A BIG REUNION

for the first time this year we attended the Cach reunion - an amazing event with who knows how many families attending from all over the country, that have adopted children from China ...I have just taken on the role of joint co-ordinator ofr our region and thought I ought to attend!

We decided to attend for the day on Saturday when most of the event happens including seminars and lots of activities for the children. Nelly was quite overwhelmed in the first instance, we arrived and had coffee with a family from our small group in oxfordshire and then moved into the main area where there was a Lion Dance . We walked into a sea of faces and there must have been well over 300 families - Nelly was completely awe struck - I think until now she has not really registered that she and her other friends - Nina, Molly Lola Lucille etc are all from China but coming face to face with so many girls and boys of all ages was quite big for her. Especially as she has really started taking on board the whole ' I am adopted ' thing....So we moved carefully through the day - bumping into old friends and seeing people who were in China at the same time as us ...There were lots of things to buy - Chinese artefacts, great bookstall, charity stalls, clothing etc . Once she had spent the morning with Rob in the circus skills and craft rooms she was well away and she had an afternoon of Tumbletots and nail painting ahead of her ! I managed to attend two seminars, one When is the time right to take your daughter back to china - http://www.ocdf.org/tours/ and one by the guy that made Chinese School ....

We got home at about 7 30 and Nelly proclaimed that she wanted to go back to the China place again next week!