Adoption/Foster care update:
In addition to the group courses, we had four home visits and two sessions for psychological evaluations for foster care and adoption registration respectively. All of them went well, but what pleasantly surprised me was the benefits they had on my relationship with Andy. We were asked many questions during these sessions. The topics included our reasons for adoption/foster care, how we met, how many kids we want in total, what is our take on disciplining children, how we plan on caring for Kiko after a new child comes into our life, whether we drink, what we like about each other, what we don’t like about each other… There were more questions, and I don’t remember what they were, but I was glad that Andy and I had previously talked about all the questions they asked us. Also, by answering the questions and verbalizing my thoughts, it made me reminisce and adore the memories of the time I first met Andy, getting engaged and married. It made me realize that I married the love of my life and now we are trying to build a family together. It made me really happy!
Archives for September 2012
What I bought in Nippori & Tips on Nippori Fabric Shopping
This is part 2 of the Nippori Fabric Shopping series (Part 1 here). In this video, I’m sharing what I bought from my recent trip to Nippori and some tips on successful fabric shopping . Sorry that the fabrics look all washed out in the video.. the lighting was a bit too harsh.
By the way, I’m wearing the dress I refashioned here!
I Love Flea Market
A couple of Saturday’s ago, I took Kiko to a nearby library. They were doing a puppet show for kids. I brought her assuming she would enjoy herself, which she did. Serendipitously, it happened that on the same day the library was also having a book flea market. They were selling used books for 10 yen a piece! That’s 10 cents. I got even more excited when I saw these old sewing books from 80’s and fashion school text books used by Bunka Fashion College. I got seven books in total for 70 yen. 🙂