Shilda's Birth Place

HAITI

Please help! Haiti was hit by 4 storms in the last 4 weeks and there is another one on the way. My heart has been so heavy for these poor people. We have not heard from Shilda's Haiti Mama yet.
Go to Licia and Lori's blog. You can donate with paypal or send a check to:

REAL HOPE FOR HAITI
PO Box 23
Elwood, IN 46036

Here is a slide show from the destruction of Chabaret Haiti, which is near Cazale where Licia and Lori live.

This might be my last day on earth!

Before I explain myself let me just say: It feels soooo good being a kid sometime. No worries!

Ok, here is the story. For the last week Devin and his friends have been coming home again totally muddy after playtime. We remember this miserable time from last year, so us mom's decided to check on them more often to get things under control right from the start. It has been raining a lot and it just started "freezing" here in Germany. In warm weather it isn't such a problem because we hose them off with everything on right outside. Nothing against some dirt, but these guys dive into every mud-hole they find, throw it at each other and have been known for putting it in their underwear so it's looks like a huge blow-out. Anyway, so today was my turn to spy on them. That's when things went terribly wrong! Of course, it was already to late to stop them anyway. So instead of pulling their ears for misbehavior, I went back home to get my camera and Shilda's mud clothes and had some fun with the nutty children.
I just couldn't resist...
And if one of you mom's is reading this (I know S. probably will), don't call me because I have a lot of muddy laundry to do now, don't come by because we have a pretty dangerous dog and don't leave me a comment because...hhhmmm aammm oh yeah, because you would have to write in english! AND btw I got pretty nasty, too. So back off...:)

The New Olympist (new word?)

Every day last week Devin took part at the School Holiday Olympics. My guess is that he wished he wouldn't have with a bloody murder screaming mother on the tribune cheering for him!

MEET OUR NEW KIDS


In Duvernard is 6 years old

Fadia is 4 years old

Mirlande is 2 years old


Aren't they just adorable?! They are siblings from Cazale, Haiti. No, we are not adopting again (at least not yet). They are our sponsorship children. Originally, Devin came up with the idea to sponsor a child. He wanted a boy around his age and was willing to share some of his allowance money to help pay for his school. Since Shilda just started to get some pocket money from my mother and grandmother also, we thought it would not hurt for her to share some of that too. So we started to look for a boy around age 7 and a girl around 5. The same day Licia in Haiti posted about this family with 3 kids looking for a sponsorship. Right away their pictures stole our heart and we agreed to sponsor all 3 of them. We are so exited! I just can't wait to go to Haiti and meet our extended family (Shilda's birth family), lots of internet friends we have there and now these 3 cuties with their family!

OUR LAST COUPLE OF DAYS
The kids are still on school break until the middle of September. I am taking them on different outings every day so they won't drive me insane at home. Honestly, we are having a great time!



Still having fun...5 minutes later Devin got biten and Mara attacked by a goat:( So what did we learn from the day? Goats suck!

we can not just walk by a fountain :)



Ice Cream in Regensburg

Dinner tastes so much better in cupcake forms