Midweek

No clever pictures, no sweet little faces to post. Life has just been shuffling along.

The kids have been trying. They had an exciting weekend kicked off with a birthday party at 'The Cheese" which just completely overloads them. So, we've had abnormal amounts of back talking, bossiness, hitting, meanness to the animals, food control issues, bathroom control issues, as well as notes home from school this week.
So... yeah.. I think the excitement of a birthday party, probably the strong feelings towards their previous family who they got to see,and added to that Valentine's Day party at school.. it was just overload for the kids. Jacob cried in his room last night after he had gotten up after everyone had been asleep for awhile and I put him back to bed and he said he was sad because his family was 'so big'. It was really sad. I am glad he has been on the antidepressant for awhile now.
A few weeks ago we were out and bumped into their first foster family and before we went over to them at the restaurant I asked him if he remembered them and he said, "are they the ones who didn't have a house" (obviously referring to the biological parents). whoa. It really knocked me over and made me realize how little he has this whole puzzle pieced together, but honestly I'm not certain how much of it he can comprehend at this stage. He is a whiz with numbers, but concepts like family relations and all of this I think is just a little beyond him currently.
;/ :P

This weekend we have planned hiking at the battlefield and taking the kids bikes out.