Promotion Weekend

This weekend was Mia's first week in the next group of kids' classes at church.  She has been in Small World since we brought her home and everyone knew her name and her situation.  She had grown up in the little kids' classes.  This week she moved up to Planet Kids and is with the bigger kids for the first time.

Annie wanted to cry last week when we dropped off and picked up for the last time in Small World.  Mia, however, couldn't wait to move on.  I guess her emotional attachment to her original classes was pushed aside by her enthusiasm to graduate to what she sees as the "big kid area." 

This week, Mia practically ran to her new room, even though we didn't know exactly where to find it.  We got her checked in and she never looked back. "Bye mom", "bye dad", and that was it.  She went off to color like she had always been there.  Good for her. 

Walking away, we remembered the first time that we took Mia to church right after we got home from China.  She did not think that we were coming back to get her, so she cried her eyes out.  She was SO relieved when we came back to get her every week.  I think that it probably helped her to trust us.  We left her with people who helped her have a good time and we came back to take her to her home.  After a few weeks, she had no fear, even if she didn't know the adults in her room.  Now, she does the social butterfly thing and jumps right in with both feet.

Can we go, already?

I can't wait!

Hurry up!!

Nametag on the FRONT!!!

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