My point, and question, was did it cause a major change in their lives, or did they just view it rather casually and go on.
Seems like, from your description, it was the latter.
Well, they are 9 and 7 now, and they have lots of adopted friends. How it plays when they get older remains to be seen.
But they are very well adjusted now, we make a big deal out of chinese events, etc (and yes, they LOVE rice), we’ve told them what we do know about their birth information while leaving out the harsher facts for now. We can’t lie because it’s in their official documentation from China but we’ll cross that bridge when they are older.
They know they were wanted, they know we asked God for them and prayed for them even before we knew them, and they know they are loved. I think they’ll be fine.