This afternoon

This afternoon our five year old was playing with Legos in the living room with her 9 year old brother. John and I were sitting at the dining room table, and the other kids were elsewhere in the house.
Pretty soon the 9 year old ran off to another room. Silence [...]

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Opinion Saturday

OK, guys, your turn. You get to ask the question this week. Is there some family-related question you’ve been puzzling over lately, and wishing for wisdom to handle? Share your question here. The person with the most thought-provoking question will win my Very Interesting Person Award on Tuesday morning. [...]

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They’re ours!!

Hooray– we passed!!!! The girls are ours! Praise God!

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While we were sleeping…

…we may have become the legal parents of two more children….or not…
No news yet.
(deep breath….praying hard.)

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This week’s winner

Somehow I lost a post– the one mentioning who’d won this week’s Opinion Saturday. I know I hit ‘publish’, but what happened to it after that is a mystery. Anyway– fun comments, everyone– thanks!! The Golden Keyboard this week goes to Our Seven QTpies.
OK– hitting publish again — let’s see if this [...]

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Of woodpiles and seatcovers

I’ve discovered a strange side effect to adopting older children. You start looking around at your life, and get the urge to spruce things up a bit. Strange things.
Last night the little kids and I could be seen pulling weeds around the woodpile. Today I have every intention of restacking the dumb [...]

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Anticipation

The hours this week have been crawling. It’s less than 48 hours till our court date in Ethiopia, and my nerves are jangling. I am so much hoping to hear from our agency on Friday that we’ve passed and that the adoption of our girls is final. I’m already jumping every time [...]

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Works for Me: FLip Video

Today I’ve got the coolest thing to tell you about. A couple months ago I read about a cute new camcorder at photojojo, (which, by the way, is a fun website on it’s own). The camcorder is call the FLip, and it interested me immediately because of its size and ease [...]

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Seen (and heard) at our house this afternoon

Scene:
The two year old runs into the living room, dramatically shouts, ‘I’m dead’ and throws herself down flat on the couch to lie as still as is possible for a toddler to lie.
The 9 year old runs up and spots her game. Holding his arms out to either side [...]

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Amazingly, a post. (Kind of)

The combination of recovering from camp AND getting ready for two new family members has left me temporarily out of inspiration for a post. I did however find two other noteworthy posts to share this morning. The first is from Hearts of Hope, describing her family’s chore system. I [...]

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