Referral News!

We are excited to announce that we have been matched with 2 unrelated children, one boy and one girl, both approximately 14 years of age.  That is about all we can disclose until we pass court in Ethiopia and they are legally Corkums. So now what? We wait to be assigned a court date which […]

Decoding Ty

Five years ago, even though we didn’t know it, our bouncy, pouncy, Ty-ger of a child entered the world albeit 15 weeks early.  He joined our family at 2 1/2 years old and our lives haven’t been the same. Unlike our other two, he didn’t respond to cause-effect discipline or intuitively learn anything.  We still […]

{#46} I wish kids didn't have ages

Because November is National Adoption Month, I’d be remiss in not blogging about it or at least giving an update on Ty (and our current adoption process). On paper, Ty’s almost 5.  There’s one camp that see him as 5 and expect him to act that way.  They lay out how he should be acting based […]

{#45} What to expect at your home study interview

Our long home study interview was today.  Each agency and country is different, but this will be 2 of 4 (our orientation meeting at our agency counted as #1). Again, since each agency and country is different, your interview will probably look a little bit different but this is how ours went today. Our social […]

{#44} The strong-willed child from the hard place

This is kind of a post-in-progress.  We find ourselves with a strong-willed child from a hard place in our home.  I’m hoping there are more of you out there. For our purposes, I’m going to define the key words like this: Strong-willed: Thrives on conflict.  Has difficulty obeying right away…ever.  Always fights to be “right.” […]

Recent school projects (and an adoption update)

If you bake out all the collagen from a bone, and tap it with a mallet, it shatters. The Pilgrims built rectangular houses out of lumber. The Wampanoags built dome-shaped houses with large pieces of bark as walls. In the midst of keeping up with schooling, we’ve been finishing the last of our paper chase. […]

Reflections from a First-time Homeschooler

I interrupt the normally scheduled Thing Adoptive Parents Should Know .  Did you even notice that was a weekly Saturday occurence?  Probably not. In case you’re wondering, we’re still having physicals corrected AGAIN for our home study.  I’d rather not talk about it. Homeschooling.  There’s a happier subject.  At least today.  We’re doing really well despite […]

{#39} Documents

Regardless of which adoption journey you are on, you will need to complete a home study.  As part of your home study, you will need to gather a bunch of documents.  Although this list may vary a little from state to state and agency to agency, it will give you a good idea of what […]