Comment #2 and 3 and (31/2?)

Remember every time someone makes a comment regarding the # of kids I have, I'm documenting it on the blog and I'll see how many we can get up to.

2.) Today at Chick-Fil-A (surprise, I went to Chick-Fil-A!) the cashier asked if they were all mine. I said 'no, the oldest isn't mine but the other 4 are all mine' (I had Gerald's 8yr old niece with me). She said, 'you're a busy woman'

3-(3 1/2) Later on at the grocery store the checkout guy says.'you have your hands full'. Then like 3 minutes later he said the same thing!

Today Samantha told me to close my eyes. She took my hand and took me to the other room. She then said 'suprise'!!! And showed me this. She was so proud of it. She had tried to put all the supermen in the car but only their toes would fit.

So after getting dinner ready, I go into the living room and this is what I found. The salad is in a salad spinner. When I asked why the figurines were in there, Gerry said they were spinning-well, duh, what else would they be doing in there?

We went to a farm today to go berry picking. The kids loved picking blueberries. True to form, Gerry had only 5 blueberries in his bag when we were done. He ate the rest as he was picking. Gerry looooves blueberries. We have tons of blueberries now and I think I'm going to make blueberry delight tomorrow (yummy). We also got a huge box of peaches. I didn't mean to get so many but all the kids just kept adding peaches and before I knew it, the box was filled. Sorry no pics - I forgot to bring the camera.

A Note to Ben Stiller

Hey Ben Stiller- You're a Simple Jack-Ass! Up yours!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, I said it.

Samantha's nails

The other day Samantha found some nail polish and did her own nails-and yes she did get some on the carpet but not as much as it could have been.

I was tagged by Shea

Well, I was tagged the other day. Apparently I have to list 6 "quirky yet boring and unspectacular things about myself." Then I have to choose 6 other people to 'tag'. I'll leave a note on their comments section to let them know they were tagged.

1. I have to eat junk food at night after all the kids are asleep. Usually chocolate chip cookies or Ben and Jerry's ice cream.

2. I drive a minivan and love it. Cliche as it is, I said I'd never drive one but when you have 4 kids, you're options are limited. DH has a big SUV and I hate getting the kids in and out of that thing.

3. I love to watch House Hunters.

4. I could eat spaghetti every day of the week.

5. I never wear make up. Just never got into the habit. I guess I'm too lazy.

6. I would love to learn how to surf.

I"m going to tag Gerald, Steph, Jen, Laura, Rebecca and Christina

Nothing in Particular

Abera is learning English so fast. And it's cute to hear his little accent-although that is getting less noticable lately. There are a couple of funny words that come out because of his accent.

The first is how he says 'ridiculous'. This is what he said to Gerald the other day, "Daddy, you so dikless" :)

He likes to eat 'slimy' (salami)

And speaking of speech problems. I cant' roll my r's and in Ethiopia they are rolled. Unfortunately I can't properly say Abera's name because of that. Abera thinks it's hilarious that I can't roll my r's and today we were playing around - I was trying to say his name with a rolled r (and failing miserably). And he was just cracking up. Finally, he got up and said, "mommy, I think you need new batteries" LOL

Today, Brandon fell asleep on the landing of our stairs (he usually doesn't nap so this was unusual). While he was sleeping he kept saying "oreo cookies, oreo cookies" I guess he was hungry.

We went out last night to dinner and a movie (Stepbrothers-wasnt' that impressed. Why does every comedy out there lately have to use the R word!!!-that wasn't the only reason I wasn't impressed. It just wasnt' that funny. There were some good parts but mostly really crude humor).

Pray for Emma

There is a family that needs your prayers. Little Emma was recently adopted from the Ukraine. She has Down syndrome and a heart defect that should have been repaired a long time ago. She was adopted by a wonderful family and Emma has changed so much since coming home. This is very high risk surgery - so high risk that one cardiac surgeon refused to do the surgery and said there was no hope. They have found another surgeon who will be operating on her heart this Monday. Please say lots of prayers for Emma and her family. She has come so far.

Thanks!