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Well, big news on the adoption front, but it's not the exciting announcement you've all been waiting for. Rather: our agency has closed. All our paperwork moved over to a new agency, so we'll have yet another new social worker. In general, this doesn't change things overseas, as that agency hasn't changed (right: there's an agency in Russia, too) and none of our paperwork said anything about Partners. So we'll just continue to wait and get things lined up to renew paperwork when the time comes. Remember, Christmas is a big deal over there, so not much will happen in December and early January.

In the meantime:

• It's National Adoption Month! How are you celebrating?
• I thought it would be fun to have a set of these. They've been added to the basket of English letter blocks:

• This blog post is heartwarming, as well as a reminder to me not to get irritated with people.
• I thought this article directed at teachers had some good tips (many of which I've seen before, but a couple were good reminders, like #8). (and as a side note, here's a blog post that tells a personal story about a classroom incident)
• More reminders: attachment advice from someone who's been there.