Communicating with the twins

Many people ask us if the girls speak English. We would be very surprised if they know any English words. While the twins and their foster mother would have known that these photos were being taken for the purposes of preparing the paperwork for an international adoption, there would be no way for the foster mother to know that their new family would be English speaking. And it would be unlikely that the foster mother would know English anyway.

Meanwhile, I've been learning Mandarin (the "standard" dialect for all of China), while the girls *probably* speak Cantonese. So we will do a lot of improvising!

We will have a guide in China who will help with translating. We also have various books, tapes and other resources.

In addition, I've learned several children's songs in Chinese.