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On Saturday, Emily went to a session of the Mandarin Kids Club. The Mandarin Kids Club is organized by the Sacramento area chapter of Families with Children from China (FCC). Most of the children in attendence were 3-5 years old. At each session (held every other Saturday morning for 1.5 hours), children learn to sing […]

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Click here for “Two unrelated adoptions, one big discovery: Twins” from the Philadelphia Inquirer. Click here for “The red thread to China’s orphans” from the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Click here for “Adopting scrutiny” from Minnesota Public Radio.

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Click here for “Howell family fulfills dream, opens home to Chinese girl” from the Detroit News. Click here for “Twins become media stars: Separated sisters adopted by two Ontario families” from the Georgina Advocate (Canada). Click here for “Little Learners Put Their Minds to Mandarin: Some Southland parents hope Chinese language lessons will give youngsters […]

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Click here for “Parents keep adopted children in touch with their roots” from the Stamford Advocate (CT). Click here for “Picnic reunites families who’ve adopted children from China” from the Pittsburg Post Gazette (PA). Click here for “Families that adopted babies from China to bond in Congers” from the The Journal News (NY).

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Today, we received a letter from our adoption agency notifying us that our dossier to China was logged in as received by CCAA (the Chinese government adoption agency)on July 28, 2005. So as I estimated earlier (see below), my official guess as to when adoption #2 will occur is: We will receive the child referral […]