I wish I had something fun and exciting to post, but I really don't.
Unless you think chasing two sometimes-crabby toddlers around the house/yard/store all day is fun and exciting.
I did make the Pinterest Flubber with the three bigger kids yesterday. They LOVED it.
I've been mentally preparing for the start of the school year, but now it's time to start more than just mental preparation. As we always start on the Tuesday after Labor Day, we have just over two weeks until the first day of school. Each year since moving here, I have been presented with at least one additional challenge: this year brings several. Hunter will be in eighth grade and Kaleigh in second (which I think is the harder of the two for me to wrap my head around!) K3 will be doing more Pre-K work this year; we will have a little more focus than last year, but I still plan to give her more play than anything. Last year, in addition to my three students, I had a (mostly) infant. This year I have two toddlers. It will be an adventure for sure!
I've maintained a pretty decent summer routine, but I'm sure it would bore the reader, so I won't detail it out here. But I think having that daily routine will help the transition back into the school year go a little more smoothly.
I have a few more things to get - I'd like a large bookshelf for the school room, and the kids still need notebooks - and I have a few little school room projects to do. I need to make die cuts for the calendar, hang the white boards, and do a little rearranging to make the area more study-conducive. Other than that, I'm feeling pretty ready.
I didn't get nearly as much done as far as house projects as I wanted to this summer. I'm hoping to cram a lot into these last two weeks, but we'll see.
Happy Sunday!
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
and sometimes...
...the wheels of justice turn as they ought to.
Our little K4 was TPR'd yesterday.
There are, as usual, still 30 days to appeal; but they have no legal grounds, so it's not very likely.
It is almost unbelievable, after all we've been through with every other child, to have a case end this quickly. (**Sidenote: Please don't ANYONE use the word "deserve" in a comment; I absolutely despise the word.) It hasn't even really hit me yet. In fact, because this happened so fast, we have to wait longer than we've ever had to to finalize adoption. She has to live with us for 6 months before we can adopt; so an adoption is schedule for..........drum roll please..........February! This means all of our adoptions so far will be in the same month.
If you pray, please pray - or continue to pray - for our K3. The wheels continue to turn very slowly in her case. Please pray that her TPR will be finalized by December, the main reason being that I don't think I can bear for her to have to watch another child adopted before her. She has been with us a year and a half, and she has been in care for 3 years - almost 75% of her life. Of course there are a multitude of other reasons we are praying for her TPR to be finalized by December, but I really really really want to finalize her adoption at the same time as K4.
Her TPR was referred last week (still annoyed about that, since it could have been done in April and filed by the DA in May), so I'm just hoping the ball will get rolling again quickly. Everyone who is involved from a legal standpoint has been involved since the beginning of her first TPR, which is fairly uncommon, but a really good thing in this case. We are praying and hoping that the judge will want to get this going and overwith, knowing how long she has been in limbo.
More to come. Thanks in advance for all the thoughts and prayers!
Our little K4 was TPR'd yesterday.
There are, as usual, still 30 days to appeal; but they have no legal grounds, so it's not very likely.
It is almost unbelievable, after all we've been through with every other child, to have a case end this quickly. (**Sidenote: Please don't ANYONE use the word "deserve" in a comment; I absolutely despise the word.) It hasn't even really hit me yet. In fact, because this happened so fast, we have to wait longer than we've ever had to to finalize adoption. She has to live with us for 6 months before we can adopt; so an adoption is schedule for..........drum roll please..........February! This means all of our adoptions so far will be in the same month.
If you pray, please pray - or continue to pray - for our K3. The wheels continue to turn very slowly in her case. Please pray that her TPR will be finalized by December, the main reason being that I don't think I can bear for her to have to watch another child adopted before her. She has been with us a year and a half, and she has been in care for 3 years - almost 75% of her life. Of course there are a multitude of other reasons we are praying for her TPR to be finalized by December, but I really really really want to finalize her adoption at the same time as K4.
Her TPR was referred last week (still annoyed about that, since it could have been done in April and filed by the DA in May), so I'm just hoping the ball will get rolling again quickly. Everyone who is involved from a legal standpoint has been involved since the beginning of her first TPR, which is fairly uncommon, but a really good thing in this case. We are praying and hoping that the judge will want to get this going and overwith, knowing how long she has been in limbo.
More to come. Thanks in advance for all the thoughts and prayers!
Faith
Faith is what it's all about.
It's not about the outcome.
It's not about whether God "actually" had my family's best interests in mind (He did, btw).
It's about whether I had faith.
Did He take care of me? Did He take care of my family? Did He provide for us?
Of course He did. He promised He would. That was, therefore, a given.
What matters is....
Did I have faith that He would?
It's not about the outcome.
It's not about whether God "actually" had my family's best interests in mind (He did, btw).
It's about whether I had faith.
Did He take care of me? Did He take care of my family? Did He provide for us?
Of course He did. He promised He would. That was, therefore, a given.
What matters is....
Did I have faith that He would?
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