On a previous post, Martha-Lynn asked the following:
I’m wondering– now that you’re at home with M., what does the anatomy of a day look like for you guys? I imagine nothing is really set in stone since the whole daily schedule could change any time, depending on #2, but—as I continue to teeter on the […]

One of the comments on my Chinese school post from this week said:
I hate giving advice, so I won’t. But I will tell you that
I would not join any adoptive family group at a Chinese
Language School. There are lots of reasons for this,
but the biggest one is my concern for my children’s
privacy and need to fit […]

 
 M has a Leap Frog Word Whammer Fridge Phonics Set.
M likes this toy.  While I am a little leery of electronic doodads, this one was pretty good.  It helped M learn the sounds of all the letters.  It taught her to spell some simple three letter words.  The songs it plays are annoying as hell, but […]

The other day there was a meeting at Chinese school for adoptive families to discuss the difficulties that kids who don’t speak chinese at home were having in the language classes.  I heard about it and inquired as to whether or not it would be appropriate for us to attend, since we haven’t adopted yet.  […]

I haven’t posted much, because there is a twisted mass of posts in my head and I haven’t figured out how to untangle them.  It is a bizarre mix:  our goals for M’s education, privilege vs. options and how to best ensure M’s future, and my discomfort with my new status as a kept woman.  […]