Yesterday was our adoption agency picnic. Each year that we go, we get to see the two little girls who came on the plane from Korea with my son. We get to see how they’ve grown and how their personalities are changing.

This year we brought my friend’s little girl A. If you’ve read my earlier posts, you’ve heard about A before. She’s a regular fixture in our lives. A is four, but she and my son have always gotten along well. One of the earliest pictures I have is of a very blond two-year old A helping my six month old sit up. I’m not sure why the bond developed, but it did.

I’ve discovered lately that it is often easier for me to bring A with us when we go somewhere. Isn’t it harder with two? In some ways it is and there is the added paranoia of permanently damaging my friend’s child (though she swears I can’t do anything more damaging than she does on a regular basis). Anyhow, having A with us keeps my son amused in the car and gives him someone to play with when we get there. She is such an easy little girl to be around and I’m hoping that some of her behavior rubs off on my son.

Back to the picnic…I like going to this annual picnic. I already mentioned my son’s planemates. I and C are getting so big. Seeing them reminds me that my son is getting older too. The picnic is a nice way to keep the connection. When my sister and I arrived, there were other babies that came too, but there wasn’t an easy way to stay connected with the other parents. None of them lived close by and as soon as they could everyone took off for home. E-mail and digital cameras hadn’t hit the scene yet. Now, with a few clicks, you shoot off an e-mail to someone two hours away or send them a link to your pictures. It’s so much easier to keep track of everyone.



I suspect that we will keep making our annual trip to the adoption agency picnic. As he gets older, it will be good for him to be exposed to other adopted children on a fairly regular basis. Perhaps he’ll find a few e-mail friends of his own.



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