Day 2 -A day at the fair
I'm not sure how it happened, but this little man had an amazing day
today. He slept in past 8, woke up in a
good mood, and acted like he's lived here for a lot longer than 17 hours.
A fair day for any four year old is tricky...how many treats will I get, how
many rides can I go on, how long do I have to sit here and wait for the
demolition derby to start...let alone a four year old who's just met you.
I questioned my judgement at taking him to the fair at all, but it's a big
deal to the rest of the kids and I didn't want to ding their weekend by missing
out on one of our major family traditions.
So off we went. And then he had a
great day. Just a couple very minor melt
downs, that we easily worked around, but besides that I'm still in a bit of
shock that we not only managed the day, but that it was fabulous.
Day 1 was Nathan's day to shine, playing cars and keeping the little
guy happily distracted. Today was William's, and he helped out lots with hand holding and little guy corralling. Seeing your kids help love a foster kid is
really a blessing. It's a small
affirmation that we've done something right along the way.
I figured out he'll happily eat a hot dog and fries, and now at least have
one meal in my bag of tricks if he doesn't eat much for a couple meals.
One hilarious moment of the day? He
threw his empty drink box a few rows forward in the bleachers. I'm not sure if it hit the guy in the head,
but it did hit him. Thankfully it was empty...and thankfully the kind man
didn't get upset.
Kids are so resilient, he's had a crazy two days, and months leading up to his being taken into care, but he just did a whole day with smiles and cuddles. It actually makes me sad is that he is okay with it. What journey has this guy had that this isn't throwing him for a huge loop?
Don't worry, by 18 years of being a foster parent haven't left me delusional, I know we won't be all sunshine and lollipops in this journey....but I'm glad the first two days have been.
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