Frog Hunter

The Pirate and his Dad found THIS HUGE FROG on the pool equipment and decided to catch it. They fed it some bugs and it left us a BIG surprise this morning!

It is as big as my fist! YUCKY!!!!!!!

Mommy's little Helper

We came home from the store and she asked to help!

Moon Festival 2009

Making paper Lanterns

Picture of Na Na by the Mermaid

The Pirate and The Mermaid showing off their Lanterns

Proud kids!

Moonpies instead of Mooncakes...bought at 7-11. So American!

The FULL moon!

A Good Heart

My Pirate has such a good heart. He had soccer practice tonight. While playing, a little girl on his team got tangled in the net of the goal. While all the other kids ran to the other end of the field, my little guy stayed and helped her untangle her cleet. What a guy!!!!!

Playing Hard

The Pirate had his first Soccer game today. He is on the Blue Lightening team. He has two great coaches and he is learning lots! They played the cobras today to a tie. The Pirate played goalie and fell on the ball and stopped the ball from going in the goal. He did great!!!!

Well...it is Official!

Our adoption process is over. We had our last visit with our social worker Jennifer today. The Mermaid was very talkative. She sang 5 little monkeys, told Jennifer she loves the Pirate and school, says she loves to eat Chinese noodles and does not like turkey!

Jennifer has to type a report and we need to submit some family photos and a medical report. It will all be put together and sent to Beijing. That's it! All done....WOW!

Apple Art

The kid takes after his Mom! He was bored today and the apple was going bad...he used a straw, a chopstick and a plastic knife to create his "frankenstein-like" creation. He stuck the cracker in to create some interest.....