At The Flower Show

While it was 28 degrees & snow at home, we escaped inside to 70 degrees and lush, spring gardens

So cute and obedient waiting outside to get in!

Beautiful gardens waited for us on the inside!  This washer tub reminds me of being at my grandmother's farmhouse

 

Alice & Wonderland. . . Queen of Hearts

  

The queen & her princess

There were brilliant tulips everywhere

What fun would gardens be without water . . . Liliah's favorite thing

note to self....give candy after taking a picture!

just 1 more candy . . . please (she only had 3 small pieces, but she made them last for most of the show!)

When we got to the car, Liliah asked, can we do that again? Music to my ears.  We are headed to southern California this week to visit family and Mickey

February Fun

making my first valentine creations

 using glitter makes everything pretty

mommy hung them on her new creation

 

I frosted the sugar cookies all by myself

 making pizza at the children's museum

 more cheese, please!

 I made a hammer

 it even works as a telescope

 Jammin' to my own tunes . . .

We enjoyed the blue skies and sunshine all weekend.  It was cold, but stellar days . . . those are rare for us this time of year . . .we are looking forward to more days of fun at the museum!

Talking. . . .About China . . .

Liliah is 9 months old and pictured with her foster mom in their home..  I just came across this picture tonight and was blessed and amazed to see Liliah with her hands on the scripture in Psalms 4:8 "He will give you sleep, peace and a safe place to dwell."  What a faithful Heavenly Father to bring this to pass in her life!  I believe that Liliah was loved and treated well by this family and for that, I am VERY thankful.

Liliah is starting to talk about China a little.  The other night, there was a PBS special on the Yangtzee River dam.  Her and I were headed to the kitchen and I drew her attention to the screen and said, look, Liliah that's China and isn't it pretty.  She agreed and as she was being a little helper stirring something, she asked, did daddy and mommy go there?  I told her that yes, we did...that she was waiting for us to come and bring her home.  She then asked if she could go to China and I said, yes we would take her someday.  After that she wanted to know if she could go by bus - very cute!  

Tonight, Liliah and I were eating dinner (daddy had not gotten home from work yet) and enjoying the slide show on our computer screen.  She brought my attention to a picture and I said, yes that is China.  She said, that's Liliah's China.  I was so happy to be talking with her about this.  I always want to be truthful to her in amounts that she can receive.  I decided to go get the CD we received on the day we met with the officials of her life in China as a baby.  We don't have any accompanying information about them, but they are dated so we know how old she was.  Anyways, I thought it would be a good time to show her cute baby pictures of herself.  She laughed out loud and was excited to see them.   I pointed to the other little girl in this picture saying that she had been adopted too and was no longer in China.  That she was with her family.  By this time she was playing in the water at the kitchen sink and then, she told me, God gave me a Momma!  I was really stunned. . . .(and blessed) by that comment.  I have never said that phrase to her! It was at this point, I reaffirmed what she was saying and that she had a China mom and then us as her daddy and mommy forever.  She was happy while we talked and played . .  . . .I wanted to get this down as these are the first significant talks with her about her history. (we have told her some facts.  She also can't help but glean information as she is a magnet in public and people want to stop and talk...I'm starting to think I need to keep this and any info I share to a minimum while she's around)

 What a journey this is . . .