Kaykay has been with us for a month now . It 's going a lot better than I was worried about . She spent a lot of time in her room the first week , which made me worry about getting to know her . If you can 't talk to someone and they don 't talk to you , how do you know what their needs are . Kaykay really opened up after the first week . We talk a lot now . I actually think we are becoming pretty close . She told me about her family and I told her a little about mine . She has only been in foster care since she was fifteen , so about two years . For only being seventeen and what she 's been through , she has pretty good goals . She wants to go the college and knows what she wants to do . I told her I would do everything an adult has to do to get her into college but she has to do her part . I 'm talking to the social worker about Kaykay staying in the foster program until she 's twenty - one so she can go to college and not worry about a place to live , transportation and a job . The only problem that we are having is her using her cell phone a lot and staying up too late . She gets up on her own in the morning for school , but is pretty tired when she gets home , but she still stays up . It hasn 't really been a problem but I want to see her grades at the end of this session . We may have to restrict the time of the cell phone usage . She has a boyfriend but that hasn 't really been a problem either . Although I wish he would call before he shows up . I actually told Kaykay to suggest that to him so we can have the option of saying yes or no to his visit . He doesn 't drive so he has to arrange someone to pick him up and I think he waits until he needs that ride before he thinks about it . Seems like a good kid though . The " three " left in early July . Right before Ike 's birthday . We knew it was going to happen soon but when I got the phone call from the caseworker it really hit me that they were leaving . I had become pretty attached to Ike and Flower . I actually got most of the kids stuff together the night before in preparation for the court decision . The Aunt called about a half hour later and we arranged for her and her husband to pick the kids up . They picked the kids up within 3 hours of us getting the call . I didn 't tell the two little ones they were leaving but I did tell Ike . He was okay with it but I think he wanted to stay . He did however , decide to leave his bike and scooter here so he could have it when he visits . I think he just wanted to leave roots . Their Aunt brought them back for a visit , the next week , and so we could give him his presents . DH gave him a race track and I gave him a Teddy bear I made at Build - a - Bear with a special voice recording just for him . He really liked both his gifts . I 've kept in contact with the Aunt . In fact , I talked with her the other day . She told me that Sugar Ray is having problems . He 's not talking as clearly , he looks right through you , he won 't or can 't follow simple instructions , and he cries or whines when asked to do something . Anyone that has experience with Autism might recognize these signs . She is having him evaluated for Autism after speaking with a relative who 's child has Autism . Even though Sugar Ray got on my nerves , it still breaks my heart to think of him as having Autism . There is no way that the mother will ever be able to take care of him , if that 's the case . She has her own problems . The mother is in rehab and may possibly get the kids back afterwards . Ike is not happy about that decision at all . I don 't really blame him but maybe she will be okay after she gets help . We have not seen the kids since that first visit . I wondering if we will ever see them again . We can only pray and hope for the best for those children . We both miss them and I think of them every dPosted by Some of you might think after the lice thing , I gave up . It 's just that we 've been so busy since the kids are out of school . We still have all five kids , for now . We think the Ike , Sugar Ray and Flower will be leaving us soon . They are going to live with their great Aunt and Uncle . They are nice people and we think they will be happy there . The kids have been seeing their mom during the weekends that they are with their Aunt . Mom hasn 't shown up for her visits during the week , for the past three weeks . I have a feeling they won 't be going back with her . I 'm hoping the mom will give the Aunt guardianship or even give up her parental rights . I think Ike 's father will give up his rights , Sugar 's father is unknown and Flower 's dad is going to be spending more time incarcerated than originally thought . I don 't think there is any way he will get any of the kids after he gets out . Flower had her 1st birthday last month . I made her a pretty little birthday dress and cupcakes . I was so impress with myself for the way the dress turned out . One of the neighbors knew I was looking for a dress , but instead of a dress she found a little tshirt that said " Birthday Girl " on it . I cut the bottom off the tshirt and sewed material on to make it into a cute little dress . Ike 's birthday is next week . DH wants to get him a race track and either give it to him early or take it to him next week . The Aunt said she would like us to continue to see the kids and we think it would be a good idea , at least for Ike 's sake . He has become very attached to us . He told me the other day , he wishes I was his mommy . We