tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62533263433510952452024-03-13T22:46:19.105-05:00wynn2minn - China Adoption JourneyWe've gone to China to pick up our daughter! Now the adventure continues in Minnesota - and beyond!Ann and Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675289718126754484noreply@blogger.comBlogger358125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253326343351095245.post-15803822054116983942023-12-03T11:05:00.001-06:002023-12-03T11:05:04.358-06:00Keeping the content active<p>Google will be deleting old Blogger listings unless they are being kept active. While Wynn's story is her own, we want to keep this history available until she can decide where to port it, on her own timeline. So this post keeps the content alive.</p>Ann and Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675289718126754484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253326343351095245.post-73663558412523587822014-12-28T21:07:00.001-06:002014-12-28T21:14:29.547-06:00Her first snowshoes!Wynn got her first pair of snowshoes for Christmas ... but we had no snow on the ground then! Finally, yesterday overnight we got a nice 4" coating - enough to give the shoes a try. Shadow wanted to help:<br />
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<br />Ann and Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675289718126754484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253326343351095245.post-79559153676162571432014-12-13T21:27:00.000-06:002014-12-28T21:37:12.098-06:00Christmas light show at the U of M<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Tesla Works club at the University of Minnesota College of Science & Engineering puts on a holiday light and music show for a couple weekends between Thanksgiving and Winter Break. They do a 25-minute show where the lights are synchronized to music, and get a nice-sized crowd. The pleasant weather is a bonus - barely any snow left on the ground now; I could walk around campus with an unzipped jacket here on December 13th!</td></tr>
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<br />Ann and Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675289718126754484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253326343351095245.post-70249500694588828092014-12-05T21:17:00.000-06:002014-12-28T21:25:29.526-06:00Braces!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had the 6-month followup for Wynn's upper-jaw graft today, and everything there looks ideal. For her teeth, we took the next step today and started braces on her two front teeth. These braces work with the tension from her retainer and will re-orient those teeth into their correct angles.</td></tr>
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<br />Ann and Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675289718126754484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253326343351095245.post-68338046900101753232014-12-04T21:38:00.000-06:002014-12-28T21:50:07.385-06:00Decorating the Christmas Tree<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inspired by the Math & Science fair at the U of M last week, Wynn decided the theme for this year's tree would be TETRAHEDRONS.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We picked up a couple bags of straws at IKEA, and I cut them down (the bendy part doesn't work well when making these). All three of us ran string through the straws and tied them together to make these triangles.</td></tr>
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And here's how the tree turned out when complete:<br />
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<br />Ann and Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675289718126754484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253326343351095245.post-17908200138714708432014-11-22T21:50:00.000-06:002014-12-28T22:06:29.315-06:00U of M Math & Science Family Fun FairWe are so fortunate to live in a city with a major university, especially one that takes its land-grant mission seriously and engages at every level with the people of its state. The U's College of Science & Engineering puts on an annual fair for kids where all the student clubs can exhibit or demonstrate the many cool things they do!<br />
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It is no exaggeration to say there were a thousand kids at Coffman today, and what a wonderful sight that was. Wynn was recognized almost at once by a couple of her summer camp counselors! (Our little rock star...)<br />
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<br />Ann and Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675289718126754484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253326343351095245.post-88664615719958608972014-11-13T22:08:00.000-06:002014-12-28T22:22:23.962-06:00CT scan today<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Same machine she was scanned in several years ago, as I recall. I stayed here next to her. The hardest part for her was not being able to look around & satisfy her curiosity, especially with a big piece of SCIENCE all around her. The scan was over in 5 minutes & we were able to get her to school before lunchtime.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Postscript - it took our ENT clinic longer than usual to get back to us due to staff absences (but we know bad news will find you immediately so we weren't worried) - all her inner-ear bones and organs are exactly where they should be and appear to be in fine working order.<br />
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With this information, we have decided to re-construct her right eardrum again - we could not get a date during Winter Break; the earliest date was at the end of January. It will be an outpatient procedure, but will take a good 3 hours (about twice as long as the last reconstruction.)<br />
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Wynn isn't happy about the prospect of another surgery - she can't hide her disappointment - but the hearing loss is really noticeable now and needs to be taken care of (and she knows that in her head, but it's OK for her heart to be sad...)Ann and Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675289718126754484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253326343351095245.post-76602688590154520052014-10-31T21:32:00.000-05:002014-11-30T21:35:52.010-06:00Wynn's Rainbow Dash costume<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I researched on the Net and YouTube to learn how to make pegasus wings and pony ears ... the wig and tail I found on eBay and are coming from China... I got a hot-glue gun and foam craft sheets - here we go:<br />
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<br />Ann and Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675289718126754484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253326343351095245.post-44826036300758081562014-10-15T21:04:00.000-05:002014-11-30T21:11:22.627-06:00Our little explorerWynn had a half-day today so I picked her up at school after lunch. It was super nice out, so after a quick run through the airport we ended up at Minnehaha Falls - her very first time there. We got about halfway out to the river but time was running out because we needed to be home to make dinner for Ann!<br />
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<br />Ann and Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675289718126754484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253326343351095245.post-10554925016303243172014-10-12T20:59:00.000-05:002014-11-30T21:01:19.569-06:00The Fair has once again left us...But we get to wander around the grounds...<br />
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Yinghua completed its expansion project during the summer - the entryway is now three stories high instead of just one. The historic classroom wing for all grades is now just K-4, with grades 5-8 in the newer portion. The gymnasium has been expanded and upgraded - new lunchroom - new library - better security layout too. What an exciting year to come!Ann and Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675289718126754484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253326343351095245.post-1993910043060808172014-08-29T23:00:00.000-05:002014-12-12T19:18:46.806-06:00Fair in the RainI did a half-day of work today so the whole family could catch the Half-Wits performance at the Fair, just outside the Grandstand. Wynn was recognized in the crowd by a groupie ... someone who works with Grandma Barb. That was kind of strange but nice.<br />
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And as we got our food, the sky opened up in torrents. Soggy walleye tacos eaten huddled up under an overhang next to some trash cans...<br />
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It did not let up. Ann, Wynn, Paul, and I dashed from building to building, getting thoroughly soaked. We hung out in the Fine Arts Building for a while to wait out the storm, had some ice cream, and slogged home in our squishy shoes...<br />
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<br />Ann and Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675289718126754484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253326343351095245.post-86938566819362687022014-08-25T21:00:00.000-05:002014-12-12T18:52:36.331-06:00Hula Hoopin'Someone has gotten really good at the Hula Hoop:<br />
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<br />Ann and Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675289718126754484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253326343351095245.post-54863528597007027452014-07-13T21:39:00.000-05:002014-11-30T21:49:35.355-06:00Dragonboat Races at Lake PhalenThe schedules and weather have just never worked out to take Wynn to see the Dragonboat Festival in mid-July over at Lake Phalen in St. Paul - but this year we had just enough time and the weather was actually pretty nice.<br />
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Wynn's school participates in the event, so we wanted to see their team race. As the Twin Cities becomes more Asian, the bigger businesses in town have started getting involved too - Wells Fargo, Target, Medtronic, and more, plus the universities. A number of food trucks were there for the two-day event, and thousands of people. We got to see a few of Wynn's friends and teachers, too!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That's Wynn's principal beating the drum to keep the team on rhythm.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And Yinghua would win two matches that day!</td></tr>
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