Saturday, February 2, 2008

More January Doings


The battle of the cereal bowl. Lian is prohibited crunchy foods for 6 weeks. The girls' favorite snack is cereal (an organic, whole grain version of Cherrios, but of course) Lian doesn't like to wait, so the soaking of her cereal in milk was accompanied by loud screams of displeasure until Mama invented speed softening; 30 seconds in the microwave in water, drain, rinse in cold water, dump in milk, Voila!

Silly Sally. Our dog likes her creature comforts, and sun bathing in the most comfortable chair in the house is one.

The couch potatos. What's on next?

Sudsy fun at the Children's Museum. It was supposed to be an area for blowing bubbles, but the soap had been stirred to a foam by dozens of kids, making that pretty much impossible. It didn't stop the fun though.

More Children's Museum. It was jam packed with kids, but had enough different areas to keep everyone busy. Lots O' Lelas was a mirror display.

Lian took her turn to be multiplied.


Lela and Lian's version of the Push Me-Pull You.


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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