have been snuggling in the evening , after the little ones go to bed and before his bedtime . We usually watch something on TV that we both pick out . He told me he never knew what snuggling was until he came to our house . I think that 's so sad . I hate to say it but I will probably not miss Sugar Ray . He gives me such a hard time . I know it 's his age , but he cries every time I ask him to do something or even ask him if he wants to do somethingPosted by As anyone who has read " Notes from Mickey " lately realizes , Princess hasn 't said a word in several months . Yesterday , DH called me at work to tell me that Princess was in a really good mood and came up to him , in the kitchen , and said " Mama " . DH told her " no , I 'm daddy " , she said mama again and he said " no , I 'm daddy " . Then she said " Mom ! " , he said " daddy " , she said " MOM " quite clearly and forcefully and then ran off laughing . This is exciting ! I told him I didn 't even think she thinks about me but then he reminded me , we don 't know what she thinks . I wish I heard her say words but hopefully it will come eventually . She did say " yum " the other day after I gave her a cookie , but I thought it was more of a sound than a word . We have been working on Ike 's behavior at school . He has never acted out at home but he has rotten school days . He got suspended again last week and he had only been there for 10 minutes ! I actually think it was wrong for them to send him home . He doesn 't hurt anyone but he does knock thing off tables or knock chairs over . Anyway , they called me at work to tell me we need to pick him up . I had to call DH who was on his way to take Princess to school . Like I said , he had dropped Ike off about 10 minutes before that . It took him about 30 minutes to get back to pick up Ike . Ike spent most of the rest of the day in his room . I don 't know why he had so much anger . He 's only six . He had another bad day on Wednesday of this week but he at least was able to stay in school . They called me to let me know and I told them they could not keep sending him home . I didn 't tell them but he has a right to an education and this school is suppose to specialize in behavior problems like ADHD . Right after school he had therapy . The therapist started a behavior chart which has worked for the last two days . He has to get 4 stickers in a week to get a prize . He gets a sticker for each " happy face " and each " okay face " he receives . He is graded in the morning and the afternoon . Thursday he received a one of each and FridPosted by As you can tell by the title , one of my worst fears have come true . When we first start the foster care process , I feared having head lice come into our home . Well , it happened last Thursday . I dropped three of the children for a parental visitation and within five minutes , the worker who was supervising the visit , called to tell me they found lice on Sugar Ray 's head . GROSS ! The mom wanted me to shave his head but she did it before I picked him up . I immediately checked Princess and Little Prince 's heads . I didn 't find anything but then I didn 't know what I was looking for . I called my sister in hopes she could tell me what to do . She told me what to look for but I still didn 't find anything on their heads . After I picked the kids up , we stopped at a pharmacy to get RID or something like it . I talked to the Pharmacist first and was told I shouldn 't use anything like that with the younger children and that I should contact their doctor . I got lucky and was able to talk to their Pediatrician . He suggested using olive oil over night and then call if I found anything in the morning . I double checked all heads when I got home . I didn 't have to worry about Sugar Ray because he no longer had hair but I checked the baby and Ike 's . I didn 't find anything . I rechecked the other two but noticed nothing unusual . I gave Little Prince and Ike hair cuts . Ike 's hair was already short so I just trimmed it . Little Prince lost quite a bit along the sides and the back . I left quite a bit of length on the top . I washed all the bedding in hot water and put all the stuff animals away . I thought we were safe - until the next morning . Before my day even began , I woke up early with a migraine . I ended up calling in to work . My day just got worse from there . First I gave everyone a bath and checked heads again . I check LP 's first . I found two live ones ! I immediately put Olive Oil on LP 's head and wrapped it in glad wrap . I also soaked my hair with Olive Oil . I had been itching but I was hoping it was psychological . I washed all the bedding Posted by Princess has been doing very well for the past several weeks . The one thing she does , that I can 't figure out , is her eating habits . For instance , I gave her fresh cut strawberries with her dinner the other night . She liked them and ate everything on her plate . A few days later I did the same thing but for breakfast , she refused to eat them . When I told her to eat , she stuck one in her mouth and would not chew it or swallow it . She even drank her juice with that piece of strawberry in there ! The strawberry was still in there , when I took her to school , forty - five minutes later . Finally she swallowed it before the teacher got her out of the vehicle . She has done the same thing with chicken , beans , broccoli and carrots . One day she likes them and the other she acts like we are trying