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July 2008
Rishi recently returned from a week at sleep-over camp. He LOVED his first experience at summer camp! When he returned home, Rishi came running into the house with tons of camp stories. He showed us every art project that he made, read us his elephant jokes, showed everyone his camp picture. Rishi said his favorite part of camp was "dancing on the stage at the talent show and on the court during the dance." Rishi also took some pictures for the camp newsletter. Rishi will be going to several more day camps and one more sleep-over camp this summer. Besides going to camp Rishi loves going to Wild Rivers and most especially enjoys going to the beach. Rishi spends hours looking for sand crabs and he is getting to be one expert sand castle builder! We get a smile on our faces when we see Rishi's enthusiasm for all of these fun summer activities.
June
2008
Rishi (7) is joining our family this month. Originally adopted
from India a little over a year ago, Rishi's first adoptive
placement didn't work out for a number of reasons. When his
first family decided to look for another home for him we called
his parents.
After many lengthy
discussions about Rishi's special emotional and medical needs we
were selected to be Rishi's new and "forever" family. Rishi has
a similar medical condition as our sons, Val and Sergei.
Rishi also has some
behavioral and attachment issues much like many of our boys who
have come from orphanage settings. But, despite his challenging
needs, Rishi is also a beautiful and bright little boy who loves
to learn and play.
Rishi will be flying in
from Texas later this month.
We are excited about
parenting Rishi. As Rishi's parents, we hope to be able to help
him build a strong sense of self and develop firm and long
lasting attachments.
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