Random stuff

 Danik got his new glasses, very happy about that :)

I love our new table, we all can fit now and have a meal at the same time. :)

Denny had his first dentist appointment, and will need to have a lot of work done with his teeth in near future.

Danilka is off medicine for a whole month and nothing yet.

Our bunnies have a new cage, Sergey build it all by himself! Very proud of him!

Our anniversary is coming....

In the beginning of this month was my birthday. I dont' really like my birthday, and never did.  I just not use to celebrate my birthday and get all the attention.
 Sergey had to be in Oregon for two days (exactly on my birthday). I was home with kids all by myself on weekends, and I did great :) Kids were great and weekend with out Sergey was fun!
Before Sergey left to Oregon, we all agreed that we will celebrate a next weekend when Sergey will be home.
I was very surprised to wake up to this:


little notes were everywhere...I dont' think I took pictures of all of them....

This was my breakfast....tea and sandwiches...and a  green crown :) ! It was ready when I woke up!

later my sister came with this cake, she made it for me. It was so nice of her. She is great sister!

 Sergey was gone , 5 kids in the house, and I was able to sleep in till 9 am..:) Boys usually awake by 6:30-7 am, it doesn't sound real, but I am so proud of my boys, they tried to keep their voices down (unbelievable), no argueng, no running around, nothing.... They played very quietly in the room with legos. Even Elliana didn't  wake me up, and she does sleep in our room. She   woke up around 8 am, and went quietly to play with boys! Older boys got dressed, brushed their teeth, helped to dress little ones, all kids had breakfast together(cereal).  ( and I was sleeping)... :)
Usually I make something special on weekends for breakfast, but my boys told me when I woke up, " Mom, we didnt' want you to make us breakfast, so we just had cereal"!  I am so proud of my boys! I have best kids! :)


And this what kids made me during next weekend, when we actually celebrated my birthday. 29 balloons  and kids wrote or draw what they wanted on them :) We had Sergey uncle , his mom, and my sister over for lunch,  I forgot to take pictures :(, so no pictures..

I have a best family!

One of those days.......

It's been busy around here, and today we had one of those days....:(  Now when all kids are in bed, and I had some time just to my self, I am ready to talk about it :)

One of the boys was not honest  in the morning about something that happen and also was not honest about his homework (for 4 weeks), teacher gave him more homework and he never told us about it. ( and I specifically did ask him every week about it). Sergey went to school today and talked to boys teachers.

Another child decided to disobey school bus rules, and got citation for not listening after being told, like a 100 times.

I found out that one of my boys been using inappropriate language at school, but on other hand I was so proud of him to come to me and tell me all by himself.

Three of my boys decided to sweep our backyard with tree branches, our backyard is pure dirt, and after this all of them had to take very long showers(plus ElliAna because she was there too). When I opened our backyard door I almost chocked, dust was everywhere. I barely could see our kids :) now I can smile, everyone is clean and peacefully sleeping in their beds :)

One of the boys decided not to listen, and after I told him to come into to house, did refuse it for 5 times.

Another child got citation for continuing play with a ball after "stop time"at  school, and not keeping his feet and hands to him self(kicked and pushed another student).

There was a lot of drama and other little things all day long...


Boys went to bed early, and their is no tv and mario time for next few days.

But there was many good things, and I am so proud of all my kids. We had many conversations about God, and why it is very important to be honest, respectful and be polite, and how God is watching us. It's hard for kids to understand how God can be everywhere and watch them, I did explain but I really need to put it better way for them to understand better.

Danik came to me with a question " Why can't we go back, and at the end of the day relive our day again and what we did wrong just fix it this time? I wish to be able to live  some days again,help more or just make better choices?". I tried to explain that every day make us who we are, and who we will be. From our today's mistakes we get a lesson, and try not to do it again, because now we know that  our choices might make happy or hurt other people, people we love. Also I said that our today will never come back, and we have to try to have a better tomorrow, so we never regret it. I have to think more about how to explain better to our kids.

I am so ready for bed....

Progress....

I just want to share and document this day, 9-8-12, after  two month being home, I cut Stasik's toenails for first time. I know it doesn't' sound big, but it's huge.... Also there is no more scary little boy, we have happy, and confident Stasik.

While adopting boys,  we talked to his foster mom, , she said that she never in 2 years cut Stasik's  finger or toe nails, Stasik would bite all nails off . I can imagine and picture biting off his fingernails, but how do you get to your toenails ? Yes, Stasik did it, and no matter how many times caregivers talked to him, and asked him not to do it, he would still do it. Most of the time he would do it during night time, or every time when he is alone.

Before....
When he first came to our house, he would tell me every evening before bedtime that he is really scared. Stasik would not even go to the bathroom at night by himself , he always asked his brother to go with him. During a day Stasik would not even walk in the bathroom, because lights were off, he would ask anyone, and many times our 2 year old would go and turn on light for him. He would never stay in the room by himself, or even brush his teeth in the bathroom by himself. It was bad.... Only after around 4 weeks being home, Stasik shared and told me that he was scared that his "dad" would find him, and come for him. Both boys tried to tell me their story, but they still don't' want to talk about their past, they are still not ready. This is heartbreaking, and really sad. It took some time to explain to our boys that no one will come for them, and we are their family forever.

****back in the orphanage, boys foster mom shared, that Stasik started to wet his bed, and would not go to the bathroom by himself even during day....He would go in the trash can, or bed, or something else. He was scared.

Today..
About 3 weeks ago, after talking many times with boys that they are safe, I heard from Stasik one evening , Mom I am not scared anymore! I am so proud of him, and thankful to our God! Stasik was so proud of himself, and was repeating this every day, every evening for almost two weeks. We never had any wet accidents since we brought boys home. I was really worried about Stasik wetting everything around him for first few weeks, but there were not even one accident!:)

Yesterday all kids went to bed, and 2 hours later I was still in the kitchen when I heard one of the bedrooms doors opening, and I saw Stasik. He was by himself, and was  going to the bathroom with out his brother! I am so happy, and we are proud of Stasik!

I think that Stasik just got a huge step forward! I am so proud of him!