First off, we're ploughing through our homestudy and paperwork for the adoption process. For those of you who heard about the possible birthmom we talked to in mid-December, no we still haven't heard from her and have given up. Meantime, we're preparing for the child we're meant to have in our family, whoever he or she will be!
Meantime, I've had lots of time with kids: Babies in Bloom 2 weeks ago at work; then a horde of husband's cousins' kids at Ed and Bonnie's holiday party. One of my favorite parts was Christmas carol singing with sorta-uncle-in-law Joe playing piano, cousin Eric playing trombone, and kids on rhythm instruments. Then, teenagers (eep!) with our anime club holding a computer-game day (2 hours actually, enough time to try and keep adolescents sorta reined in though they were also entertaining as all get-out). I got to see a Wii in action! No, I don't want one but I do want to learn Guitar Hero, or I would if I already didn't have a zillion other hobbies.
Then last Sunday/Firstday I did Nursery Care with five preschoolers. The new little guy--Aidan, age 4 1/2--wanted to play "housekeeping" so we made a play cake, were joined by another boy (awesome!) and we "made" muffins, hot dog with waffle (no plastic hot dog rolls in our pantry), hot chocolate and other goodies. Afterward Aidan wouldn't leave me alone. Fortunately his parents were charmed rather than alarmed (we were right by them the whole time), and my husband introduced them to our library and some basics of Quakerism (he's on the Library committee) while Aidan stuck to me like glue, literally.
No wonder everyone tells me I'd make a good mom!
Then Christmas eve at Aunt Sheila and Uncle Tony's with my family and grown-up "kids" to hear about Megan's stories of Spain, Chelsea's job (she supervises 9 times as many people as I do--amazing!), and a bit about Christine's life too. And lots of good wishes about our adoption plans. We also got to know Sarah (Dave's girlfriend) better, and eat the luscious rum cake they made! And to pet Kyra, who's finally stopped growling at Dad every time she sees him.
Now for New Year's Eve: After work yesterday (uneventful except for the seemingly-weekly stuffed-up toilet) we went to Szechuan Cafe for delicious Chinese steamed dumplings and two big plates of maki rolls. Then home to read, drink luscious maple liqueur (thanks to Karen and Ben--friends of theirs just started selling this creation of theirs, sadly in Vermont only), and go to sleep early. Hey, we both have colds, and we may as well sleep while we still can pre-baby!
Oh, speaking of Chinese dumplings, I read a great book--contemporary mainstream fiction, but it takes place in China so it's not completely mundane (for non-science fiction fans, that's what we call anything related to the "normal" world we usually eschew)--The Last Chinese Chef. Highly recommended if you love Chinese food, and culture as well as contemporary East meets West and oh, a touch of romance.
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