Lunar August 15th is the Chinese traditional Mid Autumn Festival. The full moon is especially round and bright on this day. It’s time to enjoy moon cake and family reunion. All the kids loved the special little party with some tasty moon cake and fruit. We love how they gathered ...

A birthday party was held at our Savannah Project. James and Austyn had a great time with all the friends who were there to celebrate for them. And it was a big surprise and joy for Madeline who is one of our newest arrivals, and she just turned 5. The ...

The orphanage planned a field trip for some of the kids. Four boys in the Little Deer Project got to go. Titus, Cyrus, Abner and Sam had a really fun filled day observing the peacocks and playing in a toy castle. They were exhausted after all the fun activities and ...

The orphanage where the Little Deer Project is at decided to have a BBQ party. They prepared BBQ lamb, fruit and snacks. All of this yummy food made a very happy time for all the kids.

This birthday party is as fun and special as always. We are thankful for the three kids who have been part of our big family for years. Stephanie and Emerson have been in the Savannah Project almost 7 years, and Frank has been here 5 years. They have grown and ...

Zongzi is the traditional food eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival. The kids helped to make them and enjoyed eating them. Besides that, the nannies even came up with ideas to help the kids to understand more about the festival. They told them the story the festival is based on. ...

It’s a special Children’s Day in the “Savannah” project. Instead of a gala event, we celebrated it a different way. We had a field trip for the kids on a nice sunny day. Hamburger and french fries for lunch, which the children were very happy about. Playing games, like blowing ...

Today is Children’s Day and the orphanage where we have the “Little Deer” project had a gala event. The children all had an amazing time. Abner all dressed in red was able to perform at the gala. Libby, Cyrus, Micah, Amos and Ruth we love your hats.

There is so much for the kids to explore in spring, beautiful flowers, green plants, and it’s a season of planting and seeing new life burst on the scene. Planting became the kids’ favorite class recently, especially planting – garlic. The kids started with peeling the garlic and watering it, ...

Where is the brightest sunlight?
Where is the most fragrant air?
Where is the most hearty laughter?
Where are children most attracted to?
Of course it’s a playground-a favorite place for kids!

For Joshua and Han, there were some surprising benefits for them coming to Beijing for checkups and treatment. In addition to going to the hospital, they also traveled twice, once to the tropical botanical garden and once to the zoo. The greenhouse of the botanical garden is lush and green, ...

Scooters, boys and even a toy car? What will happen in the hallway? The boys were moving fast and chasing each other round and round. The hall was filled with laughter, shouts of joy and a lot of energy. What fun racing it was!

It’s so nice to find out that the kids are enjoying their art class. They can spend quite a while sitting to draw and color. We love seeing how they focus on their work. They did drawings and colorings of animals, plants and even some really cute creative work. We ...

The boys finally got a chance to go outside to play in real snow. Holding the snow in their hands, feeling it, throwing snow balls, and running around… they were having too much fun to feel the cold, so that they didn’t want to go back inside.

The kids love to visit the ball pit in the orphanage. Some of the CP kids were not so sure the first time they got into the ball pit. It was so different from the normal ground. It felt funny, unstable and they would sink into it. They didn’t ...

After some decorating for the Chinese New Year, the kids had fun making crafts and had a nice time with all the kids as a big family. Sharing the delicious food and enjoying the time being together, is what the CNY festival is all about. The surprise of the Hong ...

Dumplings are one of the traditional foods for Chinese New Year. The children love them and it’s such a cool idea to have them make their own “dumplings”. With colorful paper and toy fillings the kids made plates of dumplings. You can tell it’s not too hard to make dumplings ...

Amos turned five years old this month. He loved his birthday party. It was a big moment for him. The delicious cake, his present, and all the kids and nannies celebrating with him made him very excited. He is becoming a big boy and has made such progress. We are ...