Boogie Wipes has a cool campaign going on for the month of MAY called the Save the Sleeve Pledge!

In the month of May, Take The Pledge for a chance to win a Save the Sleeve kit! They will select 1,000 winners at random to receive a kit packed with Boogie Wipes temporary tattoos, a backpack button, Boogie Wipes samples, and coupons.

On their website, your child can take the “pledge”.  Packed with fun informational tidbits, humor, and great graphics, your child will learn about germs, washing hands, what different “boogers” mean (color, etc), and more!!!  It’s fun, quick, and great for kids!

Go do it and win yourself a free Save the Sleeve Kit!!

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Whew!  It has been a crazy-amazing ride for the last couple of months!

As we wait for our PH (Preliminary Hearing) Date (this is where a parent – if known – or an authority who signed off if abandoned comes before the judge), I thought it’d be nice to write about life for a bit!

My little “princess” La is now a big 6 year old   Her favorite colors are still purple and red and she’s mid-1st Grade in all subjects except Reading (she’s beginning 2nd grade level for reading).  She is my big helper.  She loves to help out and is great helping mommy with her siblings.  She loves princesses still and enjoys arts and crafts, reading, writing, drawing, building with blocks, playing dress up, etc.  This one… she’s my fashionista.  She is great at coordinating outfits, shoes, accessories, and is very verbal on how she wants her hair fixed   She (along with her sister) have become quite the entrepreneurs, looking for ways to earn ice cream/fun money!  Out of all 3, I think her personality is most similar to mine… which can be interesting!  Ha!  Plus, she over-talks… like me.  Sigh.  She’s sensitive and oh-so-smart!  Love this kid!  Funny words:  Pea-hawk (Peacock)  Her biggest fear?: Having to shave someday and “having to have babies someday because it will hurt” — Thanks to whomever introduced that one

(No, we did NOT get a new dog.)
Ro is…. our clown.  While her sister is dressing up in the most elaborate princess dresses, Ro is finding the craziest pieces to complete her wardrobe.  She’s fun and crazy and goofy.  This is the child who finds the loopholes.  A few weeks ago, we asked her, “If we put a cake in front of you but told you not to touch it to eat it, what would you do?”  Her response?  “I’d eat it with my FACE!”  Who needs to touch a cake to eat it?  She loves to help out, too… when she has time for it She’s in Kindergarten and really likes Dora, Diego, trains, and hedgehogs.  She loves babies and building with blocks, arts and crafts, and miniature things.

AJ…
AJ is Steven’s mini-me.  Stubborn, goofy, and sweet.  He’s daddy’s little shadow and unlike the girls, he reaches for daddy (if he’s home) when he doesn’t feel good!  He is conservative with his kisses but gives hugs freely every morning and afternoon.  He likes trains, ninja turtles, elmo, PUPPIES!, trucks, his ukelele, blocks, and his sisters’ shoes.

(He can put them on himself.  I’m thinking that we need to get some awesome ninja turtle boy-toms that are bling bling… for BOYS to help satisfy his craving for over the top shoes!  For those of you who remember.. he’s always LOVED shoes since he was tiny… he used to collect them and wear them on his hands!)

Mommy’s Heart Went POP! is a sweet children’s book by Christina Kyllonen and Peter Greer.  Beautifully illustrated, it tells the story of a mother who waits, and waits, and waits for her child to come home to her through international adoption (although, many of the same sentiments could be applied to domestic adoption as well).

In a very simple text and format, the authors tell the story of a baby (referred to as “you”) who is found by a kind woman and carried inside.  It depicts another story simultaneously going on across the globe… a family who began waiting and loving a child growing in mommy’s heart.  As the mommy does daily activities with her children (brushing hair, fixing boo-boos, etc), she wonders who is taking care of “your” boo-boos (the child’s) and her heart keeps getting bigger and bigger.  The story goes on as she waits, plans, and dreams for this child…all the while her heart keeps getting bigger and bigger.  The story ends with the mommy and child being united and going home together.

This sweet and simple story of emotion, hope, and love resonates in all adoptive parent’s hearts, and holds true regardless of the age of the child you are adopting.

Our “little one” no longer needs a crib or diapers, and yet I think he’ll enjoy this story as I did.  It explains part of the journey of “how you got here” and is age appropriate for young children.

I recommend this book to anyone adopting or anyone who knows someone that is adopting (for your own kids to help explain adoption!)

See a sneak-peak here!

You can buy it here.

**This book was sent to me in exchange for a review.  As always, all thoughts are completely mine!!