The Best Christmas Gift
On Christmas morning we were opening presents and having a sweet time when my phone started to beep with texts from friends and family. So I also looked at my email and saw the following subject line “MuRong Wang Lei Update” AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
So I quickly opened my laptop and we all crowded around to see new photos and the answers to our update questions. YIPPIE!!
Mike cropped this one – isn’t she adorable? We can’t wait to meet her!!!
We found out that she likes apples, milk and yogurt. She sleeps on her side and listening to music makes her happy. They said she is seldom sad and when asked to describer her personality they said “lively.”
What a wonderful blessing! We are grateful for the services of Angela with LadyBugs N Love in Beijing.
We used her to send the care package to the orphanage in November and then she sent off the update request for us this month.
Decorating the Tree
Nadia was all kinds of excited to help with the tree this year. She has “helped” in the past, but this year she was serious about where stuff was going and that she was involved in the whole process. When Mike had to head out for more lights she was so impatient it was humorous.
Oh and this year she got to help with the icicles and they had to be “sorted” first.
P.S. They have these owl jammies that Nadia got from her cousin Jade last year at Target this year for adults. And just so you know – I resisted buying them even though I really wanted to match! (next year all 3 of us girls will have to have a matching set of jammies)
Christmas Crafts 2010
I love to do arts and crafts! And since I am her mommy, so does Nadia. Here is a little sample of what we did last week.
Santa. From Confessions of a Homeschooler blog.
Popcorn snowflake. Anyone see the dude at Main Street Arts Festival trying to sell the popcorn art for $500? Here you go!
After she was done gluing she finished off the bowl of popcorn and said, “FUN!”
Worked in some Christmas themed school with an ornament counting and number matching game. This is from the Confessions of a Homeschooler blog. We also did a candy cane themed one and a Christmas tree color by number.
These ideas came from the Mama Jenn blog.
Popsicle sticks, rhinestones, sequins and glitter glue. What’s not to love?
And to make everything even more awesome, I won a paint set from the Paint Me Plaid blog and it was delivered. It has 14 colored Apple Barrel paints plus a big bottle of white and new brushes! YIPPIE!
