Let’s take a look at how previous referral batches looked on our polls vs how these referral batches look.

Last month is small on all three polls. Smaller than we ever thought they would get. I hope they never do that again, and I refuse to use last month in my future projections unless we see [...]

 Multiple agencies are reporting the cut off date as November 1st. I think we have enough on this one to call it an R5. 
 

Part of the Implementation of The Hague involves parents receiving at least ten hours of training. I think this is a wonderful thing, and I love that agencies need to try to use some of this time to train families for a “particular child”. How wonderful if agencies might start to put training together to [...]

My favorite program for smaller kids is still Sesame Street. It teaches letters and numbers and counting and sharing and helping others and many other things kids need to learn.
For older kids I love Between the Lions - they have a great approach to phonics.
For older and younger kids you can’t beat The Wiggles for [...]

Apparently the CCAA will be working this weekend.
They might be working Monday, but that part is not clear just yet.
At any rate, some agencies are expecting a package Monday. If that package is not referrals then if the CCAA works Monday we could see them Wednesday if they mail them on their last work day [...]

When we adopted our older daughter the diapers were adequate. Not quite as good as the ones we have in the States but still good enough. I have recommended in the past that people take diapers from home to last for the first day or two in China in case you can’t get to a [...]