Daddy, Dearest

I’ve decided to stop labeling these in such a clinical way, as I have been.

Well, we lucked out and didn’t get any rain today, although it was still a bit chilly outside. Kiddo got out and was using the sidewalk chalks to desecrate our patio, and finally figured out how to get started on climbing the big apple tree in the backyard. I’m not aware of any kid, boy or girl, who doesn’t like climbing trees. After being warned not to climb too high, and be careful of the moss growing on the tree, he was great.

He had his weekly visit with his bio-mom today, and seemed to enjoy it, but it’s sometimes hard to tell with him. Being so young, his memory is still somewhat unreliable, and he tries to fit what he wishes had happened into what actually did happen. For instance, he ‘has a sister who is so small you can’t see or hear her’. I’m really not sure if that is something I need to report to his social worker or not.  But maybe that’s because hubby and I have recently gotten into the series ‘Once Upon A Time’ and going through the older episodes to get caught up.

He was glad to get home, though I don’t know if it’s appropriate to use the word ‘home’ just yet. I keep getting the feeling that hubby and I are being gently herded into something. I’m not complaining, mind you, but I really don’t like being manipulated. Anyone who knows me well will tell you that. If it does get to that point, I would be proud to call him my son.
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So, after the visit, time outside drawing on the patio, climbing the tree, and terrorizing (well, intimidating) the puppy, we started watching Shrek. He LOVED it, but started falling asleep about half-way through it. Quick bath, teeth-brushing and bedtime story later, he wanted to play with the stuffed animals in his room.

We wound up having a mini-pillow fight, only with stuffed animals. I managed to get the stuffed cat that looks like Shirley’s Boo-Boo Kitty from the old show ‘Laverne and Shirley’. I had to hold onto it by the head so that the plastic rotating-ish eyes didn’t hurt him. I eventually won, since he had all the other animals on his side. He laughed a lot, but he laughed even more when the tickle monster came.

In all honesty, I wasn’t sure if I wanted or was even ready to be a parent. This last month has shown me that I am. For so many years, I’ve been the eccentric uncle to my nieces and nephews. There is a certain satisfaction in knowing that I could just as easily have been their eccentric father.

I’m trying to be intentionally vague in these posts, not only to protect the other parties involved, but because I don’t know what is legally permissible to share.  Hubby is the lawyer, so I defer to his wisdom.

So the emergency respite originally expected to be 3 or 4 days has been extended a week, possibly longer.  Current foster parents stopped by to drop off some more clothes and some of his favorite toys and books.  We had a chance to have some coffee with them this morning and get to know each other better.  Foster Mom (FM) had an episode similar to a couple that I had last year, and the social worker  (SW) wants a letter from her doctor clearing the resumption of fostering.  FM and FD are nearing retirement age, and FM intimated to me during our telecon last Tuesday that this is probably the last fostering they will do.

So, little Nemo seems to be settling in nicely.  We’re trying to keep to his routine, and it’s working out so far.  The biggest inconvenience is that the daycare doing his Head Start program is about a 45 minute drive from our house. This erection drscoinc.com cialis prescription lasts for 4-6 hours. Several other well-known significant symptoms can also be a hindrance for their love partner. buy cheap viagra drscoinc.com A man should always express their feelings and discuss their problems in viagra prescriptions open so when they are actually the same. This also comprises thin order levitra without prescription nerves, which restricts the blood flow and hardens the penis muscles.  He has fun and friends there, and he’s learning all kinds of new things.  

Since hubby is an attorney in the foster field, he knows the SW involved.  Scuttlebutt has it that this might even turn into a permanent placement situation (aka adoption).  We’re amenable, and I kind of got the feeling that the visit from FM and FD this morning was also a chance for them to check us out.  I’m pretty sure we passed.

We’re still slowly updating the kids room, and went to a sort of flea market put on every few months for people in the Foster Care system.  Some great deals there, and we’ll be going back tomorrow for the last day.  One of the workers there told us that except for the retail items, everything gets discounted 50%.

More later.

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It’s only been a few hours, but it looks very promising.  Once hubby got home from work, he’s engage the young man more than I’ve had a chance to.  Kid seems to be very smart and advanced for his age (four years old).  He already knows what a parallelogram is!!  WOW!

It’s going to be a very interesting few days.

[NOTE:  I originally started with the intention of writing at least once a day.  That went straight out the window, since I began writing this post on Tuesday, April 8, 2014.]

