Sunday, October 24, 2010

Our Day on the Farm

Today we were able to visit M's favorite place, the Child*ren's Farm*. Look at that happy face as she holds one of her old pals, Fer*gie, now known officially as Mr. Ferg*uson since the staff discovered "she" is actually a "he".
M was not near as impressed with Afro the duck, (not even kidding) as I was. He we super cool looking and nice too. He just sat on a bench and let all the children pet him.
The Chicken Whisperer


The new calves, only a few months old. They were so soft.
A fluffy sheep


I don't know what joke M told Bella the donkey, but it sure must've been a funny one.



During October the farm has some extra special activities including a huge bin of corn for kids to play in. Ever make a snow angel in corn? M gave it her best shot.



We also had some serious business to take care of, picking the perfect pumpkin.

And last, but certainly not least M reunited with her favorite buddy on the farm, Muffin the Goat. This sweet goat has the patience of a saint. M hugged, snuggled, laid on(serious), brushed THROUGHLY and generally smothered her old friend. Muffin just took it all in stride and let M have her way.














Monday, October 18, 2010

Mei Mei's Tulips

We anticipate bringing Mei Mei(little sister) home in the Spring around April. M is having a hard time with the wait, as we all are, but her 4 year old sense of time just has a hard time grasping when we can go to China and why we can't just go now. On Saturday the neighbor gave her 2 tulip bulbs as she was planting in her yard. M was so excited and couldn't wait to plant them. On Sunday we talked about how even though we would plant them now, the flowers would not grow until the Spring time. "Like when we go get Mei Mei?" yes, M exactly! So today we planted Mei Mei's tulips as we look forward to the day when we can share of picture of 2 sisters standing in front of our home holding these very flowers in their hands.
Today was a very special day for another reason also, we packed up all our dossier documents for China and sent them to our agency. So now we pray that we are DTC(dossier to China) very soon!!!!
Who knew I would ever anticipate the growth tulips so much?