Today was our appointment to get our FBI fingerprints done. We had sent in our I-600A application awhile back and got our appointment for fingerprints soon after. This is required since we plan to immigrate our children from another country. I had to work today so I went in early and met Rob at the INS office at 9:00. It was surprisingly painless. We walked right in and showed our ID's, filled out a short form and got fingerprinted right away. The kids stayed with Grandmother's caregiver, Cheryl, while we were gone. Rob came back home and I went back to work after our appointment.
Rob had scheduled a surprise appointment this afternoon for Kristine at the hair salon next to his shop. We had told Kristine that she would be getting a cut and style, however, she commenced to pouting once she found out she would not be getting color. When she doesn’t get her way, she crosses her arms and stops talking to us. Whatever! Rob pulled the car over and said “you pout, no hair salon”. She decided she’d rather have her hair styled so she quickly changed her mood.
That evening, I got home from work and the kids were out front waiting for me. There’s nothing better than having two children run up to you to give you hugs and kisses when you come home. I felt so special. However, they didn’t have time to give me hugs and kisses. They were running up to me because they couldn’t wait to tell me that Winston “pooed” on the front porch. So the hugs and kisses I’d been waiting for all day were quickly overshadowed by dog poo. LOL!
All day Kristine had been saying she wanted to fix us a traditional Latvian meal. Rob took her and Olegs to the grocery store and let her pick out her special ingredients. She picked out eggs, pepperoni, hot dogs, tomatoes, cherries and macaroni & cheese (if you’re like me, just thinking about this mix is enough to make you queasy…blaaaahh). I don’t know what we were expecting but our idea of a Latvian meal doesn’t contain those ingredients. I guess I was thinking something with potatoes. Kristine wanted to cook everything herself but I helped so I could make sure she didn’t destroy the kitchen. She fried the eggs one at a time and placed pepperoni slices on each egg. I finally had to convince her to put at least two eggs in the pan or we were gonna be there all night.
Rob and I quickly realized that there was no way out. She was so happy to make dinner for us that we knew no matter how it tasted we would have to eat it or risk hurting her feelings. She put the eggs on the plates with slices of tomato. Next we started the macaroni and cheese (yes, she wouldn’t start the mac n’ cheese until she finished the eggs…that was her system and it didn’t matter that the eggs would get cold while they’re sitting there waiting on the macaroni and cheese. Grandmother was smart. She didn’t bother waiting for the rest of the meal. She quickly ate her pepperoni eggs and tomato and high tailed it back to her room before she had to eat anymore. LOL!! We finished making the macaroni and cheese, cooked the hot dogs in the microwave and placed them on top of the mac n’ cheese. Kristine didn’t use just one or two hot dogs either…she dumped a WHOLE PACK OF HOT DOGS in there!!! She set the table for us and brought out a bowl of cherries and even served water in glasses with lemon slices on the edge.
Even though it’s not the traditional Latvian meal we envisioned, it was special that Kristine wanted to make it for us. It actually wasn’t that bad and it made her feel good to see us eat it.
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