Friday, August 26,2011
Wow! This week has just flown by! I have been meaning to blog every day but the days just keep getting away from me. We have had a pretty good week. We are all dealing with the lovely allergies that we get for living in Middle TN and the lovely tobacco barn smoke that fills the air from this time until November (insert sarcastic smile). We all have headaches and sinus issues this time of year. Poor Chloe woke up this morning with dried blood all over her face from a nose bleed she had during the night. I have been trying to enjoy my last week of freedom from my own classes. I have 5 classes I need to complete before we move to Chicago to get my TN discount. So I am taking 4 of those classes starting this Saturday (online class) until December. If you think of me please say a prayer for me concerning these classes. I have three education classes that I know I will enjoy and two Math classes (SIGH) that I know I will struggle every minute I am doing the work for those classes. The truth is I started one of the Math classes this summer. I was doing it as an independant study. It was so tough and I did horrible teaching myself, so I cancelled the class and decided that I better take the class on campus. My confidence is pretty shot when it comes to Math:(
The kids and I have had some pretty intense talks this week about adoption. We may go weeks where nothing is said and then we will have days where they ask a million questions. Jeremy and I decided a long time ago that we would be totally honest with our kids when it came to their adoptions. We have been talking to them since they were very young, obviously we use terms they understand. It is hard to talk about sometimes. It does bring up that small sad feeling that they are not 100% mine. On the way home Wednesday we had a big discussion about birth mommies and foster mommies. Emma is always talking about going back to play with her Korean toys that she has seen in the pictures. Sam asked if he could meet his birth mommy. I honestly said I did not know. Somehow we got talking about Sam being home first and him being older when he said, "Mom, I came first because you found me first, right?" It was sweet. If I had any advice to adoptive parents I would suggest that when talking to your kids the emphasis should always be on you choosing them. Sam and Emma know with all their hearts that we chose them as our kids and they love that idea. Every time we talk Sam or Emma always say, "We made you a mommy! We are glad you picked us!" This morning on the way to school Emma said, "Mom, remember when you carried me around in your tummy? That was so much fun." Sam then replies, "Emma, we did not live in mommy's tummy. She was sick. Sick people cannot have babies. Right mom?" I then had to explain that only girls that are sick from what mom had cannot have babies. We talked about me being sick and that is why I did not have babies in my tummy a LONG time ago. I was glad he was listening.
Well, our house showed this afternoon. Not sure yet how it went. I was up last night and this morning cleaning. It will be nice to come home to a clean house and mark that off my weekend "TO DO" list.
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The kids and I have had some pretty intense talks this week about adoption. We may go weeks where nothing is said and then we will have days where they ask a million questions. Jeremy and I decided a long time ago that we would be totally honest with our kids when it came to their adoptions. We have been talking to them since they were very young, obviously we use terms they understand. It is hard to talk about sometimes. It does bring up that small sad feeling that they are not 100% mine. On the way home Wednesday we had a big discussion about birth mommies and foster mommies. Emma is always talking about going back to play with her Korean toys that she has seen in the pictures. Sam asked if he could meet his birth mommy. I honestly said I did not know. Somehow we got talking about Sam being home first and him being older when he said, "Mom, I came first because you found me first, right?" It was sweet. If I had any advice to adoptive parents I would suggest that when talking to your kids the emphasis should always be on you choosing them. Sam and Emma know with all their hearts that we chose them as our kids and they love that idea. Every time we talk Sam or Emma always say, "We made you a mommy! We are glad you picked us!" This morning on the way to school Emma said, "Mom, remember when you carried me around in your tummy? That was so much fun." Sam then replies, "Emma, we did not live in mommy's tummy. She was sick. Sick people cannot have babies. Right mom?" I then had to explain that only girls that are sick from what mom had cannot have babies. We talked about me being sick and that is why I did not have babies in my tummy a LONG time ago. I was glad he was listening.
Well, our house showed this afternoon. Not sure yet how it went. I was up last night and this morning cleaning. It will be nice to come home to a clean house and mark that off my weekend "TO DO" list.
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