More of Mr. Mess

Campfire not being an option in February.....there's always the stove burner.....And although my first reaction was... "what are you doing!!!.......It did look pretty good when he was done......so I had to try one  myself.  

   

WHAT IS IT???

It's a bowling alley!  Complete with a strobe light!

Broken down.......it's a cooler lid.....waffle barn roofing.... the strobe light is a blinking ring, attached with wire......a large marble....and mini bowling pins (i'm sure the ball that came with them was lost long ago)     I'm sure he's a genius in the making.  This one made me laugh. 

OH...and do you see that evil instrument just behind the bowling alley??  A recorder (I think they called them flutaphones in my day) the change in name, did NOT improve the sound that comes out of them!......Aaaackkkkkk!  Pure torture! (they should pay the parents to allow these in our houses!)

A few minutes after I had photographed the bowling alley.....I heard a racket coming from the kitchen...Same parts .......now it's a drum set!

The pan...... with the Box of Hot Tamales......Snare drum!  Brilliant:)  This boy cracks me up!  (he also drives me nuts with his messes......and noise)  But he is such a funny lovable teddy bear:)  

Where is Harrison during all this?.........Reading.  Harrisons AR(accelerated reading) goal is 72 points......Shermans.....9.  Sherman does NOT enjoy reading.  After all why read when you can live it!  Shermans room looks like a bomb went off in there most of the time.  Harrison keeps his clean......he says he can think better that way:) Sherman just thinks in action.....in process mad scientist comes to mind......never looking behind at the trail of debris left in his wake.........I'm sure if I went in there and cleaned up, I would find all my pairs of missing scissors, and scotch tape!

ARTICLE 5!!!

We are getting CLOSER:)  I got an email this morning that our Article 5 is done!  Now the agency rep. in Beijing has to walk it  in to the CCCWA and hand deliver it to them.  Then we wait for our TA (travel arrangements, or travel acceptance)  Once we get TA, it's 3-6 weeks till we are ........leavin....on a jet plane...don't know when I'll be back again...........ok....actually we will know:)  just so excited, I broke into song for a second there:)  WOOO HOOO!!!!!!!!  We are getting SO close!!!  Praying that we get TA, before Apr. 5th!  That's the cut off date before the big Trade Show in Guangzhou from the 15th to May 5th.  The Motels are all full, and about triple the price........so then you have to wait till May 5th to start your travel!!!  Please let it be April!!

We Have Iley Pictures!

We finally got pictures of Iley from the foster family.  She looks so happy and cared for:)  If you look closely at her fingers in the one holding the Happy Birthday sign....her fingers are NOT blue:)  Yay!  We pray that is a good sign that her heart is doing better, and no damage has been done to her lungs, that they are healthy, and she will be able to have whatever surgery or procedure she needs.  But with out more Ado.....here is our precious baby girl.

I'm so glad she got to have some friends share her party:)

I think she'll like the Hello Kitty backpacks we bought her and Wren:)

Now we know....she has all her teeth:)  what a cute little gap in the front:)

 

Our  China contact wrote:

Hi Judy,

The orphanage sent me three pictures today! They told me the foster family arranged the cake for Xiao Kui and they want me tell you that her foster family loves her and take good care of her. J

Have a great week!

My week will definately be better:) Thank you Lord for this update on our baby!

Monster on the other side of the door

If  anyone is looking for a way to make a difference, this orphanage is trying to raise money for a wall to protect the children from Kidnappers who want to sell them into slavery.  This lady wrote a neat article about it, and there is a link on the site to donate directly.  Thanks!  God Bless.

http://thefrenchmouse.blogspot.com/2012/02/monster-on-other-side-of-door.html

Life after the jump

Ok....first of all, if you haven't read the previous post.......go there now:)  This one totally answers all my fears!  I just found this lady's blog this morning and I sit here reading it instead of cleaning my house like i should be!!  Anyone else out there that would rather read than clean???  Here ya go:)

http://ourhimpossiblejourney.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2011-03-09T22:21:00-05:00&max-results=7&start=28&by-date=false

And the result of that jump:

Wren Dayu             Iley XiaoKui     

Tearful Teddy

I think I have a thing for sad faces!!!  This  bear is one that i fell in LOVE with, as a child,  from a tiny picture in a catalog.  I BEGGED and BEGGED for it!  My girls faces were tiny pictures in a "catalog" that i fell in LOVE with, now I'm BEGGING my Heavenly Father, to please bring them safely and quickly to us!  Ok, so maybe these incidents have nothing to do with each other.....or maybe they do, and God was preparing my heart way back then.........because after all.....HE sees the big picture. And yes......I've been called crazy before.......and NO my house still isn't getting cleaned!  Yikes....i'm off now......

Grafting of a new branch

When I read things like this, I must confess that my first reaction is to fear wonder "can "I" do this"  But then I remind myself that NO "I" can't.  But God..........with Him, and through Him.......and he promises I will never leave you nor forsake you.  And I cling to that promise daily. 

http://ourhimpossiblejourney.blogspot.com/2011/11/apple-tree-families.html

Ms. Personality:)

This is what was written about Wren Dayu from the family that was visiting the orphanage.  We keep getting Jekyl and Hyde reports on this little miss.  Some times she is shy....sometimes she is a ham....sometimes she is described as intorverted....this time she's miss personality???? Wondering what we are in for!  It sounds/looks like she should fit in fine with this wild household of boys:)  I wonder if she'll like the little tutu skirt I got for her and Iley........she may want her sweat pants back?  This mama is ready for some pink and ruffles.....sorry girlies:)  No sweats except for jammies......and maybe the looooooong plane ride.

Judy, I couldn't miss Zhong Da Yu if I wanted to. She was the life of the party. Very, very pretty! Love the hair! And she has a lot of personality. She loved Matt playing with her and the others--tickling them and such. She was laughing and giggling and rolling around in delight.  And I know he has her on video some--but not sure how much becuase I was snapping pictures of other kids at the time.

                               And now for our Cheeky Wren

Sorry I don't know why 2 of the pictures are sideways!  They aren't that way in my file?  The close ups are the same picture as some of the others, I just cropped them and brought them closer.