CDs, VCRs, DVDs, VCDs, CD-Roms, oh my....

Abbie's orphanage gave her a most precious gift of a Cantonese (Teochew?) Children's VCD. For those not familiar with a VCD, it is popular in China and is a Video Compact Disk. After nearly two months, I finally figured out that we can easily play the four disks on our DVD player. I have no idea what it is called, or what they are singing, and the subtitles are all in Chinese characters, but it is really, really cute! The songs are lively and sweet and the animation is adorable. When I turned it on, Abbie went bananas!! She was dancing and pointing to the television and utterly joyful. She must recognize this from her orphanage. Unfortunately, Abbie has the attention span of a monkey and she didn't watch it for long (she hasn't learned the American tradition of being a "couch potato" yet, ha ha!), but what fun to have this special gift to share with her, and with her own children, of her first three years of life in China! Would you believe it actually makes me homesick for China?! Strange, how we are so connected in many ways. On a side note, Abbie will see the cranio-facial dentist tomorrow for a dental impression. Wish us luck as we take this important step towards her surgery on 11/1 and repairing her palate so she may have the gift of speech. Love to you all! Tracie