After completion of the “pre-adoption phase” where the children live with us but the custody is still with the portuguese […]
Emotional homework
One of those moments that melts the heart of a parent! The twins had an english assignment at school this […]
Kids in orphanages
Are kids who spend a long time in institutions different? I believe they are and it has implications, both good […]
Screentime
When I was a kid there was MS-Dos, floppy disks, snake, tetris and nerds with big glasses and pimples. Computers […]
A random Thursday…
It is half past nine. The small ones are asleep and the big one is enjoying living-room heaven; in front […]
BureauCRAZY
Normally I manage to take it with a smile. But when trying to sign up a kid for swimming, my […]
Learn how to play?!
The School Timetable for 2nd graders revealed a big surprise. I was happy to see the amount of hours dedicated […]
The power of soup
Adopting is very much a give-and-take process. The kids has to adapt to our habbits and ways of living – […]
A waste of time(?)
Today the public workers within the educational system are on strike. Yesterday was Sunday, tomorrow is a holiday and the […]
Getting to know each other
After accepting the offer to adopt, we began having videoconferences with the staff from Seg. Social in our part of […]