The Wiggles in Miami!!

The long awaited day finally arrived...Emily's beloved Wiggles in concert in Miami. Off we went on a four-hour drive, to see the kids group Emily has watched non-stop over since we brought her home 15 months ago. Can you believe it's been that long??

The photos are blurry from all the excitement, sorry. Just before the concert Emily sat in her seat, alternately gazing at the stage, bouncing up and down yelling "WEE WEE!!", and pointing at any kids wearing Wiggles shirts and exclaiming "Wee Wee!" At this point she still thought she was going to see a video!

Finally, the Wiggley dancers opened the show. When the Big Red Car rolled onto the stage with the Wiggles singing "Toot Toot Chugga Chugga Big Red Car", Emily alternated between singing, dancing and staring open mouthed at her idols.

The Wiggles put on a great show. The guys joked with each other, caught hats on their heads from across the stage, and ran through the audience waving at the kids. At one point, they turned the lights off, instructed parents to open their cell phones and hold them up. They then softly sang "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" while the blue light from hundreds of cell phones created a soft glow of tiny stars. Emily sang along with them.

The next day we visited Butterfly World in Pompano Beach. What a gorgeous collection of butterflies and birds. Take a look.

Next time, a few Thanksgiving photos...

Take care,

Caroline

Happy Halloween and Then Some

Hi everyone!

We missed posting for Halloween since Emily was sick for 10 days with a fever and a bad cold. She was invited to 5 Halloween parties and made it to only one, sigh! What a bummer. Sounds hectic, but it was so exciting to have so many invitations at the first Halloween she could really enjoy. Here she is at the library with her friends.

Next, we prepared to travel to Orlando for a reunion of 150 adoptive families from our adoption agency! Three of the eight families in our travel group flew in for the reunion. Friends and adoptive parents Linda and CJ Vocu and their daughter, Lia, visited us just before the reunion. Here's a slideshow from their visit to the house, and a re-celebration of Halloween just for the girls.

It was great to see them again, and then see the other two families! The girls got along great. The reunion itself was amazing, seeing so many Chinese children in one place. A 5-year old Chinese girl ran up to us in the hotel lobby, staring and Emily and Lia and exclaiming, "hey, they look like me!"

Take a look at the slideshows, a mix of photos from the Sheraton Safari resort and Disney World. All the Chinese girls in the photos are from our travel group.

Take care, everyone,

Caroline