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I was a little bummed that we could not go to our local Vietnamese’s Tet celebration today, but we had something much more important to do. Erik serves on the board for a program called Dodoma Christian Medical Center and today was a big day for them. An extremely large shipping container was finally ready to be packed full of medical supplies that took six months in the making. Today we went to help pack that container for it’s very long and complicated trip to Tanzania, Africa. And it was humbling, as a family to be a small part of something so much bigger than ourselves. Elizabeth’s project was to use her handprints to help make a poster representing churches that all support this project. It’s pretty cool to think that her handprints are going to be hanging on the walls of a hospital all the way in Africa. If you are interested in learning more about DCMC, here is the link.

And here is a little clip of a girl seemingly back to herself today, and VERY much enjoying her new basement with lots of running room: Basement runaround

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20 Friday Jan 2012

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It’s been so hard to get Elizabeth out of the house lately. As if the argument over clothes isn’t enough, now we have the cold weather to deal with. I really don’t like it either. But I realized we can’t hang out at home all winter, basically waiting for it to go away. I can really tell Elizabeth is getting some cabin fever and missing our usual routine of going places.

Today we met some friends at IKEA. You can’t beat a $2 breakfast. Especially when you never know if your kid is going to eat or not. After doing some shopping for our new basement:) Elizabeth and I went to the mall. I kind of spoiled her a little today letting her pick out a new outfit (purple and pink Hello Kitty) and some hair accessories for her doll. I don’t know what kind of phase she has been going through lately, but I thought that maybe we just needed some mommy/daughter shopping time. I’m committing myself for the next week to really just focus on her. No cleaning, or editing photos, or anything else. She keeps asking me why I always have to do so much. I’m taking it as a sign that she just needs a little more time from me right now.

We decorated magnets today for Elizabeth’s wall in the basement. We had one wall painted with magnetic and chalkboard paint and she is anxiously waiting for Monday when she can use her chalk on it. I think I am going to wait to post pictures of the basement once I have it all decorated and complete. It already looks fabulous and once done is going to be one of my most favorite spaces ever.

And don’t you just love what Elizabeth talked me into getting today? She has been dying to have this. And I am sure she will have to wear it everyday, not just with her Tangled girl costume.