to poison her . I say that because DH was reading about Autism one day and he said that their sense of smell and taste is very strong that sometimes it 's too much . Maybe hers changes from day to day . Well , she was almost potty trained a year ago but went backwards for several months . We had to start reminding her to go to the potty and most of the time her response was crying and running to the bathroom . Once she was in there and on the potty , she would be fine . Starting in March she stopped the crying but we still have to reminder . She wears big girl panties during the day and pull ups at night . She hasn 't had an accident for quite some time and has woke up dry for the past four days . She has even went in on her own a couple times over the past week . Little Prince has been doing well the past couple days with not having an accident in his big boy pants . I think it might have changed when I asked him if he was peeing in his pant because he saw Sugar Ray do it . He told me " yes " which surprised me but he hasn 't had an accident since . He has , however , continued to do things that Sugar gets in trouble for . My mother told me to ignore it but how can I give him the impression that it 's OK for him to do it and not Sugar . I know he 's doing it to Posted by I don 't like to write about negative things but I think the stress is finally getting to me . It 's not just one thing , it 's everything together . Each child has contributed to my stress in the last few weeks . The children are not really to blame , it 's really the way I deal with the situations that come up . We will start with the littlest person in our home . Flower is the baby that doesn 't sleep through the night . I can probably tell what you 're thinking - get up and put a pacifier in ? Oh no , she doesn 't take a pacifier she either wants to be held or she wants a bottle . We make sure she has a full belly at bedtime but she still wakes up every 3 to 4 hours and stays up for about 20 minutes to a half hour . So it 's not just disturbed sleep , it 's get up , stay up until you 're wide awake then try to go back to sleep so you can work in the morning . The only thing she responds to is patting her bucket harder than she should like it . I 'm really wondering if she was a drug baby . I know some of the drugs babies , that I 've come in contact with , like more physical stimulation when trying to calming down . If you pat her bucket she usually goes back to sleep . At least she can 't get out of her bed like Sugar Ray does . Sugar Ray stays asleep but he has a heck of a time getting to sleep . I bet I had to go upstairs five times last night to put him back in his bed . I 've tried to be comforting but kneeling down by his bed and rubbing his back until I thought he was asleep but it never fails - as soon as I get back downstairs he 's back , at his gated doorway , crying . I have also tried getting upset with him and that doesn 't work either . It wasn 't any better when he was sharing a room with Ike . We had to move Sugar Ray to a room of his own because of what we found out at Ike 's school meeting . Earlier in the week Ike had another bad day at school so I decided to meet with his teacher for about five minutes to let Ike see that I talk to his teacher and his teacher talks to me . His teacher , Ms . Sped and I have been using a communication book so Posted by Tink went to live with her daddy a few days ago . We got a call the night before that she was being moved to her fathers but were asked not to say anything to her just in case it didn 't happen . That night , at bed time I basically said my good - byes without her knowing it . I told her to be a good girl and that she would always have a safe place here . I had to work the next day , so I waited for her to fall asleep when I packed up her clothes , leaving an outfit for her to wear the next day . DH called me the next morning , at work , to tell me that the case worker picked her up in the morning ( it was suppose to be after her afternoon nap ) . Everything went fine and Tink was happy she was going to her dads . Ashley , the caseworker , sat her and her brothers on the stairs to talk to them about what was going on . I really thought Ike would be more upset but he seems to be OK . Sugar Ray is doing better being in the same room as Ike . I know Ike wants his own room but I keep reminding him he can have which ever room he wants after Sugar is able to sleep by himself . The first few nights we let Sugar fall asleep down stairs before we would carry him up to bed . Last night DH just had him get into his bed at the same time as everyone else was going to bed . He stayed in bed all night and didn 't even cry . I wonder if Sugar Ray would like to share a room with Little Prince . They are almost the same size and we have another toddler bed . I guess the better question would be if Little Prince would like it . Sugar started calling DH " daddy " a few days ago . We didn 't even notice until Ike asked about it . DH told him that Sugar probably doesn 't understand that he 's not his daddy but he hears LP calling him " daddy " . He doesn 't call me anything . I don 't want him to call me " mommy " , that would be disrespectful to his mother . According to the new caseworker ( we 'll call her Cathy ) , the mother has the worse case of ADHD she 's ever seen . I don 't know if she 's on medication but that could explain the issue we had with Ike 's missing pills . Looking back on