Homework!

This Week

Maddie has started playing the clarinet in her school band.

Healthy and back to normal :)

This was a very busy week. Maddie is loving school and has joined the band. She was disappointed when the school decided to change from orchestra to band--she wanted to play violin--but is thrilled with the clarinet. A friend at work had an extra and is letting us borrow it until we see if M is going to keep up with it--if so, we'll buy it (thanks Cathy!). It's a wood clarinet and produces a beautiful sound (my friend is a professional clarinetest).

Ava started back to school on Wednesday, after being out sick for a week and a half. She is still trying to decide if she likes school--I think so. She talks a lot about her teacher and even wrote a letter to her yesterday. Kindergarten is a big adjustment--less play time and being away from home all day. But Ava is a very good student and likes doing her homework:)

We're off to church in a few minutes. I am so hoping to have a few mountains moved this week in our adoption journey. And I have Z group friends who are also needing prayer their way. There are children needing surgeries and families . . . I am grateful for the opportunity to bring them before the Lord, knowing that He promised to return for His children.

Feelin' Good!

Ava gave Mama a scare this week when she came down with a mild case of pneumonia! It started with a fever on Sunday and I took her to urgent care right away thinking strep might be back for a visit. That was negative and the doctors there decided it was a virus. She had a fever on an off through the week and woke up Thursday with a very high temp. I took her to her peds first thing and after a few tests (chest x-ray came back negative so we caught it early), blood work came back positive for pneumonia.

You wouldn't know it now! I took this pic last night and she was already back to herself and did not understand at all why she couldn't go roller skating this morning:)

Just Want to Say. . .

We have received many well wishes on this new journey and I appreciate all of them :)

Play Time

Noelle (April 2011).

Black Olives

She did this when she was a baby. . .

. . . whenever we went to Olive Garden. . .

. . . M got a side of olives. . .

. . . and acted just as silly. . .

. . .while she ate them. . .some things don't change :)

What Have We Been Doing All Week?

Ava loves her new DSi. I try to limit the amount of time the girls play video-type games, which is easy during the week, as they have school, ice skating (M) and gymnastics (A). But they manage to plug in for about a half hour, right before dinner.