So, we dipped our toes into the waters of foster parenting last week, and hosted a 5-year old boy (that I called ‘Bob’) with a couple of developmental issues.  He was a very sweet and endearing child, but easily bored.  It was a challenge finding activities that satisfied the various needs we saw in him.  Overall, it was definitely a learning experience, and if his current foster parents need another respite, we’d be happy to have him back for a few days.  

The day after that respite ended, we got several emails asking us to consider taking in a couple of different families.  One Social Worker (hereafter referred to as SW) wanted us to take over care of a 2-year old boy who was  <a style=”text-decoration: none” href=”https://bestforthekids.com/best-toys-and-gifts-for-2-year-old-boys/”><font color=””>playing with toys</font></a> in what might have become a permanent placement, but a relative stepped in.  A different SW asked us to take on a couple of brothers (5 and 6) for a permanent placement, but there was a conflict of interest because hubby is representing one of the parents.

Then we got the call for another emergency respite.  One of our foster moms had a family member pass away and needed someone to watch two sisters while she attended the funeral back East.  Hubby wasn’t sure about hosting girls, but I had no problem with it, since I helped my mother basically raise my two younger sisters.  If I need to differentiate between the two girls we are hosting for the next week, I will refer to them as ‘Beezus’ and ‘Ramona’.  If you need me to explain who THEY are, then you probably need a remedial childhood.  😉

I guess they must have really been hurting for respite care.  (more after the jump) continue reading…

I am actually a little bit shocked that it’s been four (4!!!!) years since I last updated this blog, but it is definitely time to start again.

Hubby and I have been going through the foster-care/adoption system in our state.  We finally got our license a week or two ago, and hosted our first ‘respite’ for a fellow foster-parent.  A ‘respite’ is basically a babysitting gig, of varying lengths, to give the other foster parent(s) a chance to relax, regroup, refresh, and catch their breath for a little while.  Because of licensing and other laws, the only people who are allowed to give ‘respite’ care are those who’ve been approved in the system.

We hosted a 5-year old boy, and since I’m not sure if we can share even first names per state law, I’m going to call him “Bob”.

Four days with Bob later, I was so very sorry to see him go.  He was very sweet, very engaging, curious about everything, and a joy to be around, even if he was exhausting at times.  It is a shame that he wound up in foster care to begin with, and I wonder what was up with his parents.
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Now, hubby has a friend who is also a foster parent, and is moving over-seas with her family.  She wants us to take in her foster kid, a two-year old boy, since he can’t go with them.  So it seems like this would be a more permanent situation.  I’m not quite sure how I feel about that, though.  As of later this year, both of us will have passed the 50-year mark.  I’ve always wanted to be a father, and thought I would probably be a very good one.

So, part of me is all for taking this next step, and part of me wants to take a step back, and a deep breath, before going too much farther.  Comments?

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A Christmas Story theme

A very happy holiday to you!  Whether you celebrate Festivus, Kwanza, Saturnalia, Sol Invictus, Hanukah, Eid, Christmas, or are just enjoying a three-day weekend, may it be a joyous one.

We decided to use the movie “A Christmas Story” as our theme this year, but we were a little late getting started.  Even so, we’ve been getting great feedback on it.  I guess nobody has done this theme before.  Next year we plan on adding the kid in the red snow suit who couldn’t put his arms down, the teacher/wicked witch saying “You’ll shoot your eye out!”, and a Santa on the roof with a big boot at the beginning of a slide going down into the yard.  If we can do it right, it will be a hoot. 

More pictures after the jump.

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I’m still working on posting regularly.  The house is mostly done.  We have a laundry room one bathroom and the kitchen still to paint.  Three bathrooms, a laundry room and a kitchen to put in tile floors instead of the crap that’s in there.  I keep saying that I’ll have before and after pics, but I need to take some after pics for a couple of the rooms before that will be ready.

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I know I haven’t posted here for a while.  There’s been a lot going on.   I’ll be making up for that soon.

Last night, though, I found a story on CNN that touched me.  This is the story of a 47-year old woman named Susan Boyle.  She has a slight learning disability.  She spent most of her adult life caring for her elderly parents, and doing charity work.  She’s never been married, never been kissed.  Her mother died last year, but before she died, she told Susan to follow her dream, and go on this show, if she could.

The link will take you to a YouTube clip of Susan’s appearance on Britain’s Got Talent, a kind of British American Idol.  The clip is phenomenal.  It brought tears to my eyes.

Britain’s Got Talent – Susan Boyle

This is one of my favorite songs of all time.  I’ve posted the lyrics below.  They are especially poignant to me, for some reason.  This woman finally got to live the dream she dreamed.

I Dreamed a Dream – Les Miserables
Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer, Music by Claude-Michel Schonberg

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