Spring is HERE!!!! May 2009

Spring is HERE!!!

Cyrus' Favorite Word of the Moment

Cyrus has a favorite new word......Urrggghhhh

"Time to go to bed"......Urrggghhhh

"Let's go to the potty"......Urrggghhhh

"You can not have Cheerios again".........Urrggghhhh, Urrggghhhh, Urrggghhhh

Cyrus' look of the moment: arms crossed, face frowned, and stomping feet

Fun times people. Fun times.

Bring your kid (and 14 of her friends) to Work Day

Today was Grady's Family Visit for her school project or as I refer to it "my homework assignment". Grady was responsible to show her classmates & teachers what makes her family special and we decided that she would come to my job to see what I do each day. The day was a success and the kids enjoyed themselves tremendously. 

Guess who lost a tooth?

Yesterday, Grady's 1st tooth came out and it was a true sign that she is really growing up faster than I would like. She handled it like a champ and the tooth-fairy brought her two-dollars.

The Four of Us

Here are photos of all of us in our youth, so to speak

Thank You Susan

Today we saw Susan Pope who was instrumental in making our family complete. She was the social worker / director of the foster care agency that placed Grady in our home and helped us to navigate the waters when they were rough. She also did our home study, pro-bono, so that we could adopt Cyrus. We haven't seen her for more than 2 years and it was like going home. Thank you Susan for blessing our lives with your being. We love you.

Dancing with the Stars. Well kind of.

The kids and I watched one of my favorite documentaries "Mad Hot Ballroom" about ballroom dance and competition amongst New York City 5th graders. The film makes you laugh, dream, hope and even cry and most importantly want to move your feet. A must see for all families.

Inspired by these children and the dancing, here are Grady & Cyrus doing a little bit of dancing themselves. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iZ3byHtO5I

All this for ME!!!!

Just a quick note to tell the kids and Tim how thankful I am to have all of them in my life. Each of them tug at my heart strings more and more each day. Tim's kindness. Grady's strength. Cyrus' soul.

I'm a very lucky man.

cw 

Oh Happy Day......

Guess what all of my fellow parents out there.....we're out of diapers. Oh Happy Day, Oh Happy Day....

Never did I think the day would come when both of the kids would be diaper-free. Each and every time that I bought them, I groaned under my breath, that this diaper thing is a rip-off. Pampers sure made a mint on dirty butts.

As I stood at the register, with the knowledge that I was making my last purchase of diapers, I was filled with glee. We had done it; trained two kids to use the potty, sometimes with more success than at other times. 

There have been some wet sheets and pj's, but nothing that can't be wiped out quickly and with ease. I am beyond happy.

cw

early mornings

why do the mornings come so early and the screams of the kids sound like fire engines blaring through the house? it's 10am and i already need a nap.

cw