Monthly Archives: May 2013

Yesterday, after almost 6 months of work, we finally finished preparing our adoption dossier and sent it off to the government agency that deals with adoptions. This is a very big deal. This means that we have done all we … Continue reading →

A rare thing happened this afternoon.  I had some time at home just with Hannah.  We sat on the floor doing puzzles and sticking and reading stories.  It was lovely.  Hannah is delightful company, she has such a sweet nature, … Continue reading →

I know that a lot of our posts are about, or include mention of, food.  We do like food and we really do eat well here.  I love the taste of food (yes, despite all the pollen my sinuses aren’t … Continue reading →

We don’t get out much these days. It has actually been nice to stay in the village this past month, kind of relaxing and not as boring as I’d feared. However, on Saturday, we left the village as a family … Continue reading →

Recently Phil and I have had some life-coaching from friends of ours who are training to be life-coaches and needed some people to practise on.  One of the concepts we’ve learnt about is this idea of ‘convergences’ – a moment … Continue reading →

Yesterday we had loads of fun making jiaozi with friends. All our kids joined in -although not all of them ate them. Jiaozi are Chinese dumpling that are a little bit like ravioli or tortellini, a wrapper made of a … Continue reading →