Daniel is still doing fabulous in Kindergarten! He's reading more and more and sounding out words on his own now. They are already doing addition and subtraction! Daniel's catching on quickly and while we have parent/teacher conferences next week, the teacher sent me a note home saying Daniel was doing just fine and she really didn't need to me at all, unless I wanted to come in. Since she's great with email, we are skipping the conference!
Daniel is also growing like crazy. Just this past month, he shot up another 1/2 inch! We told him last month, he needed to grow 3 inches by the time we went to Disney (he really doesn't - I think there is only one ride he can't ride). Apparently he took the request to heart and has been eating and growing to beat the band!! We are also dealing with growing pains in his legs, but not so severe, that often times he just needs the break of bed time and feels better in the morning.
In foster-to-adopt news, we attended our first PRIDE meeting, which stands for PARENT RESOURCES FOR INFORMATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND EDUCATION.
We learned a lot of things at the first meeting, including the conditions of some children when they are taken into care. It is truly heartbreaking to know how many children are neglected and mistreated and how severely. This path is not easy and I have to admit that we are a bit scared. Please pray for us as we continue through the classes. There are 7 in all and each week we have homework. Since all our paperwork is done, this week we had to create genograms of our families. Genograms are a little more complicated than family trees, but I think we did a good job.
Here is a recent picture of our growing boy - he LOVES tortellini with broccoli, chicken and cheese sauce. So much that he picked out the gigantic serving fork to eat with! Did we let him eat with it? You betcha - because I figure a silly dinner every now and then won't hurt!!
Lastly, here is the mostly completed bedroom for our special child/children. I really don't like saying "foster" child all the time because I don't want to label a child as such in our home. I need to come up with some other way! I still have a few things a corner of the room to go through and to wash the baby bedding (in case) and then we're finished.
3 comments:
The first thing I thought when I saw the picture was "WOW, he's getting really big!"
He sure has grown since the last picture I saw of him! Glad he is doing so well in Kinder. Liam wakes up with the growing pains in his legs at night sometimes too. It makes me feel so bad for him because there is not much I can do but massage his legs and try to get him back to sleep.
Wow, you are getting closer and closer to having that bedroom filled with another child. I cannot imagine how hard the class is attending. Sometimes I think the less you know, the easier (even though we know in our hearts we need the information). Just glad you are being prepared in advance.
Daniel is so handsome and has grown up so much. He looks tall. Amazing how they can shoot up so quickly.
I've tried to email and hope you've gotten my message. If not, I'll try to find to resend to you. Just wanted you to know that I'm thinking of you!!
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