Trip to China getting closer

It is time to sort out visas/passports etc.

Hotels are booked in both cities and CWTS seem to not answer emails so perhaps a phone call or two are in order to arrange a trip back to the orphanage.

Both girls have been growing more and doing well in their activities. Charlotte got nominated for a high achiever nomination at choir and is doing a try out for the award this Saturday. Unfortunately we will be in China when they are doing extra classes for those that will star in the mid-year concert so she will just have to be part of the normal group, but may still win a high-achiever award based on how she goes this Saturday.

And within 2 weeks of returning from China we are heading north to visit a famous zoo and some fun parks.

The rabbits dug their way out again this morning and after lots of searching they were found, with only 1 caught before having to go to work. I whistle to them everytime they are fed and that certainly helps in situations of when you are trying to find them. The 2nd one was found and caught in the afternoon. They now have a new layer of mesh to help prevent further breakouts.

It is nearly the end of the 1st term for Lotus going to kinder - it is amazing how much she loves it and knows it is only on Monday and Friday.

We have all had some sort of bug going around, but continue to soldier on.

And now CCAA changes the rules to allow singles again

CCAA has announced overnight that they will allow singles to adopt Special Focus (special need children not placed for a number of months).

There is a bundle of other criteria including the youngest needs to be at least 6 years old... maybe in the future, we will see. Although if we applied now it would take our govt agency that long before they would have you approved anyway.


Lotus's SN is a non-issue now other than the number of doctor visits and we haven't been lined up for intense speech therapy, although the therapist is wanting update surgery sooner as opposed to later. The surgeon needs to adjust what he did initially, but I am not in any hurry.

Lotus seems to have grown bigger and looking older with language and expression that surprises me often. She still has a number of sounds unclear but that seems to be less of an issue than before. At times you just have to agree with her.

Charlotte is getting tired with all her activities and we may cut back next term.

Lotus's bigger issue is not wanting to SLEEP!! Any parent can relate... she likes to sleep around 10pm and wake between 6am-7am. It makes preparation for work difficult when she keeps doing things and asking for permission.

Toilet training has improved although the washing machine still gets worked out nearly daily with soiled clothes that can not wait for a full load which may be mishaps with toileting or spilling milk etc.