eatingsoyicepop

Here is Elizabeth eating her "soy" ice cream pop. She may never forgive me for showing this one--and she definitely won't be winning any Ford modeling contracts with this video--but I couldn't help it since I thought she looked so darn cute.

Watching Wiggles

Here is Elizabeth watching one of her favorite shows-Wiggles.

The Girls

Last weekend Elizabeth got to spend time with 5 of her girlfriends who are also adopted from China. She had soooo much fun. She saw her friends Kaila and Maria and Lien and Emma and Megan. It was great.

We also managed a photo with the moms--although getting six squirmy girls to pose together is a skill that we have not yet mastered--and I don't know if anyone has!

Elizabeth and the Camera

Here is Elizabeth looking cute in her leopard outfit--that is until she tries to hit the camera with her ball!

A few photos

Here are just a few photos of Elizabeth engaging in two of her favorite activities--having a snack and watching Elmo.

Stewardess Look

Here is Elizabeth making what I call the quintessential "ticked off stewardess face."

She doesn't seem to be enjoying herself but the truth is that she loves this tea set. Although we did learn a valuable lesson with this set. Never give a child a new toy minutes before you expect her to go to bed--unless you want a screaming maniac who will not pry herself from her new toy to go to sleep. Not to mention waking at 3 a.m. to eager to play with her tea set.

Live and learn, eh?

Getting Bigger

When I put this bumblebee outfit on Elizabeth I thought, "wow, she looks big!"

She is also continuing to be the social butterfly. While she does have occasional bouts of shyness--for the most part Elizabeth, "never met a person she doesn't love". She has a tendency to run up to people and try to hug them and she considers you a friend if you are in her field of vision. She has relationships with people that don't even know she is there! When we are at a restaurant she will try to get the attention of every waiter and diner in the the place--and even when they don't notice her she makes certain to say "bye bye" to them when they leave.

There are times when we should probably be concerned about her "indiscriminate friendliness"--but it is just so darn cute it is hard to discourage her when she seems so happy and friendly. And she gets so much postive feedback when she is so affectionate to perfect strangers that she keeps on doing it.

I certainly don't want to squelch her outgoing personality but at some point we will have to have a lesson on appropriate stranger behavior. For now, we will let her continue in her quest for Miss Popularity--but we will have to keep a close eye on her.