What is it about stickers toddlers love? I remember when I was a little girl I loved stickers. My mother would take me shopping and I would have to have a new set of stickers. My favorite stickers were the ones with glitter on them. When it was time for me to move up from the church nursery into the “big people’s church” my mom always packed me a good stack of colorful stickers to keep me occupied so that I would stay as quite and still as possible. (I do not think it worked some Sundays). She even bought me a sticker... more

Buster is our fat and fuzzy feline. Buster and Gracie are best friends but it hasn’t always been that way. When we arrived home from China with Gracie, Buster took a looked at her and then looked at us and we were sure that if cats could talk that he said, “Take her back!” Grace would crawl to Buster and then pull his fur or tail and he made it known that he was not happy with her and that he wanted no part of her. Gracie wasn’t going to let that stop her. She continued to crawl toward him waking him from his sleep and he... more

Listed below is the second part of the top 10 funny things my little sister does. Enjoy reading once again.

5) Who needs a golden retriever when you have Gracie the retriever. Every morning before mom takes me to school Grace will run out in the driveway to where the newspaper is and will “retrieve” the paper for us. It could be raining buckets or be snowing ten feet deep this does not stop her. The best part is no doggy treats are needed for this trick!

4) Gracie likes to mooch food from each of us. My bag of barbeque potato... more

Listed below is part one of the top 10 funny things my little sister does. Enjoy!

10) Gracie loves to take baths especially with bubbles. She is big enough that we can leave her alone to play in the tub as long as we are close enough to hear her splashing around. On occasion Gracie will sneak out of the bathtub, jump onto my parent’s bed and crawl under their covers…sopping wet. Gracie thinks this is very funny!

9) We have to watch Gracie because she loves to eat our fat and fuzzy feline’s treats when no one is looking.... more

Last night I decided to go to bed early because I had been up late the past two nights studying for a history and science test. After I went to bed my mother turned on a DVD of Curious George for Gracie to watch so my mom could take a shower. My dad was downstairs listening out for Gracie. As Gracie was watching her movie I believe Curious George and his shenanigans leaped from the portable DVD player and on to Gracie.

My mother has a pretty silk throw pillow she has on my parent’s bed that has a hole in the seam. My... more

Gracie is really into having tea parties with my mom, dad and me. For Gracie’s second birthday my Aunt Kirey gave her a ceramic tea set. On each little teacup it has a ladybug and on each plate it has the saying, “Ladybug, Ladybug, Fly Away Home.” My Aunt Kirey found this set and just had to get it for Gracie because ladybugs are a sign of good fortune in the Chinese adoption community.

Gracie will open the plastic bag where we store the pieces so they do not get lost and dump them out on the living room carpet. When we see her do... more

Who needs a dog when you have a little sister like Gracie that gets the newspaper for you every single morning? Yep, that is right. My little sister is like a Golden Retriever, a Dalmatian, a Greyhound or whatever dog that might retrieve morning newspapers for you.

You might recall a recent post I wrote called Little Helper that talks about Gracie’s ways of helping my mom, my dad, and me around the house. Well, this is one of her helpful ways that I had to elaborate on because it is just one of the cute, funny, and adorable things... more

My little sister Gracie does not like ice cream. What is up with that? I thought every child on this green planet loves ice cream. Well, not her. I think she would enjoy a jalapeno whole before she would take one bite of ice cream.

Last week Gracie had a sinus infection and her doctor prescribed her some medicine. Well as you can imagine she would not take her medicine because it smelled something awful. I am sure it probably tasted just as bad as it smelled. My mom decided that only way Gracie would take her medicine... more

I really wonder at times what my little sister Gracie is doing while I am slaving away at this wonderful educational establishment. Many times I ask myself these questions and wonder if she is jumping up and down on her big sisters bed or messing up the covers to make it look like I have not made it up that morning. Is she messing with my jewelry and getting it in one big tangled mess? Or maybe she is eating goldfish in my bed and leaving evidence in the sheets for me to find tonight at 10:00 p.m. as I am crawling in dead tired ready to go to bed. Maybe she... more

I believe my little sister Gracie is either a monkey or a future American Olympic gold medallist. The little daredevil loves to climb. She is fearless when it comes to heights. From the time she learned to walk she would find a way to climb on top of things.

It was not long after she learned how to walk she learned to open the dishwasher door and then crawl on top of it to reach for drinks and food that were on the cabinet. When we are not looking we have found her standing on top of the kitchen cabinet before. She wiggled... more