We are still on the slow boat to China but at least we are moving at a snail's pace but none the less moving forward.
Got a e-mail today that group 122 got their referals and expect to travel in Oct/Nov of this year.
The other day I found a website that says they are pretty accurate about forecasting their referal dates. I did our LID and the website says that our referals should come in March of 2011. EGADS!!! But I figure if group 122 just got their referals and possibly travel in Oct /Nov., this website may not be to far from the truth.
Will keep you all posted. Remember you heard it here first.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
A BIT OF ROUGH WATERS
Now and then I will think back to what my friend Sandra told me about tomboys. It seems to be coming true now that Mimi is a bit older. Mimi was 4 years old at the time that we moved up here and at that age the girls and boys played just fine.
Now at 7 years of age, they are starting to go their separate ways. On one hand, we have the girls Erin, Halliwell and Olivia who although they have their younger brothers and will play with them, they will not play with the boys such as Alex, Noah, Blake and so on and so forth.
On the other hand there is Blake and now Shad who spend almost everyday playing together and each have a four year sister Micah and Bailey who play together almost everyday too.
Then there is Mimi.
She doesn't quite fit in with the girls although on a one on one basis they play fine however when they all get together sometimes the claws will come out and someone ends up crying because they got their feelings hurt.
Then there are the boys who could care less about the girls and are having fun playing by themselves. The boys are just being boys.
Now and then Shad and Blake will play with Mimi but it is not the same anymore. Today Mimi said to me " I wished that I had not introduced Shad to Blake cause they always leave me out ;-(" I tell her that even if she did not introduced them to each other, they would have sooner or later have met because we all live in the same neighborhood and they will be going to the same school. However Blake and Mimi will be in the second grade and Shad will be in the first grade. None the less it still hurts the same. I guess that is just part of growing up aka growing pains.
In the meantime she still has played with the boys just not as much as she would like to and as you have seen in our previous blogs she has been keeping in contact with her other friends such as Zoe, Elsie, Emma and now Nathan.
Sandra also reminded me that when Mimi was going to gymnastic practice and piano lessons, that kind of left the boys to themselves to do what they wanted to do. She is so right.
I also remind Mimi from time to time that she has done quite a bit of activities this summer. I think I did a pretty darn good job at being her social director. I kept her busy with playdates, sleepovers, swimming lessons, piano lessons, karate lessons, gymnastic practices, sports camp, camping at Ohanapecosh, Remlinger Farms, the Aquarium, the Flight museum, movies, going to California and not to mention DISNEYLAND!
I think that this upcoming school year will definitely be another year of growth for all of us.
Now at 7 years of age, they are starting to go their separate ways. On one hand, we have the girls Erin, Halliwell and Olivia who although they have their younger brothers and will play with them, they will not play with the boys such as Alex, Noah, Blake and so on and so forth.
On the other hand there is Blake and now Shad who spend almost everyday playing together and each have a four year sister Micah and Bailey who play together almost everyday too.
Then there is Mimi.
She doesn't quite fit in with the girls although on a one on one basis they play fine however when they all get together sometimes the claws will come out and someone ends up crying because they got their feelings hurt.
Then there are the boys who could care less about the girls and are having fun playing by themselves. The boys are just being boys.
Now and then Shad and Blake will play with Mimi but it is not the same anymore. Today Mimi said to me " I wished that I had not introduced Shad to Blake cause they always leave me out ;-(" I tell her that even if she did not introduced them to each other, they would have sooner or later have met because we all live in the same neighborhood and they will be going to the same school. However Blake and Mimi will be in the second grade and Shad will be in the first grade. None the less it still hurts the same. I guess that is just part of growing up aka growing pains.
In the meantime she still has played with the boys just not as much as she would like to and as you have seen in our previous blogs she has been keeping in contact with her other friends such as Zoe, Elsie, Emma and now Nathan.
Sandra also reminded me that when Mimi was going to gymnastic practice and piano lessons, that kind of left the boys to themselves to do what they wanted to do. She is so right.
I also remind Mimi from time to time that she has done quite a bit of activities this summer. I think I did a pretty darn good job at being her social director. I kept her busy with playdates, sleepovers, swimming lessons, piano lessons, karate lessons, gymnastic practices, sports camp, camping at Ohanapecosh, Remlinger Farms, the Aquarium, the Flight museum, movies, going to California and not to mention DISNEYLAND!
I think that this upcoming school year will definitely be another year of growth for all of us.
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