Greetings!
We designed this site in order to keep in touch with friends and family who are far away and in order to communicate with other adoptive families from around the world.
When we first started researching this wonderful way to become a family we read everything we could get our hands on. Even though there are a lot of great books out there, nothing was as informative or touching as the blogs we found by adoptees, biological parents, and adoptive families. So we are writing this blog now in hopes of returning the favor. We hope that if you are dear to us you will enjoy keeping up with our adventures. If you are someone out there involved in a part of the adoption triad we hope you will find information and comfort here and provide us with some of your own!
If you would like to get in touch with us we can be reached at: becomingafamily@gmail.com
Feel free to stop by anytime. We're happy to share our family story.
Take care,
Brian and Rosemary
So all of you stranger-friends out there in blog world won't know this, but I nannied my way through school. Sure it's hard taking care of somebody elses kids and, yes, I was always glad to leave at the end of my shift but I really did love those children and I learned so much from our time together. During my years nannying for preschoolers, I developed a very great appreciation for
Sesame Street, which in my opinion, is probably more valuable than Kindergarden.
With one family, I had this great 3 yr. old boy who really needed routine. Every morning when I arrived at his house I would make us both an "egg in a nest". Piece of bread with a circle cut out of the center - fry an egg in the center of the toast and you have your nest. Butter and toast the remaining circle of bread and that's your "birdy". This little idea never stopped delighting him. Then we would settle down to watch Sesame Street. It was just as enjoyable as an adult as it had been when I was a kid. Watching Sesame Street together in our pj's on rainy mornings is definitely one of those specific little things I am looking forward to sharing with our child.
Recently
Babble, a very cool online magazine for parents, ran a fun article on the fifty greatest moments in
Sesame Street history. I'm a little embarrassed to admit that Brian and I watched all of the clips and actually laughed out loud at some. However, they did not choose my favorite clip of all time so here it is:
Witness the mournful Cookie Monster
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2 comments:
I have to say, one of our favorite new discoveries lately online is the vast youtube wealth of Muppet Show clips. : ) Our kids love the Swedish Chef (the "Silly Chef" as they call him) and I always loved Sesame Street with my kids... Sort of sad that they've moved on to other shows (though at least they're still PBS fans!!!)
there will never be anything better than Sesame Street. I will always heart Grover.
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