Cozy Warm in Cheese!

I'm sitting in Cheese and it's toasty warm in here. It's minus 2 outside. The furnace ran all night. Yay! Eric bought new fuses and now it's working great. A real, whole rv. Can't wait for the 1st trip!

It's almost time to load all the gear in and attempt a night of sleep in the driveway.  

With just me in here it's plenty spacious. It will definitely be squishy with five of us ;) I can see clearly that once the kids are all done camping with us this type of unit will be perfect for Eric and I. Not much of a tow vehicle required and can stay in the garage.  

I'm already looking at the upgrade models. Haha. I'd like a dormer kitchen and walled toilet/shower and air conditioning added.  

Kai's Choice

He picked taco salad.  Yum.  He had zero interest in hearing his adoption story but was happy Dad baked him cake.  

Kai's Metcha

So many pictures of the day we met Kai but featuring another family who was saying goodbye to the dream of their son. We all have our own thoughts on that situation to muddle through. I still don't get it. And. I get it. Good for them for realizing they weren't up to the task of raising him. And they've missed out.  

He grieved hard on gotcha day, screaming, sobbing and refusing to leave the front door. Much easier to celebrate metcha day. Plus 

his gotcha is on Fei's Birthday.

Kai doesn't know yet that he gets to pick dinner out today. Jia 

is hoping it's not cereal. I have zero 

clue what he'll ask for.  

The third picture is from his gotcha day, once he was calmed down enough to be mollified with snacks.  

A vent for Cheese.

Eric has been getting the furnace hooked up. The vent looks pretty good. He hasn't quite got the wiring figured out. I got toilet paper, paper towels, and bath towels. Then ordered bulk face clothes. We're getting so close. 

Forced family painting fun. Lili and Fei - don't look.

We all sat together and made Birthday cards for Fei and Lili. The fun was forced but we had fun anyways.  

Dance Rehearsal

Jia had dance rehearsal and photos for the Music Festival today. First time I've seen her costume and the dance. In the cramped dressing room on a small screen tv with no volume. She's taller than most with short dark hair so she was easy to pick out. For five months of dancing she's really good :)  

So that was a different sort of day. Hanging with dance Moms.

I couldn't take pictures in a dressing room but I did get one of our little greaser outside before we left to return the library book.

The Outsiders

Jia and I made it through the book. She liked it. Then we watched the movie and she loved it. A lot. It's starting to feel like a new hyperfocus. I'm hopeful for a good book/movie report since we've talked so much about it. We ordered a book from amazon because she's not ready to send the library book back. She also robbed my room for a pair of jeans, ripped the sleeves of a black t-shirt and dug out leather type jackets that were Lili and Fei's. Today at a thrift store she bought two more pairs of jeans, two belts and three jackets. She's now a greaser. Without the hair oil. I suggested more of a hoodlum but that doesn't work for her. It's 

hard to explain her intensity with new passions.

Also....I loved this book at her age. I loved the movie a few years later so I get it. However, I'm completely shocked how much of a niche this book and movie have become.

We have already loaded Rumble Fish.