OK, as the "new blogger on the block," I missed out on this whole Love Thursday thing. But it's "Love Saturday" here at Casa Stro - the long-awaited "love letter" I discussed in my first post here at AdoptionBlogs arrived today!

We got two precious little letters from our daughter! One you will see below; the other has our names and a big, red heart and her signature.

My letters to her often involve "big girl homework" - some small thing for her to do, for which I send her stickers. Her foster mom sends me her report cards from kindergarten, so I send "big girl homework" to reinforce a concept she's struggling with (her last bit of homework involved circling all the "Y"s in my letter to her - a letter she was having trouble with - and she found all of them ... even one her foster mom missed!). Given that, I think that is why she included some "scholarly" drawing in the love letter! Proof positive that all of the things we've attempted in our bonding with her (the calls, letters, instruction) are taking root and producing fruit!

So, here on "Love Saturday", I am sharing the love with you!