I don't believe it! Another new New Year! Our internet has been sporadic to say the least, but that hasn't slowed us down, just made some things more difficult (like the blog). So what have we been up to? Well, my baby girl (4 yrs old) lost her first TWO teeth. She was so excited that they were wiggly and that she would finally get a visit form the Tooth Fairy because she has just waited soooo long ;) I wanted to snap a quick picture with her and Katherine together. Katherine is missing her top two teeth and Lauren missing the bottom two.
She was trying to show me her teeth and her lack thereof at the same time. She actually dropped one of them. We thought we found it, but it turned out to be a grain of rice. No fear, big sister, Regan, came to the rescue.
The kids have been so happy to see Ayi again. Katherine was helping with the dishes after dinner. You know she is happy because she just hums and sings while she is working or playing.
Ayi was about to go back to her hometown for a few days. She asked me to teach her how to make one of the blankets like what I made for the kids. It took under an hour between the four of us (Ayi, Regan, Katherine, and myself). She was very glad to have a warm blanket to take home with her. It can get very cold there.
The kids thought it was great to help and Katherine loved that the fabric matched her blanket. I'm not sure who missed who more, the kids or Ayi.
The kids were begging to go for a bike ride. I was a little nervous about it because Lauren has only been riding for a short time. I finally agreed, but made Lauren prove she could stop without her feet AND she had to put the training wheels back on. We went on a 3 mile bike ride and they all did great. I kept close to the younger two and every time I looked at Lauren she had a look of determination on her face. She had something to prove....she IS a big kid ;)
All the parks and the entire city is decorated to bring in the new year.
No, we have no idea who these kids are. I do love how Lauren just put her arm around the little girl like they were best friends.
Another random kid picture. This boy is 8 just like Benjamin. We were talking to this family in the park and they asked the ages of the kids. They heard 8 and immediately thought it was Katherine and was trying to pose the picture. Then they realized that our kids are bigger and traded Benjamin and Katherine. I think it made B and K happy....she had already been grabbed for some pictures :)
On the bike ride back home, the kids wanted to stop and get a picture by some of the decorations. They actually light up at night. It is the year of the horse. According to tradition all my kids are now a year older. HA! Only one birthday a year for my kiddos, but they tried. They have figured out the culture well enough that they wanted to spend almost all of Feb 1 outside playing because they knew it was likely some adults passing by would give them little red envelopes with money inside because it's new year!
