Then and now . . . 
We had a wonderful reunion with two of Ahn-Bao's "cribmates" from the Pink Castle. Ahn-Bao's friends, Lu (and his Mom and Dad and big sister, Clara who live in the Twin Cities) and Isabel (and her Mom and Dad and big brother, Jackson who used to live in the Twin Cities but moved to Texas a year ago) met at Lake Harriet and got reacquainted. Isabel's parents were visiting in MN for the weekend and all three families (and lots of other families as it was an especially beautiful day) spent the afternoon at the park.Ahn-Bao has had one other encounter with Lu since their time at the Pink Castle and talks about him frequently. He also seemed to recognize Isabel, but hard to tell. Nevertheless, it seems important to make these connections for Ahn-Bao to maintain some memory of his babyhood. It was all probably more meaningful to his Mommy than to him for the moment, but I can only hope we can maintain these connections for him so that one day it might also be important to him.
It was of course an ocassion for lots of photos (what ocassion isn't?) and here they are . . . .
