Kai-Lan’s Great Trip To China

Yazan: CanCan | 18 August 2009 | 2 Comments
Categories: Children's DVD, China, Reviews, Teaching kids different cultures

I worked in China as a teacher in 2002-2003. I had never studied Mandarin or even heard it very much before going to China.
Do you want to know a language that is hard to learn? I know one. Called Mandarin.
I decided that if I ever had children, I would do my best to teach them [...]

20 Years Later: Remembering Tian An Men Square

Yazan: CanCan | 04 June 2009 | 6 Comments
Categories: CanCan, China

I feel so many different emotions when I think about the words “Tian An Men”.
TianAnMen
TianAnMen means “gate of heavenly peace”.
It stands before the entrance of the Forbidden City in Beijing, China. The Forbidden City served as the royal palace during the time of imperialism from the time of the Ming dynasty (who built [...]

Old Pictures Unearthed

Yazan: CanCan | 16 February 2009 | 7 Comments
Categories: China, Uncategorized

I’m trying to make a video resume that is less than a minute long. Hopefully I will have an end result to show you tomorrow.
In my research, I unearthed old photos of my adventures that have never before been shared online.
This is totally not going on my resume, but for some reason several years ago [...]

Pic Of The Day: Strangers In China

Yazan: CanCan | 22 January 2009 | 3 Comments
Categories: China, Jojo, Pictures, Traveling baby

Yes, yes I do allow complete strangers to pose for pictures with my children if they ask.

Jojo and some ladies in uniform, Wangfujing “Snack Street”, Beijing, People’s Republic of China.

WW: Sweeping In China

Yazan: CanCan | 21 January 2009 | 19 Comments
Categories: CanCan, China, Jojo, Traveling baby

Today’s photo comes from a 2006 trip to China.
Jojo was 18-months-old and seriously obsessed with sweeping.
I wrestled brooms away from him in hotel lobbies, off of the maid’s cart in airports; he had uncanny broom detection skills.
Every morning would begin with us going outside at the break of dawn (not exaggerating), Jojo grabbing a broom [...]

Adopting A Daughter From Jiangxi

Yazan: CanCan | 18 January 2009 | 4 Comments
Categories: Adoption, China, Guest posts

Today, Diana of Diana Rambles blogging fame shares with us some of her experience adopting her cutie-pie daughter from China!
Back in 2005 we decided to add to our family via adoption. We explored our options and ultimately decided to adopt from China. There are 2 adoption options with China. One is the traditional program [...]

Roasting

Yazan: CanCan | 12 January 2009 | 2 Comments
Categories: Adoption, China, Guest posts

This is a final guest post from Christine “Cissy” White; she shared with us last week about her experiences waiting to adopt, and finally adopting a daughter from China.

She squatted on the sidewalk. She was wearing a dress. It was brown. So were the warm peanuts roasting over the fire in front of her. [...]

The Delivery Elevator

Yazan: CanCan | 08 January 2009 | 6 Comments
Categories: Adoption, China, Guest posts, Mom stuff

Yesterday I left you in a bit of a cliffhanger in the blog post Adoption In China: SARS Outbreak!
Naturally I had to bring back Christine (Cissy) to tell us more of her family’s story.

We met Kai on the 26th floor of the Dolton hotel in Changsha China. I recognized her immediately. Her head [...]

Adoption in China: SARS Outbreak

Yazan: CanCan | 07 January 2009 | 6 Comments
Categories: Adoption, China, Guest posts

I worked in China as a first grade teacher during the 2002-2003 school year. It was during the spring semester that the SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) outbreak started to get serious in Asia.
As a result, my entire (boarding school) campus was quarantined in order to protect students and faculty from possible infection.
No one [...]

Guest Post by Martha Gillis: Adoption From Nanchang, China

Yazan: CanCan | 05 January 2009 | 4 Comments
Categories: Adoption, China, Guest posts

This guest post by Martha Gillis is a part of January’s Adoption Celebration at MomMostTraveled.com.
Martha Gillis remembers meeting her daughter for the first time in Nanchang, China:
August, 2003
Sure, I did the photo albums, filled in the blanks of the “Yes, You’re Adopted,” book and compiled the greatest how-we-got-you-from-China photo album replete with witty, bold-faced captions. [...]