Home 3 Months - August 2, 2010

MISRAK
Misrak loves telling stories, cannot wait until her English gets better and better because her stories are pretty intensive and some of them are quiet made up:). She loves dressing up pretty, her hair always has to be made up nice, she likes to wear her headbands and plastic jewelry. She has learned how to ride her bike without training wheels in one day. She loves to swim.

I still haven’t figured out Misrak all too good. I think because she is older and so much more mature than the other three that she is still in reserved mode. On the other side I could be wrong and that is just how she is. We will see in time. She JUST DOESN’T like to get in trouble and tries really hard to stay out of it compared to the other three. She loves to eat. There really isn’t hardly anything except for a few vegetables that she doesn’t like. I have also noticed she picks up a lot from me when I tell the kids to do something, for instance I say to Amira "Stop getting distracted when you are cleaning" so I caught Misrak saying the other day “Amira, mommy said, hurry up and don’t get distracted when cleaning”. There are many sentences she uses to keep the other 3 in line, sentences that are really mine. Her prayers are starting to become simply incredible. No one of the other kids prays like she does. She gets it that God is her best friend and she can talk to him about anything. I often catch her praying in bed while everyone else is already sleeping. I mean she will talk about her day, to praying for others to being thankful for so many things to starting to ask God were she can serve him.

She truly is a little mama. I really need to start giving her some every day chores because she loves to be helpful. If you can think of anything suitable for a 7 y/o please feel free to comment. I LOVE LOVE LOVE about her that she doesn’t act like a typical orphan who was just picked up. I mean in a sense that she doesn’t parent shop nor does she warm up to people easily. She usually stays by my side when out. She is very reserved. She also doesn’t just look, waive or talk to strangers. Micah on the other side is just to ABSOLUTELY OPPOSITE. He will climb up on anyone, snuggle up on anyone and do whatever he can to parent shop. Biruk and Amira used to do that too. Ughh and it is so annoying to me. I cannot stand it and get quiet frustrated. Often times (I cannot bite my tongue) I had to tell people to get their hands off my son and that he is just parent shopping and they look at me as if I have just lost my mind. I tell them that he really doesn't care who they are and he does it to everyone. But honestly I don’t care, I am not here to please other people but to teach my new kiddos that WE ARE THEIR FAMILY not some strangers.


MICAH
Kevin calls him a jokester. I mean he is just hilarious. Still making everyone laugh. I think he got Kevin beat at being funny. That little son of mine can get quiet aggressive too. Throwing things, saying hurtful things. Usually its over someone messing with him or if he doesn’t get what he wants ie taking something from someone claiming to be his. Kevin was almost thrown out of the hospital a few weeks ago because Micah has such a screaming fit (as if someone wanted to kill him) because he wanted to take a video from the hospital that wasn’t his and Kevin said no. Yesterday morning for the very first time he said to Kevin, “mommy and dad no more my mom and dad, I want to go back to AHope”. It’s sort of weird, because none of the other kids have said that. He also says I don’t like dad, Biruk, he pretty much has named every single person in the family he doesn’t like including me. The funny thing is he never has said that in front of me.

He is such a snuggle bug. I love how he loves to snuggle. I have never had a kid loving to snuggle so much. He is my true love bug and often times attached to my hip still or on my kitchen counter when cooking. When I get ready for work in the morning, he always comes by snuggle with me for at least 10 min before I leave. We do the same when I come home. He is very picky. Picky with everything. His clothes cannot be worn more than once. He also doesn’t wear certain clothes. He has no problem telling me either. He LOVES his car shirts. Anything that has big cars on it.

As to the beginning when him and Amira played a lot together, they are now more than anything pick at each other and instigate fights. Amira is much more slick about it though when nobody watches.

Honestly, Micah’s personality is almost spitting image of mine when I was a little girl. I was rotten. But the biggest thing I can remember my mom telling me is that I used to say hurtful things ALL the time. Ugh that really stinks and I hope that will stop but I have a feeling I am just about raising my sassiest one yet. After all he is the baby in the family.