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A bit of trivia

 
  The other day as I was hanging a map of Hubei in Maylin's room (a gift at the adoption finalization in China),I realized I didn't know anything really about her city. I had been there, but didn't know much except they grow canola oil plants. There are beautiful fields of yellow. So the last couple of days I have been investigating her city. Its been hard to find anything. Somethings like serious problems with persecutions of certain people made me even more glad I had Maylin in my home. One fact, made me laugh. Let me remind all of you of a few things. Maylin loves to swing on the ironing board. Now she lifts her feet up over her head and does a flip. She has been doing somersaults since 14 months. She climbs our fireman's pole, she swings in "big" swings and lays back and jumps out like the big kids do. My sister wondered after watching her if her biological parents were acrobats. Well she might not be wrong. To quote an article in a Chinese paper, "...but this gymnast from Xiantao City of Hubei Province, a place nicknamed "The City of Gymnastics" because of its extraordinary talent pool, is China's hopeful for the 2008 Olympics." This could be an explanation of her agility, who really knows. Just thought it was fun. Hope you enjoy the silly pictures!
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hooli said…
Well that decides it... it's her fate to at least try. Sign her up... she'll be a star!
September 15, 2007 at 9:52 PM
Anonymous said…
That explains alot! Maylin could definitely be a gymnast or an acrobat! See you soon!!
September 16, 2007 at 4:38 PM
Eliza2006 said…
That is a funny factoid! You never know!

Tiffany
September 16, 2007 at 5:48 PM
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