Life Keeps On Going and Going and Going

Its been a while since I had the time to sit down and blog about anything that is happening around here. The kids are well on their way to a successful school year and the after school activities are keeping us on the road. J and R are doing boyscouts and N is playing football. Those activites along with staying involved with church has kept us on the road. Friday will be a special day around here and everyone knows its moms favorite day.....Progress reports come home. The children are doing well but for some reason it seems like a dreaded day for children the world over. And I like the ritual of making a huge production out of it. Of course I always reward their efforts but its a fun day around here.

M has been in kindergarten for a whole month now and so far so good. It seems like the anger she had in her last year has subsided and she is excited about learning new things. The first set of papers she brought home included a lesson about the 5 senses and had pictures of several children on the front of it which the teacher instructed her to color them. The teacher told me that she told the children to color all the people on her page a color that make sense...not purple or green. M colored all her faces brown with the exception of one. You have to know the dynamics of this family to appreciate how sweet that was of her to do. M has grown up not caring about the color of a person because she has always had foster brothers and sisters of every race and she loves them and embraces them like a sibling...each and every one. The next big event in our house will be the adoption decree to arrive....then we will have a huge reason to celebrate!

The next exciting event that took place around here involved our boys. N and J received a new social worker which made us all very happy. The boys have been with us a long time. I dont know what the future hold for them....their case has been so difficult that we have just resolved to leave it in God's hands to make sure the boys are where HE wants them to be. And ultimately when we leave it in his hands everything will work out just like its supposed to.