LID

Hello all - We are Logged in with China as of May 11th. One more chunk of wait done. A couple more to go. Kingston is this little person who is waiting very patiently for us in China. He is not even knowing he is waiting at this point. If he did know, he would be too young to understand. We are waiting very patiently for Mr. Kingston, way more patiently than the last go around. Everest keeps us so busy!

Everestisms:

The other day in the car on the way to school Everest said "penis." I said, "Excuse me?!? What did you say?!? Do you even know what that means?" "Yes," he says. "It's a wee-wee and the balls are what are attached."

WHAT?!?!? I quickly regain my composure. It is early in the morning without coffee.

"Well I'd prefer you say wee-wee instead," I say.

"We don't say wee-wee. It's a language word," he says.

"No, you're right and we don't say penis either. The only time you say wee-wee is if perhaps your wee-wee itches and you need to tell mommy or a teacher or maybe if your wee-wee hurts and you need to tell someone," I say diplomatically.

"Ohhhh OK...." he says, "Like if I have a wee-wee ache."

Awesome drive into work.


A few nights ago we were reading a book about Noah's Ark. After reading it a couple of times I realized it was only a matter of time before Everest asked me about God. Sure enough, this was the time. How does one explain God at 8:30 at night to a 5.5 year old? The following is probably not how one should handle it.

"Which one of them is God?" Everest says pointing to the picture.

Instead of just saying, "That one next to Noah." I say, "Um you can't see God."

"Why can't you see God?"

Great question.

"Um you just can't."

"Well what does God do?"

"Wellllll, God is, is, is well God is um...God is like, is like a (lightbulb moment) SUPERHERO!"

"OOOOHHHH, So God is like Iron Man."

"Sure, God is like Iron Man."

I think the conversation is done.

A couple more pages.

"So, does God have a gun?"

Oh dear.

"No, God does not have a gun."

"Well how does he protect people."

Good question.

"Well God can just tell the bad people to not be bad and he can tell the good people to stay away from the bad people. God is very powerful."

"Oh."

A few more pages. Almost done.

But
not
quite.

"Mom is God more powerful than The Incredible Hulk?"

"Well yes Everest, he sure is."

DTC!

Hi there,
We found out last week that we were DTC (Dossier to China) on April 29. Now we are waiting for our LID (Log in Date). We are hoping to travel some time in September or October but you never know with these things. We'll keep you updated and I apologize for the lack of posts lately. We've been very busy both during the week and during the weekends. We've been traveling a bit during the weekends and the weekdays are filled with work, home, dinner and sleep. Not much else.

This past weekend we went to Lake Geneva and did a half marathon. Ouch. We stayed at a hotel with a water park but unfortunately little man was not tall enough to get on the slides. I think he is so tall now to think that he isn't big enough for things came as a suprise.

Anyway, off to enjoy a Mother's Day dinner. Had a great day where I was able to enjoy a two hour nap. That was a fabulous Mother's Day present. I have since then taken a shower and sat on the couch while my boys have made hamburgers. Good stuff.