{#36} Children are children no matter how small international
If you venture down the path of international adoption, someone will inevitably ask “Why go overseas when there are so many needy children here?” Here are some common answers (we’ve only ever used the first one): God called us to fill in the blank with the country from where you are adopting. It’s a personal...
A weekend with Grandpa and Grandma
A weekend with Grandpa and Grandma is never dull. It might include a local fishing derby in one county where PJ catches an eel. Then we could end up two counties over playing colonial games, and carding and spinning wool. The next day it wouldn’t be unusual to walk around Annapolis and then tour what was once...
{#35} The Waiting Kids
Adoptions are often characterized by waiting. You wait for people to get paperwork to you, you wait for a referral, you wait to travel, you wait for your child to adjust. For most international programs, the majority of wait time is wrapped up in getting a referral. In our area, there’s actually a decent wait...
Cursive vs. Printing (Manuscript)
When I sat through PJ’s kindergarten back-to-school night, I was fascinated as I listened to the teacher explain why the school taught cursive first and exclusively until fourth grade. I was pretty sold then but now that two of the kids have been through that kindergarten program learning cursive, our third is a lefty, and...
Native American Lesson: Build a Tee Pee
Our Native American Unit would certainly not be complete without a tee pee. We’ve been talking a lot about which resources the Native Americans in the Plains would have had (bison skin, sticks, etc.) and what they wouldn’t have (store-bought paint, cotton fabric, etc.). We attempted to make our little tee pee with as many...
Girls' Day
Sometimes girls just want to have FUN! Two Peas In A Pod
{#34} Consider traveling with your kids
The six of us stood with a week’s worth of luggage and looked from the small Korean mini-van to our fearless driver. Panic began to set in when I realized Holt was not used to seeing such a large party arrive to pick up a child, and there was good chance we weren’t all going...