Long overdue

Well, I haven't posted here in forever. It seems like life just takes over and there's no time for anything. Mira has had to have quite a lot of dental work done. Seems she has very bad teeth. We've got everything taken care of and now we're working really hard to be cavity free. Evan has been having hearing problems. He can't hear much at all. We took him to see his pediatrician and he has ear infections and excessive fluid in both ears. She seems to think he will need tubes so we go to see an ENT dr this Wednesday. With everything else going on, we did manage to go have some fun. We went to the circus last weekend. We really had a lot of fun. Mira and Evan got to ride an elephant. They had a ball. They also rode the little ponies. I didn't get any photos of that because we had to walk along beside them and they were really going fast!! I was almost at a jog trying to keep up with it. Mira thought it was really funny that I was having to work so hard to keep up. Evan was very fascinated with the circus, he asked questions the whole time. Poor thing, he couldn't really enjoy what was going on at the time cause he was wondering about something else he saw on the side!! I'm adding a few pics, as you can see, I really loved the elephants, they're my favorite. They just look so sweet!!! Also love the tigers they are really beautiful animals.

Hannah Montana

Mira has become a huge Hannah Montana fan. On Feb 1, the girls that I work with and I took our girls to see the 3-d concert movie. We had such a good time. I have to admit, I liked it probably as much if not more than Mira. Mira and her friend Breanna finally decided to get up and dance during the last song. I guess better late than never. Ha Ha If people hadn't thought I was crazy, I probably would have danced too!!

Chinese New Year

We celebrated Chinese New Year this year in Memphis at a celebration held by the Families with Children from China group. Evan was a little scared but they ended up having a good time. We got to see a lot of our friends and we're always happy to get to spend time with them. Evan and Mira both got to walk under the dragon in the dragon parade and had fun doing the bubble wrap run.

What else happened?

I guess the next important thing that happened after Christmas and New Years is that Evan started Pre-K. They had an opening in the pre-k program at the primary school so we were able to get him in. He has to dress in the dress code just like the big kids. He was so cute in his khaki's and navy shirt. I could not believe that my baby boy was starting school. He handled it way better than I did. Rog and I both took him on his first day, he went on in and started playing like he'd been there before. I told him from across the room" bye Evan, mom and dad are gonna go now" he just waves us bye from across the room and I couldn't believe it. I was the one crying not him. His teachers can't believe he's never been to school before. He get's a treat from the treasure box every week for good behavior(which is so hard for me to believe) Here's a little pic of his first day of school!!

Long time no Blog!

It has been way too long since I posted! Life has totally been happening and I've not taken the time to fill everyone in on what's been going on with us. Well let me start with Christmas- It was great. Evan really enjoyed the whole "santa thing". He had a ball. Of course, they got way too many toys and we have nowhere to put it all but that's the way it's supposed to be. Here are a few pics of our holidays.

CHI Party

Hi!! Tonight we went to the annual Children's Hope Christmas party for all the Memphis area CHI families. We had a really good time. Santa was the guest of honor. It was very nice, the kids got a good bit of time with him. He walked around and mingled with the kids as they ate. He had a pretty long conversation with Evan. Of course, Evan answered every one of Santa's questions with a question for him. We got to see a few friends. Gili and Tamela and Glenys and Beverly and Beverly's Mom. We travelled to China with them so it's always nice to see them and catch up with all that's going on with our girls. Evan has been very excited about Christmas. He just seems amazed at all the "festivities". He talked all the way home from the party. It's so fun to watch the amazement in his eyes. I just wanted to share the latest adventure. I'm sure there will be many to come. Now for the pictures.

Thanksgiving

Well we finally get to Thanksgiving. Evan, Mira, and I made turkey cookies for Thanksgiving.They were so cute. They actually helped a lot. They rolled out the cookie balls and put all the candy corns on when we decorated them. I was very impressed. Thanksgiving day was very low key. We had dinner with my mom and dad. Roger's brothers celebrate with their own families and his sister had to work. It was just the six of us. We watched the Macy's parade as we cooked. I have been watching that parade since I was little and I still love it. I actually get teary eyed as Santa makes his way down the street. I'm such a dork. Evan and Mira actually sat and watched the parade for a while. They loved Santa. We stuffed ourselves as usual with turkey, dressing, cranberry sauce, rolls, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, and last but certainly not least- ooey gooey pumpkin butter cake. It was so good. It's one of Paula Deen's recipes. After we ate, we went home and all 4 of us took a nap. It was a very good day.