tPosted by I have to say , last year at this time , we never dreamed we would have six kids in the house or even be in this house . We have been staying very busy . I realized today , that if I didn 't have to " police " the children all day , I could get a lot more done . Today was nice enough for them to play outside . They play pretty well together when they want to . However , Ike and Tink are really good at excluding Little Prince . He so wants to play with them and be around them . When I took them for their parental visit , the other day , Little Prince didn 't want me to leave them ( especially Tink ) . He also wants to be sure he says good - night to Tink . I really don 't know why because she sure isn 't nice to him . She takes his toys away while he 's playing with them and she yells at him a lot . It could have something to do with her past experiences . The day after they came , she told him she was going to be the mom and he was going to be her baby , then she proceeded to shake her finger at him and say " I don 't care about you " . Where do you think she could have heard that ? Isn 't that sad . I wonder , if Ike wasn 't here , would she be any different . Ike and Tink were suppose to be going to their fathers but after court the other day I found out it isn 't going to happen for some time . I 'm not sure what 's going on but I have a feeling they are going to be here for awhile . It seems like everything is fine until they have been to a parental visit . The first visit neither Tink or Ike wanted to see their mom . They told me , after I picked up Ike from school , they just wanted to go back to my house and play . Now , after the visit they were glad to have seen mom . Today after their visit , all of them were doing some serious crying . Tink was crying because she didn 't want to say goodbye to mom , Ike was crying because he didn 't get ice cream , I think Sugar Ray was crying because he was tired and Flower was wet . After we got back to the house , they played outside and the two older ones were back to excluding LP . I think Ike is getting the idea that it 's not juPosted by Our household grew ! We took in a sibling group of four on Thursday . They range from under one year to almost seven years . Two boys and two girls . The girl is close to Princess 's age but doesn 't seem to give her the time of day . We will call her Tink , after Tinkerbell . She is definitely under weight and so is the oldest boy . Tink is four years old but even 3T cloths are too big . They didn 't come with much in the way of cloths so I have been dressing Tink in the cloths Princess grew out of . I haven 't seen it but DH tells me that Tink is sweet when she knows we are watching . She feels quite comfortable in our home , enough to tell me that she wants to stay and not visit with her mom . Tink has an older brother that we will call Ike . Ike seems like to be a good boy but has issues . He has ADD and is on medicine but I 'm wondering if he 's received it like he is suppose to . The first evening he was in our home , he was a wild man . I didn 't know how we were going to handle him but the next day was a little better and the weekend was even better . He 's also under weight and doesn 't eat a lot at one time . I also think he has trust issues . I have caught Ike lying about the same thing , several times . He doesn 't know I know that it 's not true but if it continues I will have to have the truth come out . He 's kind of stand offish but I 'm guessing he just doesn 't feel comfortable yet . Ike has a little brother that we will call Sugar Ray . Sugar Ray likes to hit anything and everyone . The second day we had them , I bet he stood in the corner at least five times for hitting one of the kids . When he doesn 't get his way , he drops to the floor and starts screaming . He 's starting to warm up to us . I asked him for a kiss and after about 3 times asking he gave me a little one . He does want me to pick him up and he will snuggle with me when he gets tired but I 'm sure he misses his mommy . Sugar Ray has a little sister that we will call Flower . Flower looks so sweet but is full of it . She 's the baby but she has a temper just like just like her older bPosted by http : / / www . refresheverything . com / usofautismPepsi is giving away $ 1 , 300 , 000 each month to fund great ideas . Please vote forEducation and support for Autism Community and families across the US . It 's in the $ 50 , 000 category and is in second place for this month . We need your vote ! Princess is improving all the time . Her one teacher actually said she 's amazing . Yesterday , DH called me at work to tell me something exciting . I 've asked him not to call at a certain time but he couldn 't wait . He called to tell me that after asking Princess if mama made the cookies for her , she said " mama " and then ran off laughing . We haven 't heard many words from her in months . I could almost say she hasn 't really spoke anything in months except jibberish . Maybe one day she will just start talking but until then we will communicate with sign language and pictures . I haven 't gotten very far on her picture book . I have the binder , the pictures , and the velcro . I have even went into her classroom to see how they made their book . The teachers gave me some good ideas . I will start with only things she likes to do and things she likes to eat . I 'm also going to take pictures of places we go so I can show her where we 're going