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Kids Say The Cutest Things

/ Dawn Kasal-Finley / Leave a comment

Yesterday we were playing ball outside.  The ball ended up over our neighbors fence (I think hubby did it on purpose as we were ready to go inside and Minnow wasn’t).  We told Minnow that the ball was gone and that we’d have to get it later. 

Minnow goes up to the fence and tries to look through a small knot hole in the wood.  He backs up and puts his hand up to his mouth and yells “o dewey”  (Oh Toodles). 

 For those of you who have kids and watch Mickey Mouse Club house you know who Toodles is.  For those of you who don’t and are wondering what is so cute about that–Mickey Mouse has Toodles who is a character (tool box of sorts) who brings Mickey and friends Mouskatool (tools) to help them with things they couldn’t do on their own.  I was laughing so hard.  Minnow just didn’t understand why Toodles wasn’t coming. He yelled a few more times and asked “where did dewey go?”  I had explain that Toodles only comes when Mickey calls for him, etc. 

It was adorable.  Yes, he watches entirely too much tv.  But it was cute just the same. 

My hosting company here is moving to a new server this weekend.  You all can still find me and read me, but I am advised not to post this weekend while they are moving.  So I will be back on Monday and will post about our dinner party tonight, our easter egg hunt and coloring on Saturday and Easter.  I also post some pics of Minnow helping me paint. 

Have a great and safe weekend.  Talk to you soon. 

Happy Monday

/ Dawn Kasal-Finley / 2 Comments

Well, my primary is coming up fast.  It is a week from tomorrow. We are part of the Super Tuesday spectacle and I am still trying to decide who I am going to vote for.  I like Obama–even though he is less experienced than other candidates–because I am hopefully that his inexperience leaves him less suceptible to the “I scratched your back now you scratch mine” treadmill that truly mars our political system.  I like Hillary for many more reasons, but I also am turned off by the personal issues that seem to be rearing their ugly head in her relationship with Obama.  And let’s be honest, at this point Bill is doing her more harm than good–he is too big of a player in this process.  I really like Edwards too.  I just don’t know.  Oh well, I have a week to figure it out. 

The “ine kin” (Lion King)is currently ruler of our house.  I read the book 8 or 9 times then we watch the movie…then I read the book and then we watch the movie…then I read the book and then we watch the movie…You get my drift.  Minnow doesn’t have the patience to wati for me to read all of the words on the page, so I make up my own story to go with the pictures and we sing the songs–okay I sing them but to amuse myself.  Because as much as I love my son and love reading to him there is only so much Lion King I can take.  We all have our limits. 

We leave for San Diego in 15 days and I cannot wait.  It will be so much fun.  Fun. Fun. Fun. 

A Meeting Long In The Making

/ Dawn Kasal-Finley / 9 Comments

It has been called WANNAFEST 2008.  I think that name is perfect.  I may even have a t-shirt made.  Okay probably not but it is still an awesome event. There are a few of us who have been wanting to get together and meet for a very long time.  We met via our adoption agencies message board and got to know each other closely through our blogs and our adoptions that happened relatively at the same time.  MP loved on little Minnow for me when she went to Wanna to pick up her little Teeny.  I remember holding little Hayat and telling her that her mommy and daddy were coming soon.  She was such a sweet little baby and is now a sassy little toddler and still ever so sweet.  Our children have a shared beginning of life.  We as their parents have a shared beginning as their parents.  We are finally meeting up as families.  Our children will meet each other as toddlers, while they last saw each other as little infants. 

We are making a trek to San Diego in a few weeks (less than 3 to be exact).  I have to laugh because we have been talking about wanting to do this for over a year now and we finally decided to do this and planned it in two days…I think the cold has been a factor in our swift decision making.  It has been in the single digits and teens here and for MP it has been a hell of a lot colder.  I am a spontaneous traveller.  I don’t like long range planning and this trip is perfect. 

I am so excited to finally meet the women behind the blogs and the women who really helped me through the adoption wait for referral.  I am excited to meet their amazing children and to forge lasting bonds for our children.  I look forward to WANNAFEST every year. 

See you all soon. 

A New Semester and Maybe A New Chapter

/ Dawn Kasal-Finley / 8 Comments

Winter break is officially over.  I start back as a teacher today and as a student.  I am happy to be teaching one class again this semester.  It is of course a new class, so I have a lot of preparing to do, as I can’t really use what I did last semester.  Not that I would want to, as I was just trying to survive last semester.  I am exciting about the upcoming semester.  I am going to be doing some fun things with my students and hope to really get them thinking and interacting.  Last semester, the class I taught was soooooooo boring and not a great class.  I applaud those who stuck out the entire semester.  I certainly didn’t want to.  I was able last semester to have a great assignment that made me construct a unit of study for the class I am teaching (I could have done any class, but since I am teaching I wanted the assignment to be something that I could use).  It is a great course idea and after talking to my  supervisor, I am excited to know that my classroom is my classroom and to go for it.  YEAH!!!

Well, this week our agencies will be giving out referrals of the babies that they have in their care.  I am of course hoping that we get our referral this week (but am not counting on it).  But what I am really looking forward to is moving up the list and knowing that we are that much closer to getting to meet (even if virtually) our little girl. 

We have also decided that we are going to undergo IVF this fall.  I am excited and nervous about that.  I am committed to losing 40-60lbs before we undergo IVF.  I know that is a tall order, but I am committed and once I commit to something, I am pretty tenacious about it.  I want very badly to have a brood of children.  We will adopt that brood without any regrets and will enjoy our large family.  I would be lying if I said I didn’t want to get pregnant (at least once) and have a biological child.  I would also be lying if I didn’t say that I have come to terms with my infertility and I am just as happy to adopt all of my children.  It has taken some time to get to this place and I have to say that I love where I am at. 

I have made no resolutions this year except for one.  I want to be a better person.  I am going to do better.  I am going to be better.  So far so good.