15

 June 28th

.....is always tonnes of fun

 my baby has become a 'Whovian'....

 I blame these friends (Nicole & others are missing in this shot)

Taking over the world.......

Risk games in this family have gone on for days....

Can't have a birthday.....

...without the Birthday Bumps

Sorry for the permanent back problems in your future....

...it's your own fault for growing...

and growing and growing....

This may be tricky next year in our smaller apt in China!

You're so special we celebrated twice! *at Susan's Condo

Happy Birthday Kole!

Never.....

.

....letting go again

Flexible much.....

I'm not so sure....

...I could be wrong

but something tells me....

the human body....

...was never intended

to do bend certain ways....

...but I've been wrong before.

Stick

Everything had to go.....

...all the toys...

because ~we can only bring 1 suitcase per person to China

I've discovered something beautiful....

....he doesn't need fancy toys

Imagination and a really big stick is all he needs

Apparently we have many bad guys in our yard he has to destroy

I wonder if China has big sticks?

..

Trust

Bathing a newly adopted Lukai.......

...was similar to wrestling an half crazed octopus...

...a freakishly strong octopus with fangs and talons....

...that could easily over power both parents single handedly.

He used to come out only slightly cleaner.....

...and us slightly more black and blue....and bloody.

My oh my ~ how we have learned to trust during bathtime....

guess he has finally realized we aren't trying to drown him....

Now if we could only work on the 'half crazed' part......