Foster Mom Adventures

I haven’t posted in a while, so you may have missed our trip to the circus (which they loved even though Faith’s favorite part was “watching the people sell those light things you wouldn’t buy me”).  And you missed our successful trips to the park and swimming pool (don’t ask about my sunburn) and Hope’s [...]

THIRD GRADE!  I have a third grader living in my house!!   Faith’s principal just called and said they made the decision to promote her to the third grade.  He emphasized that it isn’t because they feel she has mastered all that she needs to master to be successful, but they do see the progress [...]

Last week I lost my glasses.  I noticed that they were missing on Thursday, but I was riding in my boss’s car as we traveled around the district making presentations, so I chalked it up to the fact that they must be in my car.  Then a couple of days passed and due to Texas [...]

Today, Hope finally earned enough stickers to be rewarded with a trip to Build-a-Bear Workshop.  While it took her several months longer than her sister, she was very proud of her accomplishment.  She earned stickers by doing things like picking up her toys and going to bed without crying.    So in order to make the reward [...]

I knew it would happen sooner than later, but it just so happened tonight.  Faith found Oscar floating upside down, which is never a good sign for a fish.  Faith came over and hugged me and told me she didn’t want Hope to find out because it would upset her.  I gently patted Faith on [...]

Faith had to rescue me from the couch this week. I’ve been burning the midnight oil trying desperately to catch up on my foster parent logs as I had fallen woefully behind. And apparently, one night I fell asleep on the couch. Faith got up to go the bathroom and found me there. She brought [...]