Our little backyard paradise

Our backyard smells so heavenly right now. Orange blossoms, lemon blossoms, peach blossoms... Mmmm. I love sitting on our back porch and watching the kids play.

This tree is the main shade in our backyard. I don't know what it is called yet, but we like the cute little yellow puff balls. It looks like a Dr Suess tree.

Peaches growing


Lemons


Orange Blossoms


Big Roses


Pomegranate buds

Neighborhood Egg hunt

A church came to our neighborhood and sponsored a neighborhood egg hunt. They had eggs, jump houses, face painting, balloons and races. The girls were very pleased. I think that is such a great idea for a church to do.
None of my girls were aggressive egg hunters. Other kids had bags full of eggs in addition to their Easter baskets. My children didn't even fill their baskets all the way. They were selective of what color they wanted. Lucy mostly went for the eggs that were broke open because they seemed to have candy in them.



A firetruck was at the event and while the other girls were at the playground, Lucy and I checked it out. She crawled right in, put her seatbelt on and put on the radio headset. She sat in there for about 10 minutes just saying, "hello, hello?" over and over again.

When they got home I let them have some of their candy. Angie was wide-eyed and very hyper after a few jelly beans. Lucy ran around for the rest of the day with a plastic egg in each hand squealing "EGG!" Every now and then she'd scream, "CANDY!" as she got one open.

Bucketheads

"Little maid, pretty maid whither goest thou?"


"Down in the meadow to milk my cow."


"Shall I go with thee? "No, not now;



When I send for thee, then come thou."

Musing in Yellow

Somebody asked me where I got these little skirts for the girls. On sale of course! Do you know how hard it is to afford matching outfits for them anymore!

Orphan Alert 3yo Sweetheart

This precious little boy's file is with Hawaii International Child, You can contact them for more info.

An

Child: An (boy, DOB October 2006) a 3 year old boy who is active and a little shy but enjoys being pampered by his caregivers. He is developmentally normal but has Hepatitis C.

Parent Requirements: Parents must be: between 25 and 55 years old, be in good physical and mental health; be married for over two (2) years; be reasonably educated; and have no more than three (3) children.

So fun to watch

My kids and I have watched this over and over again. Enjoy.

Orphan Alert! Soccer player needs a home

He lost his parents, separated from his brother, Boy, 11, healthy needs a family. $9750 waiver/grants.

Dear Family,
Some time ago we shared information on a boy, HH from Asia. At that time we were still researching if he had a brother. We have finally found out he does have a brother but sadly the brother is not eligible to be adopted as he is now too old. We would very much like to find a family for HH so he does not age out as his brother did. HH has told us he would like to be adopted even though it will be without his brother.
If you know of anyone interested in HH please feel free to ask them to contact us.Cost FamilyFinders@ wacap.org. There is no fee to see his full file.

HH boy age 11. There's a lot to like about this child because he is outgoing, active and ready to smile. He is a very typical boy for his age and likes to watch cartoons and participate in active play. He is described as a sensible child that enjoys school and helping out around the institution. He is healthy and developmentally on target. He is an avid soccer player and loves painting and reading. He is described as extroverted but he appears shy around new people. He enjoys playing with his pals and is helpful with younger children. To receive his information simply fill in the application on our web site www.wacap.org (there is no fee).HH.1098. 15730.01

Financial Aid: There is a $4000 Promise Child grant for eligible families. Eligible families make less than $125,000 a year averaged over the last two years. Families may subtract $3700 per child living in their home. There is a possible additional fee reduction of up to $5000 for this adoption. The application fee ($250) is waived. Pre-approval fee ($500) is waived. Please ask your tax expert about the Federal adoption tax credit of over $12,000. Please ask us about our list of private adoption grant and loans.

Please contact FamilyFinders@ wacap.org or call 1-800-732-1887. WACAP (www.wacap.org) is a non-profit adoption agency

It's Puzzling.

Karianne asked me, "Momma how did God make us?"
I wasn't sure exactly what she wanted to know. I said, "Well, God made Adam out of dirt, and the rest of us came from him."
She was quiet and I said, "Did that make sense? Did that answer your question?"
She said, "Yeees, but I thought he used puzzle pieces or something."
"Umm, well yes I guess He kinda did something like that, when you were born God took a piece from me and a piece from daddy and made you and that's why you kinda look like both of us."

She said, "oh yeah, that's right. I knew He used puzzles."

Whew!

Lucy Lucy Lucy...

What am I going to do with this girl? She didn't come down to breakfast when she was called. She finally came down a little later and I had a good scream. Have you ever tried to get lipstick out of a bellybutton? She still looks a little sunburned and I have a nasty ring around the tub.


Reminds me of Karianne and Angie when there were little and emptied an entire big bottle of baby powder all over their room. They knew they were in big trouble and didn't smile for the picture.