before we leave . I have to get it done before we get more kids ! We got a call yesterday ( DH did ) , from the agency , about a sibling group of four . We don 't know exactly how old they are but we believe they are between the ages of 6 months and 6 years . The oldest is the only one in school . We know it 's a mix of boys and girls but we 're not sure how many of each . We are taking them in on Monday some time . Monday is going to be really busy . We have decided to throw Little Prince a birthday party for his third birthday . We don 't know if he 's ever had a birthday party before but hopefully he will remember this one for a while . I have invited two friends from work that have children about his age . Even though the party will be a few days after his actually birthday , it will still be great for him . I think I will try to make a Mickey Mouse cake and get some balloons . I will have to make some GFCF cupcakes for Princess . I figure I can freeze all but two them to keep for later . Anyway , I have a lot of stuff to do next week . Hopefully DH and I can get the rest of the stuff out of our house we are trying to selPosted by We are very pleased with the results from giving Princess Vitamin D and Probiotics . She has been taking them for about a week . She seems to be thinking clearer and not looking so blank . This morning she spilled her juice and when DH told her it was an accident , before he could reach for paper towels , she grabbed a towel and started to clean it up off the floor ! This a big thing for her . The other night I heard her up at about 3am . When I went up to see what she was doing , she had taken her wet pullup off , put a clean one and put on a pair of sweat pants . Of course I made go back to bed but I couldn 't believe she did that . She 's not whining as much when we remind her to go potty . She even puts her bowl or plate in the sink when she 's finished with a meal . Yesterday after breakfast she figured out how to carry her plate , fork and sippy cup to the sink at the same time by holding her sippy cup in her mouth . She just seems to be " thinking " more . She immitates every hand movement I make when I talk to her . DH and I really need to learn more sign language so we can teach her . I think when she immitates my hand movements , she thinks I 'm doing a sign . I did get the pictures , for her picture book , printed . I just have to get them laminated . There is always something to do . The weather has been really wintery in the last few days . We got several inches of snow . That didn 't stop us from trying to take the twins for their RSV shots . We actually got half way there and were told we shouldn 't go any further . We stopped at a local store to fix the windshield wipers and that 's how we found out State Troopers were giving out $ 50 fines if you got pulled over . Needless to say , we turned around and rescheduled the girl 's appointment . Honestly , the roads weren 't that bad . It 's been a very interesting few days . First I want to thank all the people who read my blog and make positive comments . I actually made it over a year without a negative one until this week . I will not allow negative comments to be posted anymore , negativity breeds negativity . Princess surprises us every day . The other day she helped her brother put on his towel before dinner . Yesterday she picked up all her toys when asked and even retrieved the baby bottles to be washed . She has been taking more of an interest in the babies . We will really have to watch her closely but it 's nice to see her recognize them as people instead of fixtures . I have made a conscience effort to include her in the things I 'm doing . She likes to watch me do dishes and for fun she runs around the vacuum cleaner . She was doing good with the potty training until about mid week . Then we went back to pull ups . We still remind her to go potty but at least if she has an accident , she doesn 't have wet pants . She has some good days and some not so good days . Little Prince was a real good boy yesterday . He did what he was asked without any fussing . When DH put him down for his nap , he told him he was going to have to put up the toys in the playroom after he woke up . Well , about two hours later DH heard some foot steps running around upstairs . He just figured LP was awake and in his room so DH called his name from the bottom of the stairs , LP came from around the corner and said TA DA ! DH asked him if he said ta da just because he woke up ? LP said " no , I clean up toys ! We are amazed he remember that he was suppose to do that and that he did it as soon as he got up . LP got one of Daddy 's special candies for being such a good boy . One of my friends is letting me borrow a crib for as long as I need it . It 's in good shape and came with a real nice mattress . Bouncy and Sunshine need their own cribs . Most of the time Bouncy is either right next to her sister or has her legs over the top of Sunshine 's legs by morning . We will probably set up the crib tonightPosted by First , I must say that I know we have to do what CPS / DCS request and " deal with it " but that doesn 't mean we agree with it . If the mother had taken care of her kids like she should have then maybe they wouldn 't have been taken away . I am all for getting the kids back to their mother when she can get her act together . As for the visits . . all I 'm saying it seems to be a waste of time to have a drive that long when she could