Well Excuse Me!

Cubby and I learning our letters and the conversation went something like this:

Me: What letter starts with "duh-duh"
Cubby: duh-duh-D!!!!!!
Me: Awesome Buddy! High-5!

Me: What letter starts with "ssss-ssss"
Cubby: ssss-ssss-S!!!!!!
Me: Awesome, right again! Slap me another 5!

Me: What about "rrr-rrr"
Cubby (in all the disgust and sarcasm that can only come from a 3 year old): A LION mommy!! A LION....

How silly of me!! :-)

Crafty Boys (a.k.a. Good Job Daddy!)

Armed with construction paper, scissors,

tape, a paper towel roll, a cutting guide,
and most importantly
Scooby Doo Graham Bones...

...my boys set out on a crafting adventure tonight

and the end result
a very proud mama/wife
and an equally proud little Russian/American Boy!

Waive that flag high Cubby!
Awesome Job Daddy!!

(thank you everyone for disregarding the mess in the background)

Interviewing the Pumpkin of the Week

Each classroom in Cubby's school has a mascot, and the kids take turns caring for the mascot a week at a time. The student caring for the mascot is referred to as the "Pumpkin of the Week" and the kids parents are responsible for journaling everything the mascot did that week.

Cubby is in charge of the mascot this week, which happens to be a stuffed Bunny. Not any ol' stuffed Bunny. Nope - this one is wearing a special PINK DRESS. Awesome for a little boy to carry around all week! Just ask his daddy! :-)

(She's so smart, she already learned how to spell Ilya in Russian!)

It's been fun having Bunny around, and I'll share the journal as soon as Bunny moves on to her/his next house. For now, though, I thought I'd entertain you with Cubby's "Pumpkin of the Week Interview Answers"...

Q: What is your favorite letter?
A: "U"
Q: Why is this your favorite letter?
A: Cuz "u" and me are family!

Q: What is your favorite number?
A: 4!
Q: Why is this your favorite number?
A: Cuz mommy and daddy and Ilya and Bailey make 4!

Q: Who do you enjoy playing with the most?
A: GOD!!!

Mommy's side note - my heart melted with all of the answers above. However, he really got Norm with this next one:

Q: What is your favorite book?
A: Just Me and My Dad!

Please tell me he'll stay this sweet and innocent forever! PLEASE!

YEEHAW!!

Guess who took their first pony ride this weekend?

Now....guess what a certain little boy wants for his 4th Birthday
(which, according to him, is going to take place in October instead of March!)

OOOHHHH - - and check out his brand new cowboy boots.
He's one handsome dude - dontcha agree?!

It's New to You! (part 1)

Hello everyone! I'm finally coming up for air as our crazy spring & summer come to an end.

April took me to on a life-changing trip to Zimbabwe, Africa
(the "kitchen" at one of the orphanage's we visited)

(one of the 350+ sweet faces that rocked my world)

and sadly, April also brought goodbye's to a treasured family member
I love you Bandit Boy and miss you more than anyone can imagine
this was the very last picture I took of our magnificent, gentle giant

From May - September we did a WHOLE BUNCH of this...

(and yes, this was a particulary FUN road)

...to go to places like Disney World in May and celebrate our 2 year "Family-versary"

...and Alabama in June for a Moscow Family Reunion at Ron & Dinia's

...to Key Largo to celebrate the 4th of July with family and friends

...and Crossville, TN in August for another Russia Family Reunion

...and finally in September, we embraced our "inner rednecks" at Peace River Campground in Arcadia, FL

Although I didn't update the blog as these trips took place, I did journal everything from the past 5 months. So although it isn't new to me, it will be to you! Look for those entries to be posted soon.

Now that we're into Fall, guess what's on this weekend's agenda? ANOTHER trip to Disney! So much for slowing down...

Until next time - - thanks to all two of you for still keeping up with the blog!

Hugs,
Kar

15 Years Later!

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Interpretive Art

If you've met Cubby in R.L. (real life), you know without a doubt, that he is anything but quiet. Or still. Or quiet AND still. Inside voices don't exist in his world and neither does walking.

**Side Note - as I typed this, I found myself thinking back to this post that I wrote during our second trip to Moscow to adopt Cubby, and this picture:

If only I knew then how much running and how little walking our son would do once finally home - - oy!!

Anyway, I digress...

So imagine my concern recently when my house was both silent and still, but Cubby was here.

Somewhere.

The question was what was he up to????

I ventured up to his room and found him intently working on this project...

Which I must say turned out amazing!!!

I love the way his little brain works and his imagination rocks! When I complimented him on the guitar, he told me to look at the surprise he made me in my closet. My first thought?

Uh-oh...

And I found this - -


When I asked him what it was he looked at me like I was the biggest goof in the world and said "A BUTTERFLY MOMMY! DUH!!!"

Of course it is Little Man! Of course!