Sunday, December 11, 2011

January February 2011

Local History and Nature festival

Luanr New Year party



With dragon dancers


Basketball girls


Ready to launch


TOO MUCH SNOW


Snow ladies

GO snow-daddy, GO



Disney on Ice extraveganza


Pinata line up for Lela's 7th birthday




The cake

Ice skating teacher


January was dedicated to Lela’s 7th birthday, with family party, cupcakes for Sunday School, craft and story at school, and finally the friend party. I took the girls to their first Disney on Ice, Princess version, which was a huge hit. And we had snow, lots and lots of snow. Some might even say TOO BLINKING MUCH SNOW.

February is quiet, as Jamie could manage with one family birthday party. We also celebrated the Lunar New Year (Rabbit) with our friends at FCC (Families with Children from China.) I worked with other local NGO’s to create a new event, a festival of local history and nature. The girls continued their skating lessons, which they were finally enjoying since they could stay on their feet. Lian is fearless, whizzing about the ice like a tiny about to go out of control rocket. They also played basketball. Lela can sink a ball, her Queen of the Monkey Bars status having given her the upper body to really toss it, and she’s got a pretty good eye too.

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Mother's Day

Last spring while riding the train home from the city where I had just handed in the last of Lian's paperwork, I had nothing to do since I had gone through all my reading material while waiting at the Chinese Embassy. I got out a notepad and this poem started to flow and practically wrote itself. Adoption can be bittersweet as there is no gain without a loss.
http://www.emkpress.com/mothersday.html

Lian on left in yellow

Lian on left in yellow
about 14 months, with her friend Hailey

Lian at 6 months

Lian at 6 months
Who could resist that smile?

Lian at 4 months

Lian at 4 months
Right after surgery for her lip

Sha'anxi Province Map

Sha'anxi Province Map
HanZhong in lower left

China Map

China Map
Sha'anxi Province in center