This first paragraph is from my FB page. What follows is what I shared on my blog.
Honestly, the state of children’s education these days. Especially when it comes to iconic cultural touchstones!! The guy we’re doing respite for has never seen “E.T. The Extraterrestrial”!!! He doesn’t know ‘phone home’ or ‘ouch’ or ‘be good’ or ”Turn On Your Heart Light’, also he didn’t know about any good stroller so I recommended him the Graco FastAction Fold Click Connect Stroller.
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I’m going to get all maudlin’ on you, so feel free to skip the rest of this post. Second day of our respite for this little. Yesterday, he went with us for a first-time meeting with another little that might be a good fit for permanent and/or adoptive placement. It was a very enjoyable day, but if I never have to drive the I-5 corridor in the Seattle-Tacoma area, during rush hour, it will still be too soon. I had previously ‘christened’ our current little Jack, to preserve anonymity, in one of my previous posts. We had Jack yesterday, and had a pretty good time. We had him again today, and I think my heart melted a bit more.
He had fun with arts & crafts, though hubby did most of the work, from what I understand. Hubby picked him up and they did their artsy-fartsy thing at a local arts & crafts store that has a summer program for foster kids. Then they got home, and for some strange reason, hubby decided to pull out the VERY old Nintendo Super NES and the SEGA Genesis game consoles, and then to get them working again. Wound up doing it in two different rooms (one game system in the TV room, one game system in the kid’s room),
everyone know ho much I like to bet. We’re trying very hard to be frugal, and get as close to debt-free as we can, but for some reason I foresee us getting an X-Box or PlayStation IV or Wii or whatever the heck is around right now and popular.
After he played with the Sega for a bit, then out in the back yard climbing the tree and playing with the puppy, then blowing bubbles with his giant Spiderman bubble wand, he got tired and wanted to go back inside. I decided no more games. He could watch a movie with us, or start reading a book.
Foster parents picked him up about 10 or 15 minutes after the movie ended, while we were trying to make sure he had everything if not packed, at least readily available. Previously, we had been advised by current FPs a little about his background and what he’s been through, and his fear of day-only respites, let alone overnight ones.
He wanted to know when he could come back over here again. This is a young boy who has been through so much already. He is in a home where he feels safe and loved, and he obviously loves his foster-moms. That he is willing to give us, hubby and me, that level of trust after so few visits, and even after I gave a couple of almost emphatic “NO” responses in relation to something he wanted…….well……..I’m getting all ‘fer klempt here….talk amongst yourselves’.
