Feb 5, 2018 | Adoptions, China, China Adoption
Chinese New Year (aka Lunar New Year) takes place this year on February 16, 2018, the year of the dog. Like most of you, our family is most accustomed to ringing in the new year on January 1, but the Chinese New Year dates vary because of the lunar calendar. Chinese...
Jan 23, 2018 | Adoptions, Domestic Adoptions, International Adoptions
The planners amongst us have started to think about filing taxes and are asking questions about the Adoption Tax Credit for 2017. The information in this blog is for your 2017 taxes, which are filed by April 15, 2018. Amount of the Adoption Tax Credit for 2017 The IRS...
Dec 12, 2017 | Adoptions, Domestic Adoptions, International Adoptions
“The most wonderful time of the year” is here, whether we are ready for it or not. For many of our kids from hard places, all that wonderful-ness can also represent big changes in routines, in familiar foods, with clothing, and noise. Some of those changes are enough...
Sep 21, 2017 | Adoptions, Domestic Adoptions, International Adoptions
Every year right about this time, children everywhere are going back to school. The lines at Walmart are long and shopping carts are full of brand new box of crayons and brightly colored spiral bound notebooks. As thoughts turn to school, parents of adopted kids often...
Aug 29, 2017 | Adoptions, Domestic Adoptions, International Adoptions
Over the last 15 years, I have learned (usually the hard way) that parenting tweens and teens requires a particular set of skills and perspective that don’t just naturally develop in pace with my kids’ developing identities or maturing bodies. I had to go after those...
