tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25901953993489940042012-02-16T05:12:10.273-08:00Living the life... живёт своей жизнью ~~~Happy SAHMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03951979539586716300noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2590195399348994004.post-14619882841371054052011-12-15T20:15:00.000-08:002011-12-15T20:38:02.679-08:002011-12-15T20:38:02.679-08:00Happy SAHMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03951979539586716300noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gfp-UPO3L6aeqizwRFTnL90V0i0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gfp-UPO3L6aeqizwRFTnL90V0i0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gfp-UPO3L6aeqizwRFTnL90V0i0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gfp-UPO3L6aeqizwRFTnL90V0i0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>I was always in awe of the one who has his way with a pencil...Now it takes only a great App and a click of the button...and I can click- alright!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LittleHouseOnTheCooper/~4/alEId6G3tNs" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.littlehouseonthecooper.com/2011/12/playing-with-pencil-sketches.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2590195399348994004.post-55573508161567345092011-03-23T22:26:00.000-07:002011-03-23T23:55:08.340-07:002011-03-23T23:55:08.340-07:00Happy SAHMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03951979539586716300noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7OnAqnjmTLGWeOBVh0V9kd1h28o/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7OnAqnjmTLGWeOBVh0V9kd1h28o/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7OnAqnjmTLGWeOBVh0V9kd1h28o/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7OnAqnjmTLGWeOBVh0V9kd1h28o/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>*********************************************************************************This post is for you Irinka, our dear sister, for letting your precious kiddo out of your site for a weeks time...*********************************************************************************We had a great privilege enjoy presence of the sweet Donna on our Palm Springs trip, the best friend of our own <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LittleHouseOnTheCooper/~4/5tMk6dwr7JA" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.littlehouseonthecooper.com/2011/03/sweet-little-donna.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2590195399348994004.post-63478912746435390532011-03-19T22:20:00.000-07:002011-03-22T23:35:49.527-07:002011-03-22T23:35:49.527-07:00Happy SAHMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03951979539586716300noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/w82aKOT8WECijxKWKqQ_jqqbwTk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/w82aKOT8WECijxKWKqQ_jqqbwTk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/w82aKOT8WECijxKWKqQ_jqqbwTk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/w82aKOT8WECijxKWKqQ_jqqbwTk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>On Tuesday, after the "storm" has passed we started to enjoy clear, cloudless skies and temperatures in mid 70's...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LittleHouseOnTheCooper/~4/lha0jfnBXVQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.littlehouseonthecooper.com/2011/03/view-from-herepalm-springs-ca.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2590195399348994004.post-9187338989143025552011-01-12T15:16:00.000-08:002011-01-12T15:20:28.937-08:002011-01-12T15:20:28.937-08:00Happy SAHMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03951979539586716300noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/oxLm3j-e13hncZunXcVoqDTF5YQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/oxLm3j-e13hncZunXcVoqDTF5YQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/oxLm3j-e13hncZunXcVoqDTF5YQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/oxLm3j-e13hncZunXcVoqDTF5YQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Melanie got her five minutes of fame on TV; thanks to her Aunty Zoonia for making that happen...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LittleHouseOnTheCooper/~4/A8byvR11dqo" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.littlehouseonthecooper.com/2011/01/five-minutes-of-fame.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2590195399348994004.post-17666165086016818092010-10-01T19:33:00.001-07:002010-10-08T10:34:22.195-07:002010-10-08T10:34:22.195-07:00Happy SAHMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03951979539586716300noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cVJy2UENcUPUS1oezgYbY_zTkuw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cVJy2UENcUPUS1oezgYbY_zTkuw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cVJy2UENcUPUS1oezgYbY_zTkuw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cVJy2UENcUPUS1oezgYbY_zTkuw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>One sunny and beautiful September Friday morning Dragon Fighter and I went for a date on a river, or to be exact on two rivers. We had to reschedule this date several times due to weather not cooperating with our schedules.While we were getting ready, Melanie and Alina, having day off at school, had fun playing in the boat.Willamette Park in West Linn (our destination) is the place where the <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LittleHouseOnTheCooper/~4/k_6qA3TryOk" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.littlehouseonthecooper.com/2010/10/date-on-river.