Even though we had buckets of rain today, Friday and Saturday have smelled more like summer. Of course, the those two days it did not rain so maybe that is an important factor! One of the smells of summer (for me) is the sun hitting the wood deck; the smell of warm wood. That is one of the first smells of the day for me since our sliding door is usually open and I wake up to that smell (on days when the sun is unobstructed by clouds in the morning).
The dry weather for a couple of days allowed for more outings with Meeja. She LOVES riding her bike while she is here. She graduated to Adrianne’s Lion King bike. Even though it is a larger bike, Meeja has better balance on it. It also tires her out faster! We took her and Eden to Hiteon where they played quite contently in two different parks there. Still, they were able to find mud and
Friday night, Meeja and I were invited to the Whisenant’s home for a “Girls Night In” since all the dads and brothers were away for the campout. We had snacks and painted nails. Meeja’s toe nails are purple with a splash of glitter. But Meeja has an early bedtime (she sleeps a long time to recharge for the next day), so we left before the Enchanted movie started.
Even though there are times when it is apparent that Meeja is missing her siblings we all extended her trip a few more days. She will stay here until Wednesday or Thursday. It is fun getting lots of attention when you are the only one here but it doesn’t compare to having playmates your age whom you love. She didn’t even have her Aunt Katie here to tease and joke with for part of her visit. This will be a long time for a five year old to be away for the first time; we will have to see how this goes.
This picture is of Meeja’s very elaborate tea party set up. All the stuffed animals and dolls were set up just so and even the silverware was placed with care. I was very impressed. She asked for me to take a picture but then asked me to redo the p
ictures “so everyone’s eyes showed up in the picture!” Grandma Maldonado was on her way over that day to pick up Meeja to go shopping and dinner at Dairy Queen. On her OWN, Meeja thought to turn the whole tea party set up so Grandma could see it without walking downstairs!
Katie went on a quick trip to 
Even though most of Meeja’s days here were wet ones, we squeezed in a trip to the zoo. It was wet but the rain had stopped for a few hours while we were there. Adrianne’ Sub Bears were both out so we captured a shot of Vivian and Jody behind Meeja (if you look really close)! The zoo is always a great visit but it felt like we were there with every school in the area. There were busses galore as everyone must have been on their end-of-the-school year fieldtrips.
We had an early birthday celebration on Sunday for Meeja. Meeja called it the “fake birthday”. The first night we were here, Meeja wanted to have spaghetti since she knew Sunhee was having spaghetti for her own birthday. When I asked what we should have for dinner for her birthday celebration, Meeja asked for spaghetti again! Meeja has had fun making Halboji bread a couple of times during this visit.
We had Primary CD’s playing all day today and it was fun to hear Meeja singing along. I remember the days when all of Scott and Kyre’s children would set up a “stage” and sing with amazing recall and clarity any chance they got.
Katie is back home a
nd waiting to hear from Southwest. They told her it could take about two weeks for the back ground check. She is pretty excited about this opportunity.
We were supposed to see Sunhee play softball earlier this week, on Tuesday evening, but it was rained out. So, instead, we took Sunhee and Meeja to dinner to celebrate Sunhee’s birthday the night before her actual birthday. I remember some of those rainy springs where it felt like more ball games were cancelled than played.
I love you. Have a great week ahead. Adrianne comes for a marathon this weekend!
Love, Mom
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