It has been a few days since I have sat here in the sun room looking out into the yard at my beautiful birds and putting my thoughts down. The last few days have been interesting, to say the least.
We have picked up our "new" daughter and have her settled in. We are waiting on the adoption to move forward. For now, we are what has been termed as "babysitters". Our young "charge" seems to be adjusting pretty well considering that she has only been here a few days. Her and my son seem to have a love/hate relationship at this point, so I am guessing that she feels at home and he has accepted her.....their relationship reminds me of a true sibling relationship at this point. My oldest daughter seems to be OK with the idea of another child in the family now as well. At this point, I am hoping that all goes smoothly with the adoption and we can move forward as quickly as possible. My biggest concern for this is the fact that right now, we have no "formal guardianship" and if our little charge gets sick, taking her to the doctor would be a nightmare. The way allergies are in this state, this rather bothers me.....or what if she gets hurt somehow?
Home school in our house have not yet began. We will start on Aug. 23rd. I have all of our plans made out and all of the curriculum ready to go. The reason we have not started yet is because I wanted time for all of us to get to know our new one and time for her to adjust somewhat before we dive right into school. I do think that when school begins that it will be quite interesting to say the least!
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Gotcha Day
Today is "gotcha day" as the woman who is allowing us to adopt her daughter puts it. It means that to an adopted child, this is the day we got you. Yes, today is the day that we go to pick up our new daughter and bring her home. We will be meeting her and her current parents at the half-way point and then returning with her. The time is drawing near, only 5 more hours and we will be on our way to pick her up and in 12 hours time, we will be back home with her. Exciting and scary all at the same time.
Now that the day is here, there are so many things running through my mind. Will she be happy here? Will she miss her old life? Will she like our more laid back and less "on the go" lifestyle? Will she enjoy being in the country? Will we be able to raise another child properly? Will we be able to home school her properly? Will everyone accept her as our own? So many different thoughts and worries. All for nothing I am sure, but the thoughts and worries are there for the time being.
It is a lovely day weather wise, and for that I thank Creator. Nothing but sunshine and a bit cooler temperatures than it has been being. That should make the trip easier and more comfortable for all of us involved. I am not a good traveler. I do not like to travel. I get car sick still! And at my age? Oh boy! I am already counting the minutes to being back here in my own home and having the trip behind us!
Now that the day is here, there are so many things running through my mind. Will she be happy here? Will she miss her old life? Will she like our more laid back and less "on the go" lifestyle? Will she enjoy being in the country? Will we be able to raise another child properly? Will we be able to home school her properly? Will everyone accept her as our own? So many different thoughts and worries. All for nothing I am sure, but the thoughts and worries are there for the time being.
It is a lovely day weather wise, and for that I thank Creator. Nothing but sunshine and a bit cooler temperatures than it has been being. That should make the trip easier and more comfortable for all of us involved. I am not a good traveler. I do not like to travel. I get car sick still! And at my age? Oh boy! I am already counting the minutes to being back here in my own home and having the trip behind us!
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Getting Impatient!
A few more days have passed and we are still waiting on the criminal background checks to surface so that the agency knows for sure that we are "decent" people. Without those documents, once again, we will not be able to go pick up our daughter this weekend. We are getting very impatient. We do get to talk to the child on the phone about twice a week, but we want her here with us so that we can get her settled and get to know her before we begin to home school this year. We will wait on her because we do not want her to be behind and have to play "catch-up" as soon as she gets here. Even my son is getting a bit anxious! He wants his new sister to get here and he is ready for school to start as well. Creator knows best, but goodness....sometimes the wait is awful!
Yesterday, I was fortunate enough to meet another home school Mom in the area and trade off a box of curriculum that we will not use for a box that we will most likely be able to use. I know this county has over a hundred home school families .... but it is almost impossible to find them. I would like to be able to get together with some of them and get to know them and allow our children to spend time with each other as well. Maybe, sooner or later, I will find more of the home school families. As I said in the paragraph above, Creator knows best!
The weather here is beautiful, but the temperatures are scorching! The heat index will be around 115 today, I think I heard. Wow! Everyone's lawn, flowers, and gardens are dying rapidly now. We haven't had anywhere near enough rain to help them out and I don't see that we will have any time near soon.
Today, Tuesday, I am planning on printing out some of the curriculum that I have written myself for my children so that it will be ready to use in the next week or two. I am really excited about starting school with the kids this year, but I also wonder if I will have time to study my own college courses. I am worried that I won't be able to finish them by the deadline that I have to complete them. Granted they are not that hard and they are correspondence courses, but the print in the books is so tiny that I don't see how I will ever get through them....even with my glasses on, I can barely see the print. That makes me NOT want to do the work even though I am really enjoying the courses themselves. Well, I guess I will just have to buckle down, sacrifice some of what little sleep I get, and continue on with my own studies anyway.
Yesterday, I was fortunate enough to meet another home school Mom in the area and trade off a box of curriculum that we will not use for a box that we will most likely be able to use. I know this county has over a hundred home school families .... but it is almost impossible to find them. I would like to be able to get together with some of them and get to know them and allow our children to spend time with each other as well. Maybe, sooner or later, I will find more of the home school families. As I said in the paragraph above, Creator knows best!
The weather here is beautiful, but the temperatures are scorching! The heat index will be around 115 today, I think I heard. Wow! Everyone's lawn, flowers, and gardens are dying rapidly now. We haven't had anywhere near enough rain to help them out and I don't see that we will have any time near soon.
Today, Tuesday, I am planning on printing out some of the curriculum that I have written myself for my children so that it will be ready to use in the next week or two. I am really excited about starting school with the kids this year, but I also wonder if I will have time to study my own college courses. I am worried that I won't be able to finish them by the deadline that I have to complete them. Granted they are not that hard and they are correspondence courses, but the print in the books is so tiny that I don't see how I will ever get through them....even with my glasses on, I can barely see the print. That makes me NOT want to do the work even though I am really enjoying the courses themselves. Well, I guess I will just have to buckle down, sacrifice some of what little sleep I get, and continue on with my own studies anyway.
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