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2590195399348994004.post-38167515537219283682010-09-17T08:54:00.000-07:002010-09-17T09:05:24.806-07:002010-09-17T09:05:24.806-07:00Happy SAHMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03951979539586716300noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wl90z0JwxeFT98DAl7lrqBsuZDw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wl90z0JwxeFT98DAl7lrqBsuZDw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wl90z0JwxeFT98DAl7lrqBsuZDw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wl90z0JwxeFT98DAl7lrqBsuZDw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Dragon Fighter has been working very, very hard this past summer on his remodeling project....Now that the project is complete (wohoo!) we can all breathe little bit easier as we all did not get enough of his company...Here are the pictures of the the finished project in the nutshell or should I say in the letter "W" that as Alina will tell you -- stands for "work"...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LittleHouseOnTheCooper/~4/5TKqWCzxPwo" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.littlehouseonthecooper.com/2010/09/w-is-for-work.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2590195399348994004.post-31072469242883982442010-06-20T14:08:00.000-07:002010-06-20T22:23:51.374-07:002010-06-20T22:23:51.374-07:00Happy SAHMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03951979539586716300noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7sIQywsTd91DPBEkWGQNOIZK300/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7sIQywsTd91DPBEkWGQNOIZK300/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7sIQywsTd91DPBEkWGQNOIZK300/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7sIQywsTd91DPBEkWGQNOIZK300/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>On sunny Friday morning, Dragon Fighter's younger brother and his wife welcomed their second child into this world. Yesterday we went to meet our niece for the very first time.As a rumor has it, she got her name while parents were eating out in Chinese restaurant, and may be "Lynn" in her name has something to do with it.Proud Papa.. Hello precious!Of course, Dragon Fighter insisted on holding <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LittleHouseOnTheCooper/~4/JeUq1iA_f5c" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.littlehouseonthecooper.com/2010/06/emmalynn-faith-is-born.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2590195399348994004.post-80951970585950737312010-04-15T10:17:00.000-07:002010-10-08T10:35:39.946-07:002010-10-08T10:35:39.946-07:00Happy SAHMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03951979539586716300noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DDbpdrFA9oypolm-OibA6fLimpQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DDbpdrFA9oypolm-OibA6fLimpQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DDbpdrFA9oypolm-OibA6fLimpQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DDbpdrFA9oypolm-OibA6fLimpQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>I love little celebrations of life. It takes little planning and courage to come up with something to celebrate but in the end, they make for sweet and satisfying life. This Spring 2010 we had little get together with the girls and the kids to celebrate Spring and get some sun after many days of the rain-- we went to Woodburn Tulip Festival.We picked Melanie, Lisa and Sasha after school and <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LittleHouseOnTheCooper/~4/-PnmV0uhewI" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.littlehouseonthecooper.com/2010/04/spring-time-in-air.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2590195399348994004.post-88719957945661929242010-04-02T20:33:00.000-07:002010-05-10T08:30:40.704-07:002010-05-10T08:30:40.704-07:00Happy SAHMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03951979539586716300noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6WOV9lBK9GcMn4Dmrgv1fBJD8TU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6WOV9lBK9GcMn4Dmrgv1fBJD8TU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6WOV9lBK9GcMn4Dmrgv1fBJD8TU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6WOV9lBK9GcMn4Dmrgv1fBJD8TU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>At the end of March, during the Spring break we had our first, real family vacation that was more than a thousand miles away from home, Palm Springs, CA to be exact. Dragon Fighter and I usually went on long vacations by our selves during our 11.5 year marriage, leaving our kids in trusted care of grandparents and auntie, Natasha.So this year, we pulled the plug and took our little, sweet bundles<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LittleHouseOnTheCooper/~4/j_wsfxAS5gs" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.littlehouseonthecooper.com/2010/03/palm-spring-with-kids.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2590195399348994004.post-32914493040256814642010-03-22T17:07:00.001-07:002010-03-22T22:35:11.049-07:002010-03-22T22:35:11.049-07:00Happy SAHMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03951979539586716300noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Gsz6wUtFmrILxPr6yBXZxTiAjcw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Gsz6wUtFmrILxPr6yBXZxTiAjcw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Gsz6wUtFmrILxPr6yBXZxTiAjcw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Gsz6wUtFmrILxPr6yBXZxTiAjcw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Here is the view from our rooms, here at Palm Springs. Alina is in love with all of the palm trees here yet she is always looks for a banana tree with bananas, hmm... I am not sure that she'll find one but I play along ;)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LittleHouseOnTheCooper/~4/P6K8BurIDIE" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.littlehouseonthecooper.com/2010/03/view-from-herepalm-springs.