Random Photos

We are simply buried under life at school right now.  Trying to get paperwork wrested out of the hands of service providers for adoptions is also a daily struggle...but, we have been living, though not writing.  Here are some shots of the gang over this past little while...

Below:  The Bug shows her "glam" side on Retreat in January

Above & Below:  More shots of cool cats...in a Thailand-style taxi

 Below:  Another Thai-style taxi...the Tuk Tuk...we LOVE to pile into these! (note: we cannot ALL fit into one! ;)

Above & Below:  The Bug turned 9 - she had a cake on Retreat with Grandma J & one with classmates when we returned home

Below:  the going away party for our Indian friends (also see one of my worst cultural faux pas in history detailed in an earlier post)

Below:  Magpie shows her funky-style in this self-shot portrait

Below:  Brownie is CONSTANTLY mugging these crazy poses and wacko faces in shot after shot...this is proof that the apple does not fall far from the tree!

Below:  Pre-K Field trip 2011 - a visit to the Cherry Blossom Garden park...just our little group and 10,000 others for a relaxing Tuesday - Daddy stayed behind to do teaching duties and I got a rare morning with The Singer and The Bruiser

Below:  This photo is out of order...but it is a shot of Potato with one of the Kindergarten teachers (who is only slightly taller than Potato...so this endears them to each other)

 Below:  The Cherry Blossom Garden Park...a delight for adults...not sure why we take the P-K kids there...but it was fun to get out in a little Springtime!

 Below:  The Singer and the The Bruiser on a rock...it's sort of a funny smile on The Bruiser...but is shows how much he LOVES his brother...they have really become close...

Below:  The guys making crazy faces in front of a pagoda...no caption was really necessary on this, I know

 Below:  A random kid I took photos of... I call this shot... "suspicious and bored at the Cherry Blossom Garden."

Below:  Yes, he was wearing "split pants" - a favorite for many babies Here - they can be bundled with 10 layers of thick, thick clothing in the winter...but their "parts" will still be out in the breeze

Below:  Obviously...these pants, split from the front to the back, would allow a little breeze on the cheeks...

 Below:  Kindergarten teachers with us

Below:  apples for our picnic

Below:  The Bruiser - running - he LOVES to run, even though his feet cause him trouble...how FAR he has come from the boy who could barely walk just 8 months ago

Below:  The Singer...showing those dimples...

I will attempt to post some recent stories, soon.  Must finish writing the school play that has to be performed by all our ESL kids in just a few weeks...you should hear the re-write of R.O.C.K in the U.S.A that Daddy has done for our kids (using our school name)...I promise videos!

Hope Spring has come wherever you are!