Funny

I forgot to mention something cute that Ira said yesterday.  She came in with quite the attitude on her face that screamed, "tattletale."  I knew she was going to tell me something that Little One had done.  Before she could start I said, "Happy face."  After she ignored me I said again, "Happy."

Then, still walking toward me, she says, "No Mama.  This NO happy." LOL

I can't even remember what it was that she was coming to tell me about because I was laughing so hard. :)

By the way.  Yesterday was 12 weeks since we flew back to America.  I'll probably start counting by months at this point, instead of weeks though so our three month mark won't actually happen until next week.  Still, I thought 12 weeks were worth mentioning.

Wow, It's Been Awhile

How time does fly.  It's been almost 3 weeks since I last posted.

The last week of school was nice.  Ira had a couple of really fun field trips.  The whole school went over to the rec center to swim one day and the other the whole 6th grade went to Classic Skating.  She had a blast both days.  Friday of that week was the 6th grade graduation.  The slide show had super annoying music, but other than that, it was a nice program.

She is in the middle with the b/w polka dot dress.

She wasn't quite sure what to do when the principal tried to shake her hand. :)

Since school got out we've had some changes in our family.  Details don't need to be mentioned.  Even though it's been rough on all of us, there are some good things coming out of it as well.  Ira and Little One are the biggest ones.  All of a sudden they are acting like sisters.  They still have their moments where they really bug each other, but there has been a huge transformation.  They ask each other to play a game, for example, and then enjoy the time instead of fight.  I've heard them giggling together.  I've come in and seen them on one of their beds, doing separate thing, but lying together.  This hadn't ever happened before.  I haven't heard, "I want Ukraine!" even once from Ira in the last couple of weeks.  Or, "You love Little One, you no love me!"  It has just seemed to disappear from her vocabulary.  Not that I truly expect it to have completely gone away, but I'm amazed at the difference nonetheless.

Anyway, we've got things planned for the day so I best get going for now.