The Army Crawl

Little Mr C  knows how to do the army crawl like a pro. I walked into the room and he saw me.

"Hello Ate Mindi."

 "Almost there."

 "I can't believe you would scoot back! It took a lot of hard work for me to get this far."

 "Ok, if you insist I'll continue to show off my skills for the camera."

"I'm going to sneak up on her. I won't even look at her and she will think I'm going somewhere else."

"It's working! She hasn't moved back."

"She saw through my plan."

"I know! I will just turn on the charm and she won't be able to resist picking me up."

"See how cute I am, Ate Mindi?"

Yes, I did pick him up. :)

Photo shoot

I had some children who wanted me to take their pictures the other day. 

Here they are.

(Little Miss L on the left, Mr. D in the middle and Miss R on the right)

Miss R - "This is exciting!"

Mr. D - "I know! When do you think she will take the picture?"

Miss R - "Oh, I don't know, maybe in a few minutes."

Little Miss L - "Guys, she is taking the picture now. Look at the camera and smile."

Little Miss L - "What is going on over there that is so exciting?"

Mr. D - "Hey look, there is a booger on the ceiling! I wonder who threw it up there?"

Mr. D - "I wonder when I'll be big enough to do that?"

Little Miss L - "I am about ready to give up on you guys. Just smile already!"

Miss R - "I'm not ready yet. Give me some time."

Mr. D - "Cheeeeeeeeese."

Miss R - "My nails aren't dry yet, I can't smile until they are dry.

Little Miss L - "That's it, I'm going to find someone who is ready to pose with me."

(Miss J, Miss W and Miss L)

Little Miss L was really in the picture mood. Miss J had to make sure the cat was in the picture, and Little Miss W wasn't yet sure what was going on.

Little Miss L - "Hey, I've got a joke that will make you laugh yourself silly. What do you call a cow with only 2 legs?"

Miss W - "Do cows ever only have 2 legs?"

Miss R - "I have no idea. Just roll with it."

Little Miss L - "LEAN beef! HA, HA, HA, HA!"

Mr. D - "Lean beef... lean beef... hmmmmm."

Little Miss L - "Do you get it J?"

Miss J - "I'm not sure..."

Mr. D - "OH, I get it now! Ha, ha, ha, the beef is LEANING over! HA, HA, HA!"

The dimple twins.

"Do you have a joke to share with us?"

Christmas Morning!!!

I figured out a way to upload pictures onto the office computer without dumping all my pictures from my camera on it. So without further ado, here are some pictures from Christmas morning at our house.
Just so you know, there was no way possible for me to get pictures of all the kids opening presents so I just focused on the ones closest around me for the most part.

The children's special merienda.

 

The babies from the malnourishment unit came over to check out the excitement. Here is Mr. I.

Little Miss S isn't sure what is happening.

My Little Rag Doll watching the big kids.

Our newest baby, Littlest Miss L.

Baby J Boy

Baby M, he is so cute!

Another Baby M, so tiny!

Little Mr. H

Little Mr. S

Mr J loves his new shirt!

Little Miss N, what did you get?

"I'm not sure yet but I intend to find out!"

"It's for play dough play! I love play dough!"

Some of the little babies sleep through their first Christmas.

Littlest Miss L got a nice hat and outfit to wear.

Mr. I isn't sure how to work the puzzle just yet but he has several Ates who will help him with it.

Miss R got another present...

...I wonder what it will be?

It's a Minnie Mouse puzzle!

Little Miss A is unsure of all the excitement going on. She just sits back to watch.

Little Miss L didn't want to put her new baby doll down to open any other presents. (A child after my own heart! ;) I finally got her to lay the baby on her leg so she could use both of her hands for the next present.

Princess J says, "Hmmm... hair clips...what do you do with those?"

"A chocolate cupcake, I think I can come up with a way to use THIS!"

"Ate Mindi really wants me to open this so I put my chocolate cupcake down just for her."

"Clothes!?!"

"Give me my chocolate cupcake back!"

Little Mr C likes his new crib toy and blue outfit.

Little Miss S likes her banana crib toy. She LOVES bananas!

Little Miss A got a soft blue lamb.

She had to make sure it works. :)

It was hard to get all the children around the tree but I think we got them in.

Miss R and Mr D

Now Mr F is in the awkward smile stage.

As soon as Little Miss W sees the camera she brings her hand up to her face and poses for me. Too funny!

Miss P got a hand bag.

Baby J couldn't keep his eyes open any longer. It's hard work having your first Christmas.

Rag Doll got a few presents also. She was getting hot so we moved into the doorway for some cooler air.

At first she wasn't into ripping the paper but I finally convinced her.

Some of the other babies realized they could escape out the open door.

Don't worry, they didn't get as far as they hoped to.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!