Schools out!

Schools out for the summer!

(eating a frosted doughnut LOL)

Already finding we need to figure a routine for the kids LOL.

After a couple days the two younger kids are going wild. I guess they need a couple days to wind down to realize they are going to be ok and so will we but they do best with routine. We forget though NeVaeh can usually fly by the seat of her pants the other two need more structure and after  I work my holiday we will get some more study time and routine worked into their day.

The two youngest had their last day of Sunday school the first Sunday of May.

They had a School concert on May 6th.

The last month of school the three had their field trips. 

Andres and NeVaeh both went to the children's museum at Brookings. It was k-2. So I went and spent most the time with NeVaeh but was able to spend some time with Andres.

Aaliyah's class went to the Zoo.

Andres' class had a kindergarden program for us that was very cute!

NeVaeh and her fellow classmate in her self contained class room went to the Duck pond and fed the Geese the next to the last day of school.

Aaliyah will be having eye surgery next mont.

NeVaeh had a hearing test a week ago and discovered a severe hearing loss in here left ear.

Now for our summer adventures to begin!!

For those of you who wonder...No finalization is not yet complete LOL

We will have a fun Summer! Hope you all do too!!

Kids Veiws on Adoptions

Ok here we are May 9th....

Getting closer....

Yep so we are not finalized yet but there is lots of adoption and finalization talk in our house hold right now.

The kids have unique views and I think they are getting it now...They are coming up with many questions and comments that show they are thinking long and hard about it....especial Andres.

Andres says "if we get adopted"...

Mommy corrects him "No when" 

Andres "yes, If" 

Mommy "NO When! The courts are just slow!" 

Andres "Yes, When, thats good cause I love it here and don't want to go anywhere else!"

Andres has announced he has adopted now 10 of his stuffed toys. He gave me the name changes of all of them but I just cant keep them straight. LOL I'm lucky if I can keep my three straight :)

Aaliyah told me she is going to adopt 4 of her stuffed toys but is waiting till her adoption is official so they all can have the official name change together.

Andres told me one morning "I want to be in your belly"....I assured him I love him the same as if he had been in my belly. I told him I am his mother and couldn't love him any more. He was satisfied with this.

We have been reading the two books the AAU adoption agency gave us quite a bit lately A Koala for Kati an adoption story  by Jonathan London and Let talk adoption by Fred Rogers. They are very intrigued with these books and will ask if the kids in the one book are all adopted. I told them we don't know. Nobody can tell by looking at a person if they were adopted....Oh the discussions we get into.

They are both smart kids and ask appropriate questions. I am impressed that they do. They show their maturity by the questions and answers they give when when they discuss adoptions. The subject actually was brought up more by them than us. We told them about the name change and adoption and they come up with all the quesitons and inquiring about everything else. It actually has been easier talking about it to them than I expected.

We are hoping this next month now to have the adoption actually finalized....

Guess time will tell :)