MK: "Mom, when someone is talking, don't diserupt them, ok? Like when I was talking in the car and you diserupted me? You remember?"

Me: "Yes, I remember. I will not interrupt you again."

And now to say kudos to all three of our children. Yesterday was our last day of co-op for this semester. The boys have been saving "Body Bucks" all semester long - you earn these for having your work in on time, following directions and knowing your memory work each week. The boys have worked hard for these bucks. During co-op, each boy was allowed to turn in their accumulated bucks for prizes. Both boys, without being prompted, came home with a special something for their own self to enjoy, something for their brother to enjoy and something for their sister to enjoy. I was touched that they both thought of their siblings. And then the icing on the cake came today when I asked them if they wanted to go to the library. They promptly asked if we could go tomorrow so they could play a game at home that they made up. For almost 3 hours, all three of the children were playing this game together....MK had a part, P had a part and C had a part. I sat and listened to them laugh and plan and play. I am so glad they have these opportunities to be together!

All babies come from China. Or, at least, in MK's mind they do. Today a friend of mine had a little baby boy. MK knows this friend well and she has spent every Tuesday afternoon with her since September. When I found out she was in labor, I told MK that we should say a prayer for Ms. Kim and her baby - the baby was going to be born today. That was that. Later, Ryan picked MK up and on their journey to ballet, MK told Ryan that Ms. Kim wasn't with us this afternoon because she had to go on her big trip to China to get her baby.

Friday, we packed the boys' bags and sent them to Gran Camp. My mother, Gran, started this tradition three years ago and it is something the boys look forward to every year. This year they saw a pirate exhibit at the State Museum, visited the Krispy Kreme donut shop to watch how donuts are made (and eaten!), watched South Carolina practice baseball (great sports teams all around this year!), went out to dinner, collected food items for Harvest Hope Food Bank, created and performed a puppet show for my parent's neighbors, had their annual Harvest party, went to the park, ate whatever they wanted whenever they wanted, they rode the ATVs....and, the boys even managed to convince Pop to allow them to watch a Clemson football game under his roof. This is huge seeing as my father is not a Clemson fan AT.ALL - Pop played football back in his day for South Carolina, a full scholarship recipient at that, so South Carolina is how his blood rolls. He stutters when saying the word Clemson. The only kink to this weekend occurred on Saturday morning. Our phone rang. It was Colin. His throat hurts, like strep. His throat has little dots on it, like strep. He is running a low grade temp, like strep. He won't eat, just like strep. AGGGHHHH, strep. Thankfully, after a bit of pleading, our wonderful peds office called in a different (third) antibiotic and he was able to finish out his weekend as planned.

Meanwhile, back at home, MK said repeatedly that she missed her boys in between being showered with more than enough attention from her parents. We dined out, we shopped, we had lunch with the cast of the Nutcracker - a highlight, we had our nails done with one of her besties, we had a friend over, she went over to a friend's house, let's just say - she was more than entertained but her mind was never too far away from her boys. She loves them so.

MK and one of her besties, SK

This pic has nothing to do with this post but has everything to do with who MK is....she loves to feel pretty. In this particular pose, she is trying to show off her stick-on earrings. She discovered these a few weeks ago and now insists on wearing a pair each day. So cute. And oh so MK!

We continue our wait for LOA, our next approval. Today is Day 53. IF it comes this week, we will be ever so thankful. IF it doesn't, we will be ever so sad. We continue to realize that there is one who has a perfect timing in our adoption, so we will smile and wait. Or at least try :)