Dim Sum and India Fest

Ahhh, she's my girl. She's starting to express herself now, so she's not just a passive companion. She expressed great joy at Dim Sum with Jaedyn, Naomi and Keri on Saturday and at the India Fest today. For the first time at Dim Sum, she picked her selections off of the cart. For the first time, she loved my favorite, the sesame rice balls.


At the India Fest, she was crazy-glued to the front center of the stage to see the dancing. At the last India fest, she was primarily moved by the mango lassi. At this one, she would not even leave the stage so we could get a mango lassi. At the end of every dance performance, she would say, "I wanna see it again". She cried when we left, and said she wanted to go to India Fest again. We also were lucky this weekend to also have a surprise visit by her school-mate Victoria.

I finished the book China Ghosts. It was intensely moving and meaningful to me. I did not want to finish it. It is a must read for anyone involved with China adoption, anyone considering adoption, or any male who is not sure about his parenting desire. Not only did Jeff Gammage's experience parallel ours, but his writing is fabulous. I wish he would write another book, this one touched me so much.