Mother's Day....

Today we celebrated Mother's Day by going to New Vision, then to a Vietnamese restaurant, Pho 68, in Chandler. I am quickly learning which Vietnamese restaurants are good and which are not.

Birth Mother Day....

It has been one year since I received the call from the now defunct Commonwealth Adoption Agency that a little girl named Nguyen Thi Tam, born 8/10/06, was referred to me from the Hoi An orphanage.
Today, in celebration of that event, as well as Birth Mother's Day, we went to see a movie.... just to get out of the house and be in the AC. There were only two G rated movies.... Hannah Montana.. which I despise, and Earth... which I swear I have seen previously on the Discovery Channel. I also didn't realize that a Saturday matinee was $6.50! Jasmine was mesmerized for about 10 minutes. I guess it was the big screen and surround sound. Then for the next 1.5 hours, it was fidget, fidget, fidget the whole time. I felt a little better when the kids who were older than her were even worse behaved.

Most adoptive families celebrate Birth Mother's day and Birth Father's day on the Mother's Day and Father's Day eve. They usually perform some type of candle lighting ceremony or something like that, but Jasmine is a bit too young for that. Maybe next year.


Jasmine having a tea party this morning with Spirit.

One year ago today.....

It was one year ago today that Jasmine's referral photo was taken at the orphanage. If you compare the photo to the left with the one taken today, there is a bit of a difference.

Our new kitten... maybe

Here's Jazzy with our kitty. I haven't decided if we are going to keep her or not. What I would like to do is spay her at 8 weeks, along with her little sister, and just release her back outside. I wasn't prepared time wise and financially for a new addition. We'll see what happens. I'd also like to trap all of the other cats outside and spay and neuter them so that this doesn't keep happening. One of my big pet peeves is letting animals breed indiscriminately. I am all for a mandatory spay and neuter law and heavy fines for people who don't follow it. Of course, the usual excuse I've heard for 25 years is.... "It's not my cat/dog, so it's not my responsibility".

Weekend fun....

Today we had a fun day. After going to New Vision's and Whole Foods Market for lunch... which we do almost every Sunday, we went to the mall. I typically am not a mall person and despise shopping, but we had a fun day. First, Jazzy got her ears pierced!! She took it really well, just a little jump. She got some pretty diamond earrings and a pair of butterfly earrings to wear later. As a gift, she got a little Hello Kitty purse. Then we went to play at the indoor playground for about 45 minutes. It was kind of uh..... boring for me.... but alot of fun for her. I had the video camera with me and did alot of recording.... of the ear piercing event as well. We then went to Border's Books and played and listened to music and bought a new sundress at A Child's Place.

Surprise..... when we came home... we had a new kitten:) She looks to be about 4 weeks old. Our neighbors (Grandpa in particular) has been feeding some ferel cats, so I suspect that is where she has come from. She is a little grey tabby, and has no name yet. Right now she is living in the walk in shower. I will post some photos of her soon.


Jasmine taking a nap.
Working on a craft.
Getting ready with Teddy to have ears pierced.
Having her ears measured.
Click--- ears are pierced
Playing at the indoor playground
Listening to music at Border's.

Jazzy's bird...

We're going to put Jasmine's bird on a display board in her bedroom. The days are now over 100 degrees, and we will be spending alot of time indoors making stuff and having fun.

Crafting......

Today we had fun fingerpainting and making crafts. Jazz made a little bird for cousin Jade, a kite for JD, and a painted rock for Grandma and Grandpa. Later we personally delivered them. Here is Jasmine and Jade playing, giving Jade her bird, and Jasmine fingerpainting.