Lacey's School Project

During the first week of January 2011, Lacey will be "Student of the Week" in her kindergarten class.  This is a rotating privilege that allows the honoree to bring an item to share with the class every day of the week.  Lacey wanted to share a lot of photos and I decided that it would be easier to help her make a slide show than to send in a pile of photos.  Over the past couple months, Lacey has really wanted to shun anything related to China.  She has said that she isn't from Shanghai and that she can't remember how to speak any Mandarin.  We understand that it is normal for adopted children to feel this way.  For Lacey, these feelings probably stem from a fear that she may be sent back to the orphanage.  Anyway, I spent a couple hours going through photos with her.  She selected photos from Shanghai, to include the orphanage.  I asked her if these were the pictures she wanted to share with the other boys and girls and she said yes.  Lacey dictated the captions for most of the pictures.  The explanation of the orphanage that accompanies the first slide is her own.  The only words that I had to supply related to paperwork, the consulate and her U.S. citizenship.

I posted the slide show here to make it easy for her teacher to access.  The show is scrolling on the bottom left of the blog's home page.  If you click on the show, it should take you to a screen where you can elect to view the slide show with captions.