school work

Came home in Cale's bookbag.
I found them myself because Cale doesn't realize how great he actually is:
1. He is hysterical.
Apparently (after concealing my giggling) I asked  Cale why he wrote #6.
He told me it was because he was instructed to use the underlined (spelling words) in sentences.
2. His heart is pure.
Wow. 
That's all I can say.
Upon finding it, I almost cried.



Here, is the featured author, who recently lost his second baby tooth (pulled out 1.11.14).

fish tales

Me: Cale, I wanna take a pic of you and your fish. (Mumbling under my breath..."so I have documentation of its life")
Because I don't think that fish will be long for this world...
Do fish jump?
YES!
...As luck would have it, Ive got yet another thing to take care of.
-Cale got an early birthday present - a bright blue beta fish.-
The water needed changing.I had a nice clean bowl of water and accessories. The fish was swimming in a small cup of its filthy water anticipating the new scene I assumed.
Changing out water?
This was suppose to be a piece of cake. I've done this a million times (I'm a beta lover - note this is the ONLY animal I will ever love.)
I got my slotted spoon, and "fished" him out.
He jumped off the spoon....
INTO THE SINK......
AND DOWN THE GARBAGE DISPOSAL!!
...talk about a Mom who loves her son. All I could do was picture his crumpled lil face when I told him his fish died... (And I know he would insist on knowing how.)
So, Despite that horrible sick feeling you get when you shove your hand down a disposal, I went after the fish.
...For my sad sensitive Cale.
I kept feeling that lil slimy booger escaping my grasp amongst the soggy old Rice Krispies from breakfast and the carrot peels from a recent dinner prep.
But I got him....and deposited him in his new clean tank.
All the while Cale had his back turned.
Smiling pleasantly but grumbling something like: "Judah, you rotten son of a gun...lucky lil.........",
I presented my firstborn with his fish. In a clean tank as promised.
All is well...for now. Only time will tell his future. ((He may end up in that drain after all but with me calling the shots....))
 

Sometimes I truly feel like a ninja.
...And also like I wanna throw up a lil bit.

Gotcha Day #4

Megersa has been home for 4 years today!!

He is so loveable. 
And sometimes loveably random: 
"Mom....its okay if we only have one whale in our family. We can't be greedy about that.... Some people only have one room to live in. All the people share one room. Hey, Thad! ...want Seka read you a story?"
 
When I stepped off the plane and met his daddy and big brother I remember wondering if he would always be so quiet....
He's usually pretty calm, but not so much quiet anymore!
My times have changed!!
 
Adding joy to our lives, we couldn't imagine life without him.
Happy gotcha day, Megersa!
We love you.

popcorn and pictures

They're ALL adorable.
All of them!
My daughter AND my sons.
When we go out and about we always get the token comments "you've got your hands full...I don't know how you do it...are you done yet?"  yada yada, puke.

BUT, on some rare, special occasions we get people just watching silently, and sometimes, a quiet compliment comes out of their mouth.
"Wow.  What a beautiful family you have."

THANK YOU stranger.  You have blessed me with your words.
And I agree.