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2590195399348994004.post-26923148565449617232010-03-21T21:16:00.000-07:002010-03-22T17:05:01.896-07:002010-03-22T17:05:01.896-07:00Happy SAHMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03951979539586716300noreply@blogger.com1 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_Zy60ukqGvAoMx-rtdKY915w-qg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_Zy60ukqGvAoMx-rtdKY915w-qg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_Zy60ukqGvAoMx-rtdKY915w-qg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_Zy60ukqGvAoMx-rtdKY915w-qg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Last week we had a great opportunity visit Lana and Lee in sunny California! After a long, long, a very long car ride we got to their house very tired from our trip (yes, I slept total four times in the car-- but Dragon Fighter is the best driver in the world, I can afford it!)Girls were so happy to get to the house and meet their cousin for the first time.Lana and Lee made great dinner for our <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LittleHouseOnTheCooper/~4/Vp6UZ92vUd4" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.littlehouseonthecooper.com/2010/03/baby-alexia.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2590195399348994004.post-25061897780375275982010-03-01T18:51:00.000-08:002010-03-15T20:41:15.040-07:002010-03-15T20:41:15.040-07:00Happy SAHMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03951979539586716300noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cwjUkZjSXWL_zlwgy1zmsgUbSHM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cwjUkZjSXWL_zlwgy1zmsgUbSHM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cwjUkZjSXWL_zlwgy1zmsgUbSHM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cwjUkZjSXWL_zlwgy1zmsgUbSHM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>This was not my original idea, first I saw it here . I love this little game. It keeps kids occupied a good hour and improve their spelling in a game-like manner. I just love to read this over and over again...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LittleHouseOnTheCooper/~4/4-_UNJ75Ehw" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.littlehouseonthecooper.com/2010/03/bananagrams.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2590195399348994004.post-37236728448858556072010-02-25T19:59:00.000-08:002010-02-25T20:12:34.779-08:002010-02-25T20:12:34.779-08:00Happy SAHMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03951979539586716300noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2SIocbpeTLbrwNhAylZ95X-HPNI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2SIocbpeTLbrwNhAylZ95X-HPNI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2SIocbpeTLbrwNhAylZ95X-HPNI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2SIocbpeTLbrwNhAylZ95X-HPNI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>We were visiting our local bird specialty store go get some food for our Kesha, the bird when Melanie saw this white beauty. She call it "the friendly bird", it talks, likes to be petted and kiss with people :) We just managed to talk Melanie out of putting this bird on her Birthday wish list for now...may be just only to save ourselves $1,000. Yet she is determine someday to own something like <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LittleHouseOnTheCooper/~4/uNqnwsYPP-k" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.littlehouseonthecooper.com/2010/02/friendly-bird.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2590195399348994004.post-61855657343617303892009-11-23T21:24:00.000-08:002009-12-01T21:56:51.151-08:002009-12-01T21:56:51.151-08:00Happy SAHMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03951979539586716300noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ajQLXfr3A7l4M3H_LY3GGPX3nfc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ajQLXfr3A7l4M3H_LY3GGPX3nfc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ajQLXfr3A7l4M3H_LY3GGPX3nfc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ajQLXfr3A7l4M3H_LY3GGPX3nfc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>I think we might have a tradition going here from now on...tradition to take a Photo of the Year with all of the extended family. This year, when we celebrated a Thanksgiving, a week earlier, with my family, we decided to take a family photos, just like we did last year on Thanksgiving with Dragon Fighter Family.Here is our official extended family photo, I think, I am a little over-protective of<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LittleHouseOnTheCooper/~4/WeIw7btdnZE" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.littlehouseonthecooper.com/2009/11/photos-of-year.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2590195399348994004.post-28692799777637525302009-10-31T10:20:00.001-07:002009-10-31T11:00:31.777-07:002009-10-31T11:00:31.777-07:00Happy SAHMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03951979539586716300noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/63zIzldUsx61E0TC2xhP6o73nAI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/63zIzldUsx61E0TC2xhP6o73nAI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/63zIzldUsx61E0TC2xhP6o73nAI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/63zIzldUsx61E0TC2xhP6o73nAI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>I know that my blog posts are long overdue, its not that I have nothing happening in my life, worth of recording on pages of this little project of mine but the lack of structured time totally devoted to blogging and preserving memories somewhere disappeared with the warm days of summer. Determent to get back on track, here a little post of the friends in my girls' lives.We decided to get <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LittleHouseOnTheCooper/~4/BWV-Rt_TmrI" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.littlehouseonthecooper.com/2009/10/girls-power.