Da Boys...

Though we were certain adoption was in our future a couple of months ago, we didn't want to tell the kids until the application was in the mail.  They are going to have to wait a l-o-n-g time to meet their new little sibling.....we didn't want to increase the wait.  So, now that we are official, we gave the kids the news.  (For the sake of privacy, I'm now going to refer to our boys as #1 and #2..these numbers of course refer to their birthorder and not our preference for one over the other :) ). 

#2 didn't not give our news second thought....at age 3, his brain is just not able to conceptualize this far-away occurance. #1 however, at 6 years old,  had more to say. First of all, he had a small smile on his face the whole time we explained the process...which we took to be a good sign. Then, he asked MULTIPLE questions....."Are we going to have to learn to speak Thailand?" "Are we going to have to buy a different dining room table?" "Are there going to be girl toys in our house?" The questions spread out over several days.  Now, evidently his mind is at ease, because we haven't heard much about it for a few days. 

A cool thing---In the children's ministry at church, we have been raising money for orphans overseas all summer....so #1 knows the basics of what it means to be an orphan.  Of course, in his mind, ALL orphans do not get enough food to eat and ALL orphans are not clothed....which is certainly not the case......just some generalizations we're going to have to clear up.  In my opinion, siblings are a big and important part of life. I can't wait for the boys to have a sister!