child number cinco

i don't remember much spanish.

the word 'cinco' is all i can remember for the title of this post.

laura. my fifth child. another great beauty.

she kind of looks spanish.

but isn't.

well except for that teeny-tiny bit that they get from

some long lost relative on wayne's side of the family.

or so says aunt kathy, the geneologist from his mom's side.

my kids are actually a large chunk of german (from both wayne & myself)

along with polish, irish and finnish thrown in.

and a teeny bit of norwegian and swedish

and a teeny bit of spanish i guess, too.

the german part on wayne's side is what i classify as russian-german since his rellies came from russia not so long ago.

i find it very interesting that some of waynes direct relatives

actually worked for one of the last czars in russia.

one of my german relatives worked for hitler.

that persons name is actually in the history books. 

but thats all i'll say about that.

so yes while most of my kids have olive toned skin and dark hair

three out of our nine take after my paternal side (the irish side) and have

lighter skin, reddish blonde hair and freckles.

i love freckles.

but i hated mine for years because i always got teased about them.

my kids have never been teased about theres.

i've never allowed it.

im taking one rabbit trail after another tonight as i write this.

i swear sometimes i have ADHD.

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my beautiful girl...

i literally stopped her as she was running out the door to meet ryan.

i had the camera in my hand.

like always.

 i told i just needed ten minutes of her time.

she sighed. she smiled. she posed for me. 

and then she was off and running. 

she leads a busy life.