invited the local China Adoptive families to an Asian Community picnic this past weekend. Their invitation was titled "In Celebration of Friendship Amongst the East & the West". There were quite a few Asian families but sadly enough, only two adoptive families. We're not quite sure why the turnout was so low but we had a wonderful time. Each family was asked to bring a side dish and the Crane House supplied the drinks and meat. The food was incredibly, incredibly good! YUM!
It's an odd feeling to be the minority in a group setting in the middle of the good ol' USA, especially when most of the attendees were speaking in their native tongue. Even the announcements were made mainly in Mandarin. Anyway, it was a great opportunity for Emma to be around people who share her heritage and reminds me that I do need to get her enrolled in the local Chinese school for language and heritage classes. We've held off because the classes are held on Sunday and that's about the only day of the week we have as family time. Emma and I were talking to the little girl that is shown pushing Emma on the swingset and she told us that she was from China and I told her that Emma was too. She asked me why then could Emma not speak Chinese!
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