Dalia has a new mystery tooth. It's in the middle of the roof of her mouth, behind where her cleft was. The tooth has triggered her thinking about her mouth, and her other teeth. She has a space in her upper teeth where her cleft was -- I could stick my pinky finger in the gap. In the next few years, she will likely need a bone graft there, but for now - it's fine.
Last week, she asked "Mama, when I was in the lady in China's belly, did I lose my teeth?" The lady in China = her biological Mom.
A few days later, "Mom, I'm four and a half. I'm medium. You're large. Are you 10?"
Me: "No, honey, I'm not 10. I'm 46 1/2!"
Dalia: "That is so old! Mom, I don't want you to be in a tomb."
Her current fascination is Egyptian pyramids, mummies and hieroglyphics. We saw a photo in Vanity Fair of the King Tut tomb and exhibit in the 70s. Dalia listened to me read almost the entire article.. . this week she is with Tal in Jekyll Island, making pyraminds and writing hieroglyphs on the beach.
THESE photos are from a visit to Joshua Tree National Park during our wonderful spring break trip to Rancho Mirage to see my Mom, and of Dalia in her pretty pink dress, her fennec fox, and her pretty new headband. And of sassy Dalia, posing in her beautiful Qi Pao, a gift from our good friend and angel in Singapore.
Dalia has a new mystery tooth. It's in the middle of the roof of her mouth, behind where her cleft was. The tooth has triggered her thinking about her mouth, and her other teeth. She has a space in her upper teeth where her cleft was -- I could stick my pinky finger in the gap. In the next few years, she will likely need a bone graft there, but for now - it's fine.
Last week, she asked "Mama, when I was in the lady in China's belly, did I lose my teeth?" The lady in China = her biological Mom.
A few days later, "Mom, I'm four and a half. I'm medium. You're large. Are you 10?"
Me: "No, honey, I'm not 10. I'm 46 1/2!"
Dalia: "That is so old! Mom, I don't want you to be in a tomb."
Her current fascination is Egyptian pyramids, mummies and hieroglyphics. We saw a photo in Vanity Fair of the King Tut tomb and exhibit in the 70s. Dalia listened to me read almost the entire article.. . this week she is with Tal in Jekyll Island, making pyraminds and writing hieroglyphs on the beach.
THESE photos are from a visit to Joshua Tree National Park during our wonderful spring break trip to Rancho Mirage to see my Mom, and of Dalia in her pretty pink dress, her fennec fox, and her pretty new headband. And of sassy Dalia, posing in her beautiful Qi Pao, a gift from our good friend and angel in Singapore.