see the kids for two hours longer if they were in the same town as mom . So I agree that some things that CPS / DCS does could be fixed . What I don 't agree with , is all foster parents are bad and there should be no such thing as foster parents . If we weren 't foster parent do you think the state wouldn 't have taken the children ? ? Instead they might have went to a group home , used to be known as an orphanage ! Yes , we do get money . . should we take care of another persons children for free ? ? We get less than a baby sitter does and we have to supply food and clothing . The children in our home eat well balanced meals and have nice clothes . Anything we buy for them will go with them when they do leave . As for children that are hurt or killed in the hands of the foster parents that is terrible and absolutely sick but there are probably an equal amount of children killed at the hands of their own parents . Why don 't you put that in your " news " blog . Some people should not be parents and some people should not be foster parents . I am not going to try to convince you that we are good people because you already have a preconceived notion that all foster parents are bad . The world needs good people to care about children when their parents don 't . Little Prince is stilling thinking he is going to get flushed down the toilet if he falls in . He still goes by himself but the toilet he uses , most of the time , we 've had to put the potty training toilet seat back on . Which means I have to go across the house to use another bathroom or take the seat off every time I have to go ! ! Last week we took the twins up for a visit with " mom " . It was at the DCS ( dept of child services ) since " mom " doesn 't have a place to have visits with them . Anyway , DH and I dropped them off then we wasted time around town . We drove through down town since DH had never been in that part of town . It 's a pretty little town with old store fronts and little shops . The visit was suppose to be a hour and a half long . When we got back to pick them up , DH ran in to get them ( I sat out with the other kids ) . Soon he came back out without the babies . I asked him what was going on . . " they ( social - workers ) are walking around the office , holding the babies " . He went in a few minutes later to get them . He came back out again without the babies ! " What 's going on ? " I asked . He told me they ( three social workers ) basically attacked him with accusing us of not taking care of the babies . Bouncy has had a rash on the side of her face for weeks . I asked her doctor about it during a visit in early January . He said it was probably an allergy but didn 't suggest anything . Sunshine had a rash around her chin from the baby food I gave her the day before the visit . The DCS workers said it was from our cats ! Who ever heard of a topical allergy to cats without a respiratory issue ? ? DH was so mad but was able to keep his mouth shut . The last time he came out without the babies , I told him to get in the van and I would go in and get the babies . I was NOT happy and I 'm sure they talked about it after we left . I went right in their , told them it was not a cat allergy and informed them I HAD taken the babies to the doctor . The old bat supervisor asked me if the cat is around the babies when they are sleeping because we know tPosted by One of Little Prince 's greatest fears came true today - he fell into the toilet ! He has been afraid of falling into the toilet for some time . Most of the time he goes to the bathroom by himself but sometimes he asks us to help him / hold him so he doesn 't fall in . Today he did fall in and then my sweet DH tried to tell him he was too big to fall in ( too big to go down into the toilet ) but Little Prince didn 't believe him so DH held him and carefully lowered him down into the toilet . Well , that back fired ! Little Prince started crying and now he won 't use that toilet . DH told me that he carried his little stool across the house and used our bathroom in our room . Poor little guy . We will have to get him over that fear , I don 't want him using our bathroom ! As you may know , DH works all Thursday night , then comes home so I can go to work and then stays up with the kids until I get home Friday evening . I don 't know how he does it or how much longer he can do it . He calls me a couple times a day just to talk to me . This afternoon he called to tell me he was having a trying day . LP was upstairs crying so DH asked him what was wrong ( from the bottom of the stairs ) , LP answered " I poopy 'd " . DH told him " that 's OK , I will be up in a minute to wipe you " . Well , when he got up there , LP had a case of diarrhea . It was all over the floor , down his legs , all over the toilet and he was standing there saying " I sorry Daddy , I sorry Daddy " . Another " poor little guy " . Daddy told him it was OK and that accidents happen . DH said it took him a while to get it all cleaned up and then he put LP in a " warm " shower . I wish I was home . Actually , I received a text message from DH early this morning saying that he wishes our house would sell so we could pay off some bills and then I could quit working . We do miss each other . We don 't have a day off together anymore and that 's harder than we thought it would be . We thought we would have the evenings together but what we didn 't think about is it wouldn 't be just him and I . It really changed when