3 months today / Sara's first tooth fairy

Sara lost her first USA tooth..during school. She did not know what to do so she slipped it into her pocket and did not tell anyone. I did not know the upper molar was lose, but she has been wiggling the bottom one and it should be any day. I told Sara's teacher and she said she was wondering why Sara was so quiet...the tooth in the pocket. She did not know what to do. The tooth fairy came last night and she is itching to spend the money, where as Ruth has all the tooth fairy money still...in a special bag. Tonight we will get Sara a tooth fairy bag to keep her money in.

Today is 3 month anniversary of Sara being our daughter.

CELEBRATE !

Hollywood and Whales

Today after school we went and picked up Sara's new glasses. They are purple of course. She also chose a coordinating purple box to store them in, complete with a mirror and handle. She is styling Hollywood style. We got transition lenses since she seems to be very sensitive to light. No vision correction, simply to protect her good eye. They are poly carbon with a flex frame...kid proof we hope.

Today Ruth had to present her Independent Study. She did the report on whales and the tail slapping. I sat in on the presentations of most of the students and learned quite a lot from the different topic...these kids are so smart.

Snowman,teeth

Well, it has been a week since our snow, and the snowman has taken many forms. As it began to rain, he chose to switch to an umbrella. As the sun came out, he chose to hide behind the BBQ grill.....alas after a full week, he has finally gone to the great snowball in the sky


Sara and Ruth had the dentist again yesterday. Sara got her gums scraped a second time. I did not tell her that we were going until the night before because it was so traumatic and painful the first time. As she walked in and saw the hygienist, she yelled "oh no!" but then ran over and gave her a hug.
Ruth had to have TWO teeth pulled, again. Her baby teeth really like her mouth and most have had to be pulled. These two eye teeth were giants! She was a trooper and watched a football game while they did it and did not know how they did it.

Snow TX style

Now before we get started, those of you in the north get ready to laugh but you must understand, we are not equipt to handle this situation...the situation of ice followed by snow followed by, dare I day it, school cancellation! We had a blast! First of all this was a total suprise to both us and the weather man! He actually admitted it on air! As the girls got up, I put them back to bed, and they did not complain about this! LOL! Then up, dressed in 3 layers. Sara laughed and said just like in China, yea! Then out we went for some very cold play. Luckily DH was already planned on working from home, not that he could have made it on his hour drive anyways, but he had brought work home so he was a go. Ruth made a snow chair and thought she would sleep in it, but decided that she would pool her snow with Sara and make the snowman, and yes, they make them in China too. Then the snowball fight. The girls and I took our shaggy dog for a walk, with Sara trying to ride her bike....crunch crunch on the ice. The dog was covered with ice when we got home and I had to get the hair dryer to thaw him out.

ICE and Fu Dan

Yes, this is ice! In Friday, we were 70,then of course just before the girls got out of school, the pouring rain began. Then the temperature dropped 40 degrees in 1/2 hour! Around here, we mean business when it comes to weather changes. Then the ice came and it is beautiful if you have no place to go. Luckily Monday is a holiday for the girls and Jeff will work from home. I did make it to the store before the storm so we will not starve, but I do not know how those up north do it staying indoors for long periods of a time--it would drive me insane.

On a happy note, my friend Misty and Earl are in Nanchang today and getting their daughter Fu Dan in a few hours. Sara is so excited that her friend is coming to the USA-SC area. Then we will have one more known friend to come home-Anna. I have to wait until Sara's English gets better to know about more friends that are waiting or coming to the USA. Hopefully there will be many more older kids on their way! They all need a chance to fulfill their potential.

Great report cards

Today Ruth got her report card-All A's! She also got a special award from the PE teacher and almost all E's from the Accel (gifted) program. We are so proud of her. No award for perfect attendance this semester-remember the chicken pox?

Sara is doing flash words in her ESL class, so I made more, words that she hears all of the time. She is doing incredibly well, seems to have no issues that we can see, and loves the movie High School Musical-go figure. We even listen to the CD in the car!

Oragami fun

The girls have been creative with the oragami that Sara got for Christmas, some silly, some simple, some complex. The first night we had Sara, she was making cranes, a basket, and even a telephone. Sara said that she learned some in school. Sara has patiently shared this knowledge with little sister Ruth. I let the girls put them on the wall with push pins. Sara said that in China, they had them in rows down the walls....a little piece of home in the USA

What am I?

I am a Daffodil What Flower Are You?

Just having a little fun today. The girls are back in school-YEA! Sorry teachers (Yea, right!) My friend Misty leaves to get her daughter Fu, Dan in 9 days, home on the 25th, and Sara has marked her calender and is already waiting for a call from her friend, soon to be Dani. We also found Sara's bed mate, yes, they share beds. Her name will be Anna and will live in PA. Sara does spend time calling her two friends who are already in the US, Mailia and Ling. We may need to get this girl her own line when she gets older.

I decided to change the look of the blog for a little change. I may change it monthly, who knows.

Camp Hope-Fuzhou

http://www.bringmehope.org

Here are a few photos of Sara at Camp Hope in August 2006. The first photo has Sara, Dani, Ling, and Anna in it.






Then Sara and Ling,


then just Sara. Sara said she had so much fun there. Maybe some day Sara will go back as a counselor with the camp.

~2007 BEGINS~

Happy 2007 to everyone.
We chose to bring the new year in quietly. Ruth spent the night with a friend of hers, and Sara was not feeling well, so we were up with her until midnight.
This afternoon we went to Jeff's cousin Bud and wife Michelle's house for the afternoon. They have a wonderful get together of friends on News Year Day, BUT we are the only ones with kids. The girls were well behaved and Sara decided that she DID like brisket, and Ruth DID NOT like black eyed peas. Sara once again was feeling bad after eating. I think her system is having a hard time with new foods and they she belches, well, like a truck driver :(

We played our new favorite game Uno Attack in the evening. Sara usually is doing well and when she is, she makes sure everyone knows about it.