Ska-doosh!

We're getting ready for Summer Xtreme, so we've been immensely busy at work. Still, we had time to go see the latest movie tonight: we're talking "Kung Fu Panda 2."

It's my favorite movie so far this year. We met Ye-Ye, Nana, Aunt Shain, David, Jonathan and Hannah at the movies, and the nine of us got the back row, sharing a big honkin' thing of popcorn. Nana smuggled Twizzlers in, so we were all set!

What a great movie. The animation is awe inspiring. They've captured China beautifully, just as they did with the first movie. It felt like we were back again, but that wasn't just because of the scenery. The theme of the movie was adoption, and was handled in fine form. We couldn't help but think back to our own adoption journey just three years ago now. Of course, that's when the first "Kung Fu Panda" movie came out - the last one we saw before heading overseas to meet Madison for the first time. The music in that movie takes me instantly back to China in my mind - the timing of that movie was so perfect for us. It is connected forever with our Madison, though she doesn't quite know the real significance of it. She just likes the kung fu!

Tonight at bedtime, Daddy told Madison's story of adoption one more time. It's a story of two people - Mommy and Daddy - who had an empty place in their hearts. They made the journey of a lifetime to China, where they found a wonderful joy we still feel to this day.

"There is no charge for awesomeness." - Panda Po

"Panda, we do not wash our pits in the pool of sacred tears." - Shi Fu