I forgot to respond to the commenters who asked about M’s Xmas photos.  They were taken by a professional photographer at a (much nice than our) house.  The pics were sponsored by my mom who spent an obsene amount of money on canvas versions of them for her wall as future Xmas decorations. 
I was dubious […]

Christmas was … okay.
I have had an evil cold for the last 5 days and it is getting really old.  I have a wickedly stuffed-up ear and a racking cough.  This did not add value to the Christmas experience.
Mr. A is taking a much needed vacation from work this week and I am grateful for […]

Because I didn’t manage to get very many Christmas cards sent, consider this my virtual card to all my friends in the computer. 
I hope Santa has a little something special in his bag for all of us.
 
 
Merry Christmas!
 
 
 
 

Thanks for all the input on the Chinese school situation.  I appreciate all the comments.  Just to follow up on some of them:
If there is any question about whether or not I would generally speak up for M in a situation like this, let me assure you I would.  M’s wellbeing is my first and […]

For the last couple years, we haven’t had to deal with too many comments about M’s biracialness. It is probably because is out in the world with me more often than not and most people seem to just think she is white.  The less attention we get the better, in my opinion.
Today, was the day we […]