So, Didn't Really Improve on the Blogging Front...

Nope, I failed miserably, it's been a month. Oh well, at least I can admit I have a problem!! The last month has flown by. The girls had camp, we swam, tried to survive the 100 degree weather that still hasn't gone away...we saw some movies, had sleepovers and just stayed super busy. Camp is now over and we are getting ready to leave on our whirlwind vacation. We are going to the Ethiopian culture camp again (YAY), then to Chicago and then to the wedding that the girls are standing up in. We are excited and ready to get out of dodge!

Updates on the girls:

Orange: She just keeps growing and growing. We are now taller than all the kids in our class. We've had some health problems that we are dealing with (nothing horrible) and that hasn't been fun. We did do another bone age on her and this time it showed her at 7 yrs 10 mths +/- a year. I am still not convinced that she is just turning 7 soon. I really think she may be closer to 8 but we will never know. She had a blast at camp this summer and has turned into quite the little fish. She is still boy crazy and just wants to be a teenager already (oy).
Some funny Orangeisms:
1. Mom, whose car are we taking to Ethiopia? Ours or K's? (needless to say we had a short geography lesson after this one)
2. Mom, do they have a magic brush in America that will make my hair grow faster?

Lemon: My little almost 4 year old is about the same, sassy, bossy, trying so hard to be independent but isn't in everything...all around tough. She still cracks me up daily. She is all of a sudden scared of everything which isn't fun. She also enjoyed camp and LOVES the water. We aren't there yet without floaties but getting closer. She continues to be a mess when she eats and I sometimes wonder if I will be buying wet wipes until she is 30:-) She has become quite the comedian lately too. She now does an R. laugh (her BFF). I will have to get video because it is hilarious!
Some funny Lemonisms:
1. After not giving her a snack about 2.2 seconds after lunch. "you are the meanest family ever, you don't like me and you think I am ugly" (ok...)
2. Looking at guesthouse websites with her sitting next to me.
Lemon: What is that Mom
Me: A guesthouse in Ethiopia that we are looking at staying on our trip.
Lemon:: no, not that one Mom
Me: No, then where do you want to stay?
Lemon: Guatemala

And a couple of funny adoption conversations between the girls that I want to document.
Orange: Why is my birthday in September, you got me in March.
Lemon: Who picked you to be my Mommy?
Orange: I wish I had been born a baby?
Me: You were.
Orange: No, I was 5.
Lemon: How do you adopt a kid?
Orange: You pay a bunch of money to keep them safe and then they come home.
And a deep conversation between sisters
Lemon: So Orange, what did you used to do in Ethiopia?
Orange: You know, play and stuff.