So Madelyn (my 4-year old niece) is suddenly big into telling jokes. I LOVE 4-year old humor. Here are some examples:
Why can't you stand on a tree?
Because you CAN'T!!!
Why did the tree cross the bridge?
Because the bridge crossed the lake!!
Why can't you stand on a car?
Because the pole is on the pillow!
I'll admit, I'm a bit perplexed about the last joke. Madelyn asks Carissa after every one, "Mom, is that one a joke?" And Carissa answers, "Well I'm laughing, so I guess it must be!" Grace (her 2-year old sister) is suddenly talking to people that aren't really there. She'll turn her head away from (visible) people and say, "Huh?? What you say??" That also makes me laugh, so I guess it's Grace's idea of a joke.
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Okay, I know the title of this blog is "Ribar ADOPTION Adventure", but when all we are doing is waiting, I find myself blogging about the rest of our life. You don't have to read if you don't want to, but this is like my journal. It's therapeutic for me to write this all down, and to look back to see what our life has held for the past year. No one's been complaining, but I figured I'd put that disclaimer out there!!
Adoption timeline
- August 2006 - Decided to adopt from Philippines
- September 2006 - Attended Hand in Hand Orientation (found out I had to be 27 before sending in our dossier)
- January 2007 - Sent in application and fee to Hand in Hand to begin the adoption process
- February 2007 - Met with Karin at Hand in Hand to begin the plethora of paperwork that would become our dossier
- February, March and April 2007 - attended 3 day-long training classes at Hand in Hand regarding adoption
- June 2007 - Had our psych eval that proved we are sane enough to adopt (or maybe insane enough to adopt?)
- July 13 2007 - Had our homestudy with Diane the social worker
- July 16 2007 - Sent the remaining paperwork to Hand in Hand
- August 3 2007 - Our dossier was sent out for the appropriate U.S. signatures
- August 17 2007 - Our dossier was sent to the Philippines (ICAB)
- September 30 2007 - We are approved to adopt from the Philippines
- November 29 2007 - We FIND OUT that we are approved to adopt from the Philippines, and our names are added to the list of Prospective Adoptive Parents - PAPs (and discover we've already "officially" been waiting for 2 months - woot!)
- July 14 2008 - Received our referral for Ezekiel!!
- July 15 2008 - Received our photo of Ezekiel
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- Lea's blog (Philippines adoption)
- Officially Expecting (Philippines adoption)
- Our Growing Family (Philippines adoption)
- Peter and Robin's Adoption Journey (Philippines adoption)
- Uzbek? Ubet! (Uzbekistan adoption)
- Cravens adoption blog (Russia adoption)
- Johnson-McCormick Family Blog (Haiti adoption)
- Livesay Haiti (Haiti adoption)
- Meadows Adoption (Guatemala adoption)
- Praising God for Ben (China adoption)
- Follow the Narrow Path (International adoption)
- Namaste (International adoption)
- They Grow In Your Heart (Domestic adoption)
- thoughts from the mind of maydaygirl (IF blog)
- Confessions of a CF Husband (a melt-your-heart and pray for them blog)
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4 comments:
Good heaven's you read a lot of blogs!
I love little kid humor. Emily is famous ( in our family) for two jokes:
Joke 1:
Knock, Knock
Who's there?
Big Buck
Big Buck who?
Big Buck hangin on the wall
Joke 2:
Knock, Knock
Who's there?
Apple Juice
Apple Juice Who?
Apple Juice Poop!
I admit that we laugh at these each time that she says them. She made both of them up on a trip to Home Depot that was taking way too long for a three year old. They still tickle our funny bones! :)
Cassie
How do you catch a unique animal?
You-neek up on it!
Jaidyn (3) loves to tell knock knock jokes. A couple of months ago she and I got on the internet and looked up actual knock knock jokes that she could tell people as most of hers were made up. The funniest part about them is her laugh.
Our youngest has started following her sister's lead and tries to tell knock knock jokes except she never gets past "knock knock" and just keeps repeating herself. We finally have to tell her that nobody is home. :)
My mom is a retired kindergarten teacher and she said her favorite show and tell of the year was when each kid would tell a joke. They would crack themselves up so easily. Kids are so funny!
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