Second package to Xing Juan - Early Birthday/Xmas

OK, I started this a couple weeks ago, and haven't gotten back to post it. Here it is now!:

We just got an email from Angela at http://www.ladybugsnlove.com/ !!

We sent JuanJuan a package with a beautiful blankie, books and treats for the Nannies and other children at the SWI (Social Welfare Institute). We also sent a letter that Angela translated for us. The second part of the package is a Birthday Cake that Juan will be able to share with her friends at the SWI! We are patiently waiting for the Director of the SWI to send Angela back the disposble camera we also sent along. I hope Juan had a good time at her birthday party!

A Little Girl's Room!

We (mostly Robin!) have been hard at work planning and then DOING up Xing Juan's room. We decided on a nice pale yellow with an understated soft yellow wallpaper for one wall. The wallpaper has flowers, butterflies and princess crowns scattered on it.

For furniture, we searched and searched and finally found a set very similar to Josh's from South Shore Ltd (from the South Shore of Quebec, not far from where we used to live!) It's the same company that we bought Josh's furniture from, but the store in Ottawa didn't have this set in stock. They said they couldn't guarantee it before Xmas..... so onto the internet we went and ordered it from an american on-line store. It was supposed to take 3-5 days before the order left the warehouse in Quebec, and then a few days before it arrived here... well... literally 48 hours after ordering it, it arrived!

SO we cleared out the furniture and computer from that room and got the wallpaper up! Robin spent the next day putting all the furniture together. I washed the sheets and set-up the bed. Josh brought over some of his stuffed animals he wanted XingJuan to have, along with his 3D glasses... you never know when you might need them!We are waiting before putting up art of the walls.

We want to see what beautiful pictures we can find there, especially of Guilin City, where Xing Juan is from. SO... all we need now is our XingJuan!! Less than a month to go!