Another First

When you adopt an older child you miss out on a lot of firsts.  We missed Kassy's first time walking and her first words.  I guess we can say we were around for her first English word (good morning).  She has had a loose tooth for weeks but today it finally came out and she has another one that is loose.

First Day of School

Wednesday was the first day of school for all 4 girls.  This will be the first and last year that all 4 will be in public school.  Kristy started kindergarten, Kassy started 1st grade, Kelly is a junior and Kourtney is a senior.

Kristy's 3rd Gotcha Day

Three years ago today we met a 2 year old in Guangzhou, China for the first time.  She has been spending the summer playing with her new sister Kassy, taking swim lessons at the "Y", going to VBS, fishing, and going to the beach at her Grandmama,s house.  We went to a Chinese restaurant to celebrate.  As you can see Kristy could eat her weight in shrimp.  Kristy will start kindergarten next month.

Yang Starts School

I will post a picture later but we wanted to let everyone to know that Yang starts kindergarten tomorrow.  She is really excited to start.  She went Friday to visit her class.  She ate lunch with them and went to music.  She has had an English explosion this week so the little girl that was scared to come to America because of her fear of being able to speak English is well on her way. First day of school pictures tomorrow.

Chinese New Year 2010 - Year of the Tiger

Saturday was our FCC Chinese New Year celebration. We started the party by doing some art work and making dumplings. The dinner was take out and homemade Chinese food. The highlight was the dragon dance where the kids got to set off fireworks (stomping bubble wrap).