Mykilie, Jalen and Shawn singing ..... too cute.
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10 May 2009
Shawn, Mykilie and Jalen Acting Goofy
Mondays and Thursdays Shawn and Mykilie are coming over after school while their Mom goes to college classes in the evening. This is at the dinner table.
Goofy kids acting silly .........
Random Pictures at Random Times
Watching Ice Age 2 on the laptop.
Jumping on the trampoline after swimming, and then some more swimming.
Jalen explained to me he was a Maiasourus Dada sitting on Maiasourus eggs so they can hatch ...... in the laundry room ...... ooookaaaaay ..... I guess ......
Opening the Pool up for the Summer
We opened up the pool for the summer. Jalen's always having a blast in water. He's like a fish in water and would stay all day if I'd let him. Here in this clip he's trying to save a butterfly from drowning. He's my little Wonder Pet!
Some More Easter Pictures
Junior and Jalen at Easter Egg hunting at the church.
Dada and Jalen at the Easter Egg hunt.
Puppet Show before the Easter Egg hunt.
Jalen watching the puppet show before the egg hunt.
Easter Sunday after church with our friends from Nigeria. Jalen and Junior are in the same class at school. Bad and Good News from Ethiopia
This Friday, 8 May, was a hard day for many families with court dates. Just a quick background: the court date is what an adoptive family has to pass in Ethiopia in order to bring home the child that was referred to them. So at this point these families had knowledge of who their child was, accepted the child and was just waiting for the ruling on the judge to make the children legally theirs, a long process since between referral and court date could be anywhere between 2 - 4 months.
So, for most of those families who had a court date on Friday their cases were not heard. The reason: it has come to the Ethiopian court's attention that a large number of children pending to be adopted were abandoned in Addis Ababa, the capital, illegally. There was a case a little while ago where the judge got suspicious about a large number of children who in fact were not abandoned but God only knows how they were obtained: through bribes or other means. This was not with our agency, but other agencies who were practicing unethical adoption methods, but it affects everyone, every agency and every family who wants to adopt a truly abandoned and orphaned child from Ethiopia. So until further notice, the judge won't hear cases of children who were abandoned in the capital.
So this was the bad news, especially for those families who are waiting to bring home the children who were truly abandoned. Furthermore, it could, I hope not, but this incident could have other implications too which I try not to think about or worry myself about, but if other agencies continue to practice unethically, the whole program could be shut down which means, nobody, no country can adopt from Ethiopia anymore. Let's hope that this will not be the case and that this situation gets resolved soonest.
The good news of course is for those children who were not truly abandoned but obtained by 'baby brokers' in illegal ways and referred or planned to be referred out to innocent, unknowing families all over the world, including the United States. I hope and pray that those children are now back with their parents and their families and are safe, and loved and cared for.
Also, more good news, amidst all this there were still families in our agency who passes court on Friday and the agency even received two referrals of toddlers.
So, for most of those families who had a court date on Friday their cases were not heard. The reason: it has come to the Ethiopian court's attention that a large number of children pending to be adopted were abandoned in Addis Ababa, the capital, illegally. There was a case a little while ago where the judge got suspicious about a large number of children who in fact were not abandoned but God only knows how they were obtained: through bribes or other means. This was not with our agency, but other agencies who were practicing unethical adoption methods, but it affects everyone, every agency and every family who wants to adopt a truly abandoned and orphaned child from Ethiopia. So until further notice, the judge won't hear cases of children who were abandoned in the capital.
So this was the bad news, especially for those families who are waiting to bring home the children who were truly abandoned. Furthermore, it could, I hope not, but this incident could have other implications too which I try not to think about or worry myself about, but if other agencies continue to practice unethically, the whole program could be shut down which means, nobody, no country can adopt from Ethiopia anymore. Let's hope that this will not be the case and that this situation gets resolved soonest.
The good news of course is for those children who were not truly abandoned but obtained by 'baby brokers' in illegal ways and referred or planned to be referred out to innocent, unknowing families all over the world, including the United States. I hope and pray that those children are now back with their parents and their families and are safe, and loved and cared for.
Also, more good news, amidst all this there were still families in our agency who passes court on Friday and the agency even received two referrals of toddlers.
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