Mom's turn: Gifts from Afar

Today we worked hard on placing Mao in school. We visited two different area high schools and made progress; both said they would accept her it’s just a matter of preference. Now we are waiting to have her evaluated for placement with the ESL program and then she can start.

Then when we got home we got a very special surprise. Mao’s mother sent a host present for me and a birthday present for Christina...a fabulous mini-kaleidoscope phone charm,

a pink pencil, and a beautiful puzzle card. So of course we had to make her a thank you card :-D Mao enjoyed learning about our passion for scrapping and card making, too. She made her very own to send home. I’m sure her mother was happy to hear from her. Somehow they got mailed before I got pictures :-/