It seems that as every day that passes I am tweaking something in
the way my house is ran. When something
is not working I am constantly thinking about what can I do next time to change
it.
One of those silly changes are -- what to do with all these
tooth brushes!!! Going into the kids' bathroom is driving me crazy. I had a tooth brush holder that held all the
tooth brushes and it was very disgusting. I found this simple holder on Amazon that
works out great. Now I just need to get
this tooth paste under control. We had a
dispenser however it gets junked up really easy. I will be working on that.
Another thing that is driving me crazy is looking at
everyone towel sloppily hung over the towel bar. Who knows is whose??? Not sure. Today I will putting names above where each
persons towel goes. There are six kids
so this gets out of hand fast if I'm not on it. There are three large bars in the bathroom so
two kids share each bar. This is an easy
one to fix -- I just need to do it TODAY!
Another adjustment that I made is separating Little M and
Little K. I think I had mentioned that
earlier in my post. Little M (4 years
old) is such a light sleeper and will wake up if she hears anything. Separating them was one of the smartest things
I have done. I am so thankful that the
Lord gave me the insight to do this. Another
thing that also helped is that for the past week I have been playing white
noise in her room all night long. It has
been several days now where I have been able to sleep all night long without
Little M coming into my room so I can walk her back to her bed. It usually takes me another couple hours to
fall asleep when that happens.
I have also started laying down both girls for their
naps. At first I decided that Little K
(5 years old) was a little old to take a nap. However, after they had been with us for over
a month now I found that regardless if they take a nap they still wake up at
the same time every morning and they go to sleep the same with or without a
nap.
So here is the schedule for the little girls that work out
great for us.
7:00 girls wake up
10:45 start making lunch
11:15 Time to eat
12:00 Lay down both girls (white noise is playing for Little
M)
1:30 Both girls wake up like clock work
6:00 Bath
7:00 Bed time
I can't tell you happy I am with this schedule. When we first got them they were waking up
twice in the middle of the night and then up at 5:00 am to stay up. This is so much better and they seem happier
through the day too.
The little girls see their dad now twice a week. He comes off like he has it all together but
I am waiting for the other shoe to drop. In November he and his girl friend are
expecting twins. They currently have a 4
month old baby. I just have to trust in
the Lord and follow his lead. I have a
feeling that he will not be able to follow through when the other kids come
along but I just need to keep my eyes on Jesus and he will make it right.
Miss J is doing good.
She has been working on her past so she has been emotional. I believe she is making progress. I kind of torn in how I should feel where she
is at.
Miss J is a very beautiful girl and so smart! The place she is at has a lot of messed up
kids. Every time I am there the swearing
sends shock waves through my system. I have not heard her swear however I know
she does. When we are there kids are
fighting with each other and sometimes they have been on lock down to get
control of the out of control kids. Miss
J seems like the only normal one there.
The other day she had a screaming fit with her case worker. She is very mad at her for removing her from
her other foster home. Anyway -- she let
her case worker have it. I tend to think
that by her being there it gives her permission to be "out of
control" and to act inappropriate because everyone else is. In a small way -- I want her there to work on
more issues but I want her home more to get her adjusted to home life and to
get her way from those influences.
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