conversations} Cycle 1 | Week 5 and 6 History
In addition to the specific resources for this week, we are also listening to Story of the World (SOTW) on CD, watching selected episodes of Drive Thru History, and keeping a cummulative timeline of things we learn in history. I am planning appropriate activities for Mia that are a little less complicated than last year...
Day 13
We are blessed to be adopting in an age where technology rules. It was so fun to see the smiles on their faces and hear their voices as they chattered in Amharic to friends all around the country.
More than a caption
While pictures are certainly worth at least a thousand words, sometimes it’s just nice to have words. We’ve been home about 5 days. We had our first, full, “normal” day yesterday. This is definitely the honeymoon period. John and Kayla are quiet, polite, and helpful. While I don’t think these qualities will necessarily go away,...