Foster Mom Adventures

It’s hard to believe, but it has been one month since the girls arrived.    On Friday, the girls had a visit with their parents.  The visit went well, and there were no tears at separation.  The best news is that the CPS transporter not only transported the girls, but also the hamsters.  And she [...]

Faith was given the assignment to make a class presentation on a famous American.  Now the rest of her class has been researching their famous American for weeks and wrote an entire report on their individual.  But since Faith arrived little late in the game, she only had to complete the presentation (and the research [...]

Last night I said that we would see what tomorrow brings…and boy did I have a surprise this morning.  While I was cleaning up the dishes from breakfast and Faith was brushing her hair in the bathroom, Hope was quietly coloring in her coloring book…so I thought.  All of a sudden she burst into the [...]

I have been trying to teach Hope her letters.  We have been listening to the alphabet song over and over again in the car.  We also have some letters and blocks to play with and work on her letters.  Tonight, as I was cooking dinner, I heard her singing in the living room “now I [...]

I am an only child, so sometimes the most challenging part of this whole adventure is parenting two girls at one time.  Due to Hope’s age and temperament, she demands more of my attention.  In addition to the fact that I have to dress her and tame her curly hair, I have to occupy her [...]

Faith and I made the discovery tonight that boy hamster plus girl hamster equals six baby hamsters.  We made this discovery and Faith quickly realized that Daddy hamster was trying to eat one of his young.  Perhaps there used to be more than six…I’m not entirely sure. She went from elation that she had baby [...]

Please allow me to introduce you to the newest member of my family—Oscar the fish.  Because the girls were so good at the doctor today (OK, so they weren’t really…more about that later) they got to go pick out a fish to have for a pet (since the hamsters will be leaving soon).  And I [...]

What a weekend! I’m so exhausted that I can barely type. But it’s a good kind of tired—the girls and I had an absolute blast this weekend. I hope they don’t think weekends are always going to be this much fun! On Saturday, we spent the entire day at a friend’s home, which to Hope [...]

The day and night after the visit with their family went very well.  Hope didn’t have to go to time-out even once! We explored our backyard on the hunt for the biggest leaf we could find for Faith to take to school for her science class—and we found one!  Then she collected several other samples [...]

The girls were picked up early from school today and taken for a visit with their parents.  Because Hope’s third birthday is Sunday, tonight was the family’s opportunity to celebrate.  That meant lots of presents for Hope and sugar for both girls. Faith was the first of the two to arrive at my door.  She [...]