This week has been busy, busy, busy! And this little girl has been quite the trooper! I took Lauren to another city a couple hours away to see an international dentist because I knew she had one cavity and thought possibly two. I considered waiting until we got back to the States, but felt she needed to have it done sooner, so off we went. The dentist saw her and she had FOUR cavities. Poor baby! They drilled and filled and she did great...no local anesthetics or pain meds. What a trooper!
They were also very impressed and gave her two prizes for being so good. They said they had not see a little kid cooperate so well.
Ayi finished Lauren's birthday present. On Lauren's birthday (May 31) Ayi told her that she was knitting her a sweater to take to America with her because America would be MUCH colder that here. She is so proud of this sweater and wants to wear in now in the 90 degree weather...don't worry, I have it put away.
Katherine got into some play make-up and put this blinding lipstick on herself and her big sister. haha :) They had fun though.
Benjamin had me take this picture for his new blog. Yep. He doesn't like to write much, so we are working on improving those skills. He was not thrilled with his writing assignment this week until he found out that he might be able to publish and be an author. So we wrote up an "about the author" and started a blog for him to "publish" all his stories. After he gets enough stories together, I told him that I can have it made into a book. Guess who is excited about writing now? I can't wait to see the improvement. If you want to check it out, he has a link on the side of this blog.
Here is my baby all ready to go to a wedding....by herself! Yep, she was the only one invited :) I'm not surprised. She had a blast. It was actually a coworker of Ayi who was getting married in another city and invited Ayi and Lauren to go. The coworker didn't actually know us, but everyone knows Meimei :)
This is me trying to get a picture as they are leaving. Lauren was ready to go and rushed into the elevator.
Benjamin has always enjoyed art. He asked if he could paint the other day and this is what he painted. I was quite impressed.
Oh yes, and the bag dress...When I picked Katherine up from school on Thursday, her teacher informed me that Katherine needed to bring a dress to school mad out of grocery bags. I was instructed that Katherine was to design it and help make it, but we were to do it together. I couldn't see how it could possibly work, but it turned out cute. Katherine did all the cutting and I did all the sewing. She was excited to take it back to school.
The other thing we did besides dentist appointments, orthodontist appointments, two separate doctor appointments out of the country, making a "dress", and having school was our family and a few helpers cooked lunch for 30 plus people. It was fun. Our portion included spaghetti, garlic bread (from scratch....which is actually how most things are cooked here), alfredo, cookies, brownies, and fruits. It was delicious!
Here is my beautiful 9 year old girl. She, too, likes the idea of publishing her writings. So, we took the picture. Here blog is not done yet, but will hopefully be up soon. You will also be able to access it from here. Now, I need a little rest! :)
