Getting Ready For School

Well the girls passed their physicals, eye exams (although Maggie is slightly near-sighted and Ellie is slightly far-sighted they don't require glasses at this time) in preparation for the new school year. Ellie has a big dental appointment next week where she'll get 6 teeth pulled at one time. Doesn't sound like fun, but it needs to be done. Her baby teeth are refusing to fall out so they are going to just take them all out at once.

This has been a tough summer in that I've had lots of talks with the girls about their China mom and why they were adopted, why their mom gave them up, etc. Not easy conversations to have but completely natural for them to be curious and asking questions. I'm sure we'll be having more of these conversations.

I breakthrough with Ellie this summer though. Since the day I met her she's been obsessed with princesses, castles, princes, etc. I know most 5-year-old girls are but this is beyond normal. Anyway, during one of these "why am I adopted" conversations I pulled up on the computer a picture of Ellie's SWI (orphanage). Bingo!! It looks just like a castle! It's got a turret on top with a flag and the roofline looks just like a castle in all the children's books! So it all makes sense....she grew up in a castle....she's a princess!

Amazing.