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2590195399348994004.post-16398727597868902202009-10-21T19:17:00.000-07:002009-10-21T19:21:01.908-07:002009-10-21T19:21:01.908-07:00Happy SAHMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03951979539586716300noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xNrdNm51MSU43roPdG_qY3ZSp_w/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xNrdNm51MSU43roPdG_qY3ZSp_w/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xNrdNm51MSU43roPdG_qY3ZSp_w/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xNrdNm51MSU43roPdG_qY3ZSp_w/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>I was going through my pictures and found this picture of Dragon Fighter and I, the love of my life...This was done sometimes in Fall of 2006...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LittleHouseOnTheCooper/~4/VcdOs0pCPPc" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.littlehouseonthecooper.com/2009/10/random-picture.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2590195399348994004.post-40156574260965998072009-09-18T23:31:00.000-07:002009-09-19T00:07:31.514-07:002009-09-19T00:07:31.514-07:00Happy SAHMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03951979539586716300noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/W_RkKVpTLRN3BOaCKDrro83QDK0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/W_RkKVpTLRN3BOaCKDrro83QDK0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/W_RkKVpTLRN3BOaCKDrro83QDK0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/W_RkKVpTLRN3BOaCKDrro83QDK0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>For the past half of the year Alina's choice for her Birthday Party at Chuck E. Cheese. I secretly have hopped that it would change, it never did. So here we are at the noisiest place on Earth, celebrating Alina's 4th..I snapped some random pictures of Birthday participants while we were there, here is our sister Jenny's youngest daughter-we call her Jorgi... Masha, Art and Ruba-- busy playing <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LittleHouseOnTheCooper/~4/z1Luzw04vK4" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.littlehouseonthecooper.com/2009/09/alina-birthday-fun.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2590195399348994004.post-8798311027709642792009-09-08T22:47:00.000-07:002009-09-08T23:00:37.540-07:002009-09-08T23:00:37.540-07:00Happy SAHMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03951979539586716300noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8DhQx_dHZwH-yLb6HoMcFgXvvms/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8DhQx_dHZwH-yLb6HoMcFgXvvms/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8DhQx_dHZwH-yLb6HoMcFgXvvms/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8DhQx_dHZwH-yLb6HoMcFgXvvms/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Alina is four today....let me just sit quiet for a moment so it can all sink-in...We had surprise guests today, her little friends Lisa and Sasha come over wishing her Happy B-Day...it all end up with blowing candles on a cake, which I conveniently purchased earlier just in time for such surprises.Happy girls and a very surprised Birthday Girl...Alina would have few more parties as our friends <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LittleHouseOnTheCooper/~4/TbUzfhjsbrI" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.littlehouseonthecooper.com/2009/09/my-baby-girl-turned-4.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2590195399348994004.post-49932677721629801552009-07-30T11:46:00.000-07:002009-08-01T00:09:43.995-07:002009-08-01T00:09:43.995-07:00Happy SAHMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03951979539586716300noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8vfgkezJmzlYlYgW8Nt3TO7BYV4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8vfgkezJmzlYlYgW8Nt3TO7BYV4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8vfgkezJmzlYlYgW8Nt3TO7BYV4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8vfgkezJmzlYlYgW8Nt3TO7BYV4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>I love summer days when school is out and there is opportunity to visit with friends and our friends can came come over and relax with us...We had full house of girls when Lisa and Sasha came to stay with us for a few days..one if many things that we did is a chocolate-covered-bananas. The best snack in a hot summer weather!First, you purchase this kit, that is usually located next to bananas (<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LittleHouseOnTheCooper/~4/Wwkzy3qcCdI" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.littlehouseonthecooper.com/2009/07/chocolate-covered-bananas.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2590195399348994004.post-58863068733145715802009-07-30T11:19:00.000-07:002009-07-31T14:01:31.088-07:002009-07-31T14:01:31.088-07:00Happy SAHMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03951979539586716300noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/R9uRD9E2J3eFu_uXsTbOgVJHiyg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/R9uRD9E2J3eFu_uXsTbOgVJHiyg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/R9uRD9E2J3eFu_uXsTbOgVJHiyg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/R9uRD9E2J3eFu_uXsTbOgVJHiyg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>He arrived earlier this month... he favors Dragon Fighter the most... Girls love him and afraid of him... he has a big temper in his little body... we named him Kesha...though his other name is Krasavchik...Melanie, Alina, Lisa and Sasha were all home when Kesha got delivered from Dragon Fighter's sister Jenny...Jenny and her family very generously offered us to adopt him and we jumped as fast as<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LittleHouseOnTheCooper/~4/my32e5rXAHI" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.littlehouseonthecooper.com/2009/07/new-addition-to-our-family.