David's favorite past time.......

Family Vacation Part 1

7 months ago today

Seven months ago today, we arrived in Colombia to adopt a sibling group of three boys. Birthdays have come and gone, as well as new memories for all. Summer has been full of fun times and the boys have continued to amaze us with their eagerness to try new things.

Miguel, David and Sergio continue to be a joy to our hearts as they adapt to a new country, language, and lifestyle. All the boys are speaking English fluently or so it seems, until selective hearing kicks in and they pretend they have "NO IDEA" as to what is being said?!?! Huh? No comprendo.....I don't think so!

As you can imagine summer flew by at a hectic pace. As you all know, our blog has not been updated as often as we originally planned for it to be so please forgive us as we promise to do a better job of it in the future. School started on 8/31/09, with Sergio in 1st grade, David in 4th grade and Miguel in 6th grade. The boys have been eager to start back since the first of August and finally got their wish!

pictures

I will post some pictures soon so you can see how much the kids have been growing and changing!!!

Catching Up

Hello Everyone.....it is amazing how fast time has flown once again!! Oops, it looks like I completely missed the month of June. Not much to report other than the kids going to daycare and Mom going back to work full time. Our weekends are normally jam packed with things to do or so it seems. So it helps make the week go faster!

No more school....

Summer has officially began in the Rikli house. Their last day was on Friday and they were busy celebrating and chanting "No more books, no more pencils, no more homework, no more reading, no more school" and than Mom had to go and burst their bubbles with the great news that school was over in the classroom, but not at home in MOM's summer school!! Since Mom is taking off the month of May to spend with them from work, they get to have lots of fun learning new things. Needless to say not everyone was to happy or eager to hear this.

Sergio is really good with writing his numbers and counting. He was very busy today working in his workbook. He did way more pages than I even thought he would want to do. David worked hard on some fractions and than read books with mom for awhile. Afterwards he praticed his english skills using Rosetta Stone. Miguel worked on fractions, sentence structure and than read books with mom before practing his english on the computer.

The boys love to ride bikes, play on the scooter and shoots hoops. To take it easy their favorite down time is watching Chip & Dales, Ducktales, Tailspin and Tom & Jerry cartoons.

Time Warp

Unbelievable.....faster than the speed of lighting our lives have changed forever!!!

Wow our month has absolutely flown by and here we are again. The boys are growing and changing everyday it seems. It is so funny to watch their expressions when they see something new or different for the first time and are amazed by what it does or how it looks.

Miguel has enjoyed school, meeting new friends, riding his bike and being goofy. David has earned the title of class clown or as mom calls it the leader of mischief and mayhem!! Look out if you see him coming because one never knows what to expect!! Sergio is helpful, funny and loves to do his part to drive his sis nuts!!