There are different sorts of ways a kid can come into foster
care. When a child is apprehended, there
is a little more uncertainty of what the short term plan for the child will be.
So, to make things a little less chaotic for the child, foster parents are
asked to maintain their current school placement for at least thirty days while
the dust settles. That means driving this guy to school for the next month.
The first day of taking a kid to their school is always a
little weird when you’re the “new kid” on the block, but this morning went great. We got ready and went out the door without a fuss. And drop off was pretty easy too. This man was happy to see his teacher, and she was happy to see him.
About 1 o'clock the worker called to let me know he'd have a supervised visit with his Mom from 2 - 4 today. Visits will be twice a week after school.
Mom wanted to meet us, can't say I blame her, so Steve chatted with her after the visit. We got a chance to ask what foods he liked etc. She sent him home with a couple of his favourite toys.
I used to find biological parents intimidating, but I don't any more. We've fostered for 18 years now, and had a lot of little people live with us over that time, and I can only recall 2 parents that we didn't have a good working relationship with.
We had a couple mini-melt downs during dinner but no big deal. (ie: asking to be excused from the table, we say yes, he gets up and then hollars, "I want to sit at the table") This little man is so good I may have to cease blogging....there isn't enough to write about :)
We had our first quiet evening tonight, and we spent it playing board games and drawing on pumpkins.
About 1 o'clock the worker called to let me know he'd have a supervised visit with his Mom from 2 - 4 today. Visits will be twice a week after school.
Mom wanted to meet us, can't say I blame her, so Steve chatted with her after the visit. We got a chance to ask what foods he liked etc. She sent him home with a couple of his favourite toys.
I used to find biological parents intimidating, but I don't any more. We've fostered for 18 years now, and had a lot of little people live with us over that time, and I can only recall 2 parents that we didn't have a good working relationship with.
We had a couple mini-melt downs during dinner but no big deal. (ie: asking to be excused from the table, we say yes, he gets up and then hollars, "I want to sit at the table") This little man is so good I may have to cease blogging....there isn't enough to write about :)
We had our first quiet evening tonight, and we spent it playing board games and drawing on pumpkins.
Oh these foster kids. So sad they need to go into care, but so wonderful that they have a safe, loving haven.
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