Saturday, July 17, 2010

Adventures of Boys

My superheroes:

These two came up with a bird-trapping scheme the other day. Apparently, this was a common activity in Ethiopia. I'm not sure Andrew remembers the techniques exactly...


The set-up:
The technology:

The long and unsuccessful wait:


The dinosaur tamers:
This week we celebrated Andrew's eigth birthday. We have chosen to celebrate it on the anniversary of the day that we met the boys: July 13th. As we continue to discover all the remarkable characteristics of this special boy, we remain in awe of him: his determination, his sense of humor, his ambition, his desire to please, his compassion, his observation skills, his insight into things beyond his years. Okay, sometimes he also drives us crazy!!! But we cannot imagine our family life without this tremendous gift!

2 comments:

Gramma said...

Gotta love those boys!
Happy birthday again, Andrew! We can't wait to see you again!

anxiously hopeful said...

We just had a big Gotcha party...hard to believe it's been a year since we brought the kids home! Have your boys grown like weeds? Shurabe has gained 11 lbs. and grown 6 inches.