Our first day working on our license for foster care we learned that you can never have expectations as things will change rapidly. Last night we prepped the kids for their Case Worker visit today. We had them ready to show off their new room, their toy shelf, and where they sit for meals. As you guessed it, we didn't have our visit. Had I known that, I could have snuck a half-day of work in.
As of this morning our agency had still not been able to get in contact with the birth family. At 6:00 PM we received a text. We have a family visit tomorrow at 11:30, and of course I was scheduled for a half day. I guess it will be an early morning for me. We haven't told the girls yet, we are afraid we would never get them into bed. All the girls would hear would be "see mommy" and not the part where they will be returning with us afterwards. Sissy and I have discussed that a few times already, but she just doesn't seem to understand.
I was starting to wonder, how do you have your children taken from your home and not check up on them in over a week? From what the CPS worker told us it isn't a complete surprise, but then again I had hope for them. We will just wait and see how tomorrow goes, as I said earlier, I need to not have expectations.
We had some company tonight and mixed reactions... the best behaved was when one of our guests sat down to dinner with us and not all the attention was on the girls. Another set of guests was only here for a moment to pick up some things so naturally the girls wanted to run outside and we were trying to stay in right before dinner.
The girls have been with us for a whole week and today may have been the most difficult. We had so many requests to leave. It is mostly Sissy. Bug is actually starting to develop her own reactions to things. We repeat on a few things, but tonight in the bath is an example since Sissy was screaming because I was putting water on her head and Bug started laughing. Bug also runs to a bubble bath while we practically have to drag Sissy. Sissy eventually calms down in the tub, however tonight I didn't give her the time to and pulled her out when she swung at Bug.
Speaking of taking a swing. Now that the girls are more comfortable here they have started hitting. We address this immediately, but it is not something we saw the first few days.
Off to bed for us, we didn't manage to let Sissy fall asleep on her own. She is still wide awake, but maybe the 2 hour nap has something to do with that. I hope tomorrow that we can write how wonderful the family visit goes, but I'm not sure that is how it will be.
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