{"id":322,"date":"2008-08-11T23:18:08","date_gmt":"2008-08-12T03:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.handsful.com\/?p=322"},"modified":"2008-08-11T23:18:08","modified_gmt":"2008-08-12T03:18:08","slug":"insert-title-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/archives\/322","title":{"rendered":"Insert title here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: top;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3204\/2754705927_a4c8609eaa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Abbey and Marley enjoyed cheerleading camp last week.\u00c2\u00a0 Here they are on the last day, when all the girls performed for their parents.\u00c2\u00a0 They did great :)\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lots to say,\u00c2\u00a0but not many pictures.\u00c2\u00a0 We&#8217;ve been busy, and most of the time haven&#8217;t had the camera with us (gasp).\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;ll add the pictures we do have, and give a quick run-down on what we&#8217;ve been up to!\u00c2\u00a0 As you can tell, I wasn&#8217;t sure what to call this post&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This weekend, we took\u00c2\u00a0our ski\u00c2\u00a0boat out on the river.\u00c2\u00a0 This was Lainey&#8217;s second time on the boat, but first to take a dip in the river&#8230;surprisingly, she loved it.\u00c2\u00a0 Hee hee.\u00c2\u00a0 The big news is that Ethan got up on his wakeboard!!\u00c2\u00a0 He&#8217;s been trying to do that since last summer, and we were whooping and hollering when he did it on Saturday!\u00c2\u00a0 There are no pictures because I knew I couldn&#8217;t handle Lainey AND the camera.\u00c2\u00a0 Making sure she stays seated while the boat is in motion\u00c2\u00a0is a full-time job.\u00c2\u00a0 We&#8217;ve decided that we need to get a &#8220;point and shoot&#8221; kind of camera, one that is much more portable than our Nikon, just for times like that.\u00c2\u00a0 Take it from me, he looked great and the smile on his face was priceless.\u00c2\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3113\/2754705791_c954aa633f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill, I feel it&#8217;s my duty to tell you that Lainey did NOT want to wear this.\u00c2\u00a0 She allowed me to put it on her, took one look, and started frantically signing &#8220;all done&#8221;.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s true.\u00c2\u00a0 But, I convinced her to keep it on for a few pictures.\u00c2\u00a0 This is the NC State cheerleading outfit that both Abbey and Marley wore when they were little, and I tried it on Lainey today to see how it fits.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s still a little big, so there is room to grow&#8230;and, maybe with time, she&#8217;ll learn to like it.\u00c2\u00a0 ;)\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>About a week ago, Randy and I bought ourselves an early anniversary present.\u00c2\u00a0 Bikes!\u00c2\u00a0 We decided that we wanted to be able to take bike rides, all 7 of us.\u00c2\u00a0 Randy&#8217;s old bike is\u00c2\u00a0OLD and\u00c2\u00a0not usable.\u00c2\u00a0 About a year ago, Abbey took mine (and passed hers down to Marley).\u00c2\u00a0 So, a trip to the sporting goods store was in order.\u00c2\u00a0 We also got one of those cute hook-on toddler seats and an adorable helmet with pink bunnies, so Lainey rides on Randy&#8217;s bike.\u00c2\u00a0 There are no pictures (yet) because we&#8217;ve been going in the early evening and it&#8217;s been too dark.\u00c2\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3141\/2754705845_090658e6c7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What\u00c2\u00a0IS this thing mama put on me?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have we mentioned yet that Lainey is the next Houdini?\u00c2\u00a0 Honestly, she&#8217;s really good at getting out of something or into something.\u00c2\u00a0 For instance, she&#8217;s figured out how to unbuckle the latch on the straps of her carseat.\u00c2\u00a0 More than once, I&#8217;ve looked behind me to see her with both arms out, dangling out the front of her seat.\u00c2\u00a0 Not good.\u00c2\u00a0 We now have a plastic thingy holding the straps together that Randy found at Home Depot and she&#8217;s not figured it out (yet).\u00c2\u00a0 And, that&#8217;s not all.\u00c2\u00a0 She knows how to step on the pedal to open the gate between the kitchen and front room&#8230;can unlock all the doors in the house&#8230;and, can unbuckle her booster chair at the table.\u00c2\u00a0 NONE of our other kids did any of this.\u00c2\u00a0 Fun, fun.\u00c2\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3273\/2755537904_49b1857843.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Guess who made dinner tonight?\u00c2\u00a0 Abbey decided she wanted to prepare our meal for tonight and spent this weekend looking in my Southern Living Easy Weeknight Favorites cookbook for her plans.\u00c2\u00a0 She made Molasses-Grilled pork tenderloin (with help from dad on the grill), Southern Fried potatoes, Sesame knots, and Polka dots for dessert.\u00c2\u00a0 I helped some, but Abbey did most of the work and was very proud of herself&#8230;.and so were we, it was all SO good!\u00c2\u00a0 We sorta skipped a veggie tonight, oh well :)\u00c2\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a shot of dessert&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3113\/2755537970_7fe85f5bac.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Today was our 6 month post-adoption visit from our social worker.\u00c2\u00a0 China requires a 6 month and 12 month post-adoption report to make sure that everything is going well.\u00c2\u00a0 Our SW will write up the report and send it 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