Adoption Party!

By the time I met Deb in Fall of 2009, she had already had Sagelicious with her for a long time and was planning to adopt her, so I figured the big day would arrive any time.  I had no idea how loonnnnggg it would take for these two to finally be mother and daughter!  The adoption was finally finalized this Spring.  As a child in the foster system, there could be no photos of her posted on the internet in any way, shape or form.  I am posting this photo in celebration - Sagelicious and my daughter are good friends and I have soooo many adorable photos of them together.  I did cheat and post this one a while ago.  Today is the day of the big party celebrating this family!  Sagelicious has a new pink and lavender dress, and wants to dance to Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, and eat chocolate from a fountain.

Make Something Every Day: Day Six

Esme took a day off from projects today.  This year she started taking recorder on Tuesdays.  Learning to read music was one of my high priorities for her - it's a valuable skill and even my basic knowledge has helped me very much.  I have also heard it can help develop the part of your brain that tackles Math, and that isn't too shabby since she considers herself a Future Astronaut.

Sagelicious stepped in to help me while Esme was gone.  Her mom is Esme's music teacher so while they're together, Sagelicious and I work on things like her scrapbook, her Halloween costume, etc.  I wanted to help her make a Christmas present for her mom, so we discussed and settled on this:

Her family has a lovely little backyard and her mom enjoys gardening, so I got the kit to make this stepping stone.  Really the most important part is the cheap plastic mould, because any cement and fragments of glass or china will work.  We mixed and poured together, and then Sagelicious decided on the placement of her hand and mosaic pieces.  I added her name and the year later when the cement was a bit firmer.  When Esme saw it I had to promise her we'd get more cement so she can make a couple too.