wePosted by What a great blog site . These two sisters give way a lot of great stuff . Everyone should check it out . You can get to the site by the button to the right . Good luck but let me win first . . haha For days now we have been giving Princess green beans . Just last month she loved green beans but now she has decided she doesn 't want to eat them . It was the only vegetables she would eat . It started at lunch , yesterday , DH made her a nice lunch and she refused to eat the beans . Last night at dinner he made another meal with beans and she refused to eat them . This morning at breakfast and at lunch , she received green beans again and refused to eat them . Needless to say , she was starving by dinner time ( 3 : 00 ) . So , DH decide not the fight with her about beans and made her chicken and french fries . He gave her one french fry , she stuck in her mouth and refused to chew it and swallow it ! ! Finally she ate it and he gave her the rest of her lunch . The first thing she reached for was a french fry ! ! ! I don 't understand why she won 't eat green beans anymore or other vegetables . Could her tastes change so fast ? We will have to find a different vegetable that she likes . I 'm getting over sickness . I can 't believe how sick I 've been over the last two months . I think it 's finally going away . I feel much better today . The sore throat really had me worried but at least I can swallow again . I hardly ever called in to work and now since we got LP and Princess I 've called in the maximum of five times . Needless to say , I got a written notice today . They give you sick hours but you can 't really use them . I think I have over 200 hours saved but if I call in three more times before July I won 't have a job ! The children are fine . I 'm so thankful they didn 't get sick . They 've made up for it in injuries ! Both Little Prince and Princess have fallen down the stairs . The stair are carpeted but there is hard wood at the bottom . Little Prince has fallen three times ! ! The first time he didn 't get hurt , the second time he hit his head and made a knot above his right eye . The third time scared me half to death ! I heard him fall all the way down and then hit the floor . He was still laying there by the time I ran from the kitchen . I picked him up and turned him over . He told me he hit his head and then I noticed his bloody nose . I quickly woke up DH and told him . I didn 't know if he hit his nose or really hit his head so hard it made his nose bleed . He had another knot in the middle of his forehead , a fat lip , a bloody nose and a bruise across his right cheek along his jaw line . But according to LP " he didn 't fall , he rolled down the stairs " . Then to make things worse , Princess tried to fall later that night . I had just gone to bed , thinking everyone was asleep . Then I hear the pitter - patter of little Princess feet running up and down the hall way upstairs . I jumped out of bed and ran up the stair . I told her she was suppose to be in bed . She had actually undid her gate and set it nicely again the wall . Well , I couldn 't put her in the " corner " upstairs because she would have woke the other kids up . So , I escorted her down the steps . . . half way down she slipped and I hung on to her arm . I thought for sure iPosted by I 've been married to a wonderful , thoughtful person for over 27 years . We have 2 beautiful children and several kinds of pets . I love spending time in our back woods . I love learning something new everyday . By Valerie BusicThe phone call comes in , " Do you have enough room ? For one more young child . . . He needs a home soon . " He comes to your doortattered and bruised , His clothes are all dirty , he 's wearing no shoes . . . You welcome him inwith a smile on your face , He 'll have to adjustat his very own pace . His life has beena hard , rocky road . Somehow you must helpto lighten his load . He is going to need youto care for him now , So deep in your heart , you silently vow - To make his life betterthan what he has now . to again make him smile , though you 're wondering how . Each new day bringsanger , sadness and joyYou pray that your lovecan help this young boy . Sometimes it seems thatyou 're getting nowhere , And you 're wondering why God said , " Send this child there . " After an especially trying daywhen you 're surethere must be an easier wayInto the room , his footsteps now come . With a shy hug , he whispers , " I love you Mom . " With tears in your eyes , you know just what to say , You 've waited and waitedFor this very day . " Remember this , honey , And no matter what , You 're special . I love you . You just hold on to that . " And then the day comeswhen you answer the phone . . . They 're sending " your " little boyback to his home . You think of the workthat may be undoneWhen they do send him back , to the very same one . He 's much different todaythan he was , way back when . Your hard work has paid off , You can see it in him . You hope and you prayhe 'll remember your loveBut you can 't help wonder , will it be enough ? To carry him throughwhat may lie aheadYou try to be strongto cover your dreadYour head says you mustget through the good - byesBut the weight in your heart feels like part of it died . Later , you learnhe 's doing quite well . He comes over to visitand you really can tell . His life isn 't perfect , but . . . It 's turning quite nice . And you have made a differencein one little boy 's life .