August update

August was an exciting month.  We had our 8th annual "China Sister" reunion.  It was great to have five of the six families we traveled to China with in 2006 together.  This is something we have been doing every August since 2007.  The girls love being together. They don't miss a beat.  Some of them only see each other once a year but you would never know it if you watched them play. So great for them and for us parents to sit around and talk about raising our kids.

Steve, Sophia and I followed our China Sister reunion with a trip to Kings Dominion.  It was nice to get away as a family.  We said close to the park in a neat cabin.  Sophia loved the park.  We spent time in the water park the both afternoons we were there.

We followed this trip with the adoption of our new furry family member.  Sophia fell in love with a year and a half year old cat at the shelter before our family reunion weekend.  The cat was still there when we got back and we took him home.  Sophia named him Otto.  Otto and Mr. Twinkletoes got along well from the minute they met. We are not so lucky with Otto and the dogs.  It will be a long process but we are hoping they all learn to live together.  Both Kaegogi and Boba love Mr. Twinkletoes so we are hoping it is just a matter of time.

Sophia and I spent a few days just hanging out before she started school. We went to the zoo, something we did often when she was younger.  We played some games and took the cats to the vet.
Sophia was awesome at comforting Mr. Twinkletoes.

The month ended with school starting.  Hard to believe Sophia is going into 4th grade already.  Where does the time go?