"Scrooge"

Hannah was in her first school play tonight. Her "English Learners" class, put on the play "Scrooge" at school. Very cute. all the kids, (approximately 20) from different nations speaking a different first language... came together, to do a play in English. Their ages are kindergarten thru 4th grade! Our very own Jacob video taped it!

We will have to video Blogger it soon.
But, here are some photos of Hannah's part to tide you over...

"Scrooge, Scrooge...What are you doing?
What are you doing? It is Christmas Eve let's go Celebrate."

"Mr. Scrooge, why are you so greedy? It is Christmas Eve... you are making us sad if we cannot celebrate."

Thank You Grandma & Grandpa!

(They sent her an FTD floral arrangement for her performance(s) **her dance recital is Sunday)**

I am a Princess & a Starlet.

All I want for Christmas...

Ti's the Season.

Jacob and Hannah both were happy to tell Santa they wanted a surprise, nothing specific... just a surprise.

Thanksgiving Day

This year will mark many "firsts" for Hannah.

One of the best is Thanksgiving.

With Food, Family (cousins) and Football what could be better!

Hannah is getting her first cooking lesson...

The secret banana pudding recipe... yummy.
She also was taught how to get the men in the family to help out, (brothers need a little monetary bribery $$ every now and again) ... and that is how we got Jacob to do the place settings for the traditional kids table.

It must be good, they are smiling!

Here is James handy work. He decorated the yard and the outside of the house. (The picture I took does not do the lights or the feeling justice, but I still wanted to share it with you.) It truly looks beautiful tonight. We lit the lights on the trees as it began to snow.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!

Happy Anniversary

Once upon a time 13 years ago...

in a glittery Castle, in the Kingdom that never sleeps;

a beautiful Princess and her handsome Prince

began their journey to family...

Happily Ever After.

Happy Halloween!

Unguard, hand over the Princess... Oh, Thank You my brave brother, the Knight.

Awwwh.. The Wench, Captain Kirk, The Knight and The Beautiful Princess.

(...really these are costumes.)

The cousins join the fun, to raid the neighborhood of treats. Yummy.
Introducing: Scary Sherry, The Beautiful Bride & Jango Fett.

MEI Girls, Theme Song.

Hannah was humming a tune in the kitchen this evening.
I said, "Oh honey, that is Farajaka.(sp?) Let me sing it with you, like this..."
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Me: "Farajaka, Farajaka, dor may vu, dor may vu..."

Hannah: "No Mommy, Hannah sings in China, Like This."

Hannah: "Farajaka, Farajaka, dor Mei Ru, dor Mei Na, dor Mei Feng, dor Mei Ke, dor Mei Xiang..."

** The names above are some of Hannah's best friends that were adopted from the same orphanage this summer at the same age, and the families are all still maintaining a close friendship. The internet is such an amazing thing and I am thankful that we have the means to locate friends from Hannah's past and will be able to maintain friendships, for our girls and us mom's too.

Oh my, she is hilarious and too cute. Her song was too funny, and I think she was serious!!!! LOL!

One Fish, Two Fish!

Jacob and Hannah have both passed,

Level I Swimming Lessons!

Let it snow, Let it snow...

Hannah saw and touched her "first" snow this morning! We went outside before school. It was cold... 26 degrees and pretty windy.

Boots!
Coat!
Careful, Icy.

Here I am! Whoa, look at this!Brrr...Cold!

100 words!

It is official,

Hannah knows all 100 words in this book! We had bought this book and took it to China with us, as a communication tool. Three months later, she knows them all. Good Job Hannah!

3 Month Anniversary

Today has been 3 months since we've adopted Hannah, and Robyn with Maddie and Sharon with Marissa & their respective families too!
If you know us, you know Hannah has a "pack" of friends that have been adopted from the same orphanage in China at the same time (or very close to the same time) and the girls are the same age. The friends are still in touch here in America. Two of the other girls share the same adoption day as Hannah. It is a special day for Hannah and her friends to share the same anniversary day, with their forever families.
We did not have any official type of celebration today. You know we must be settling in as a happy & lovely family, because it was such a typical day here.
Work and school as usual at the Hunsufamily household. School for the kids was extra fun; it was Track & Field Day! The students got to play outside on the playground all day. They did things like the 3 legged race, egg toss, tug~o~war, gunny sack races, tire races and relays, all kinds of sportsmanship type activities. Whelp, just loads of fun, ALL DAY at school. The classes even ate lunch outdoors, BBQ style; hamburgers, beans, corn on the cob, fruit and milk... Yummy! It did cost one dollar extra today, but I am sure the kids thought it was worth it!
After school... a quick snack, followed swiftly by 3 to 4 pages of homework, then off to swimming lessons for an hour... then back home to shower... clean rooms... & watch a short movie with daddy, (while mommy went to work out at Villa)... then we ate dinner after I returned home.
Now we have all put on our PJ's, brushed our teeth and we are winding down for the evening.
Whew, we must be family, it sure feels like it; Happy, Loving & Exhausting... LOL!