This morning's construction project!

Identities revealed ...

For those of you who didn't recognize the yorkie pictured in the last post with Rikki, he is Manny Kvitka.

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Where Were We?

... Ah yes, our trip to Portland ... has it been a month? It was a great time with Manny, Manny's dad, and Manny's mom! Fun was had by all, and great pics were taken by one:

Still to come: Fourth of July and other fun with friends!

Catching up on the last three weeks ... (don't blame me if the site doesn't show the pics in the order I post them!) A fun trip to Fairyland with David from New York. Horseback riding at Lauren's birthday party (she and her friend Kira stayed on for nearly an hour!) First day of Shu Ren summer camp Our favorite Chinese restaurant FINALLY reopens!

Still to come: Our trip to Oregon and Fourth of July!!

What a day!! Two weeks ago we spent the afternoon at the Tilden Carousel with Kira and Lauren, two of Rikki's China buddies and then ... she had her first sleepover at Sylvie's. It was really scary ... for me. But she was pretty determined to do it .. and proud of herself afterwards ;-)

big week!

This week we had a lot to celebrate -- a four

and a quarter birthday, three years in America, a full year of pre-school under her belt, and one proud mama!

Three years later!

This weekend, we celebrated three years since Rikki Panrae became a Burdman!

We were both determined to don the outfits that we were wearing when the orphanage worker first placed little Panpan (remember it's pronounced like bread in Spanish, not like skillet in English) into my arms! But for one of us … the fit wasn't quite the same!


This weekend…