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Geodes with Jared

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Geodes in some old socks

We bought some “crack your own Geodes” and planned for the girls to do them with Jared when he and Michelle came to visit. We put them in some old socks and Jared helped the girls go after it. Before we started I asked the girls to guess what color crystals might be inside. Nadia said blue and Amelie said white. They actually had the reverse, but very light in color 🙂

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Amelie with her broken geode

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Geodes

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Geodes

This was a quick and cute little thing for the girls to do. They enjoyed looking through all the broken pieces and seeing which ones they liked the best. We put all the big pieces into ziplocs for the girls to keep and look at in the future.

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2014 Thankful Pumpkin

Last year we wrote on a real pumpkin, but this year the one I bought started to rot because I left it outside. Whoops. Then when I tried to find another pumpkin to replace it they were sold out at 4 different stores. This inspired me to turn it into a craft that all the girls could help with. And we could actually save it unlike the one one threw away last year. The girls had fun and Dani kept saying, “I di eh! I di eh!” (I did it!) It so easy that you can do it too!

Supplies: Contact Paper, Tissue Paper, Sharpie, Scissors

Thankful Pumpkin

Step 1 : draw the outline of  pumpkin on clear contact paper

Thankful Pumpkin

Step 2: I gave all three girls a mix of orange and yellow tissue paper. Then they just put them on the sticky part. I put a few pieces of green construction paper at the top.

Thankful Pumpkin

Thankful Pumpkin

Step 3: Cut out and peel another piece of contact paper and place it on top as smoothly as you can with the help of the kid 😉

Thankful Pumpkin

Step 4: Hang it up like a suncatcher and start writing what you are thankful for.

As Nadia and Amelie would say, “Easy Peasy. Lemon Squeasy.”

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First Night out since Dani came home

October 4, 2014

Selfie in Mike’s car before heading to dinner in Mike’s car 🙂

My cousin Jen, her husband Chris and their kids came through Fort Worth on a road trip. This is my only photo of the 18 or so hours they were with us – which is funny. We planned to go to dinner at Bob’s Steak and Chop house to celebrate Chris and my birthday. Dinner was amazing as usual, but it definitely makes me happy I don’t work in fine dining anymore. We left the 6 kids with 2 teens from our church. The kids had fun and we had fun. It was a win-win for everyone and Dani did great! WOO HOO!!

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Happy 8th Birthday Nadia!!

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October 2014

Happy 8th birthday Nadia! You make us smile everyday with your compassionate heart, happy smile, inventive mind and zest for life. You love Batman, Taekwondo, Star Wars, stuffed animals, Lego’s, science, all things Frozen and playing on the Wii. You entertain us with stories you write and “shows” you plan for us with your sisters. Going on another trip to China matured you even more and you often amaze me with your wisdom and understanding of adoption and life. You are always analyzing the world around you and making interesting observations and I hope that never ends. You are now a big sister for a second time and you are so precious when you play with Dani. You were especially wonderful when she was in her body cast and couldn’t get around when you made an effort to play with and entertain her. We love to see you going through the house engaged in your activities while singing songs about God or “Seeds Family Worship” songs. We love you so much and are so blessed that you are in our lives!

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