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2590195399348994004.post-20314552445058345902009-07-25T09:54:00.000-07:002009-07-25T10:08:48.607-07:002009-07-25T10:08:48.607-07:00Happy SAHMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03951979539586716300noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VzLabvk71DWj7CSGmo9f6uzKofw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VzLabvk71DWj7CSGmo9f6uzKofw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VzLabvk71DWj7CSGmo9f6uzKofw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VzLabvk71DWj7CSGmo9f6uzKofw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>I loved the book "The Millionaire Next Door", it sure does change your perspective about things, here is a little translation of a little part of the book...enjoy in Russian._________________Американский миллионер русскому не брат: он и деньги накопил по-другому, и тратит их иначе. Это доказано социологами. О результатах регулярных исследований международной группы независимых экспертов <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LittleHouseOnTheCooper/~4/MdSJTl9hjKY" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.littlehouseonthecooper.com/2009/07/millionaire-next-door.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2590195399348994004.post-80226903547638441102009-07-13T20:42:00.000-07:002009-07-13T21:00:44.476-07:002009-07-13T21:00:44.476-07:00Happy SAHMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03951979539586716300noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SfDHe7uGBdBJ6_2LvtBySHPOueg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SfDHe7uGBdBJ6_2LvtBySHPOueg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SfDHe7uGBdBJ6_2LvtBySHPOueg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SfDHe7uGBdBJ6_2LvtBySHPOueg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Ever since I was a little girl, I loved to draw pictures and tell the story through them. I am a visual person. But I never made even close to draw something I would be proud to show off.When I saw this video (below) it took me way back... telling a story by drawing, with music, is a very powerful thing. Dragon Fighter and I started to think if one of us could have this talent, we could do so <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LittleHouseOnTheCooper/~4/pqvAX7yr4xw" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.littlehouseonthecooper.com/2009/07/tell-me-story-in-sand.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2590195399348994004.post-38349098834309244802009-07-11T00:14:00.000-07:002009-07-11T01:33:47.944-07:002009-07-11T01:33:47.944-07:00Happy SAHMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03951979539586716300noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0Q-F8Bkjuk6BTCRjNgxKNu5WNdQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0Q-F8Bkjuk6BTCRjNgxKNu5WNdQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0Q-F8Bkjuk6BTCRjNgxKNu5WNdQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0Q-F8Bkjuk6BTCRjNgxKNu5WNdQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>On fourth day of our vacation, Dragon Fighter had some business to attend in Palatka, FL. We had to drive over four hours to our destination and then back. The problem was that I was not prepared for this experience.When we got to this road, I smelled trouble.. When our car could not drive through the deep pool of water and Dragon Fighter went to access the road- I saw trouble...But when Dragon <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LittleHouseOnTheCooper/~4/4UqkX5d1czw" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.littlehouseonthecooper.com/2009/07/florida-vacation-report-all-other-days.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2590195399348994004.post-39329036801898092022009-06-30T18:14:00.000-07:002009-07-01T21:48:26.083-07:002009-07-01T21:48:26.083-07:00Happy SAHMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03951979539586716300noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fi7ncCacpzLXgk0aPh2gdx4nDN0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fi7ncCacpzLXgk0aPh2gdx4nDN0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fi7ncCacpzLXgk0aPh2gdx4nDN0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fi7ncCacpzLXgk0aPh2gdx4nDN0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>When we first got to Florida and drove over an hour to our resort, I realized that we are going to Palm Beach rather than Miami...it is a very nice town never the less. Our Marriott resort is wonderful (no picture yet) and very kid friendly, next time I know where to bring our babies.We spend lots of time driving around looking at local Real Estate and went to a Flaglers Museum. It was highly <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LittleHouseOnTheCooper/~4/WiPtOBVR0Qo" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.littlehouseonthecooper.com/2009/06/florida-vacation-report-day-1-2.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2590195399348994004.post-55154142440276898592009-06-25T10:22:00.000-07:002009-06-30T07:56:37.314-07:002009-06-30T07:56:37.314-07:00Happy SAHMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03951979539586716300noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rypsIGl6p-sn5V3Hj-OvSPFIYIw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rypsIGl6p-sn5V3Hj-OvSPFIYIw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rypsIGl6p-sn5V3Hj-OvSPFIYIw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rypsIGl6p-sn5V3Hj-OvSPFIYIw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Last week, we had a privilege of joining our friends at the beach for a few days. Unfortunately, Dragon Fighter had to stay behind due to intense work schedule while girls and I played away, enjoying beautiful coastline views of the Pacific Ocean. So being Stay-at-home-mom and not being tied to work schedule has its perks, I must say! We stayed at this resort on the 6th floor.And now, meet the <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LittleHouseOnTheCooper/~4/tGy32cwr4Tg" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.littlehouseonthecooper.com/2009/06/fun-at-beach.html