Sunday, March 14, 2010
Respite Update with CL
We had a blast Friday, Saturday and Sunday with some very long days. Everything went as planned so far (see Thursday blog for details of what we expected).
Update on Friday Fort Worth Zoo
We rode the train three times and the carousel twice (obviously it was a highlight). He especially loved the turtles, feeding the Koi fish, feeding the parakeets with seed sticks and feeding the white tiger his sunglasses (oops!).
Update on Saturday Nelson Farm Visit
Erich came up to meet him and played with him. Highlights were getting to actually drive the golf cart. With him in Jack’s lap, he went “fast, fast, fast!” He also liked sitting on all the big farm equipment and was fascinated by the cows.
Update on Sunday Church and Dallas Nature and Science Museum
Since he loved the train so much on Friday, we took the DART mass-transit train from a nearby “park and ride” to the Museum and back. We got to play with lots of water, make five-foot bubbles and played in a sand box (plus saw a bunch of cool things).
A Busy Monday
CL will be in day care all day, but we have games and movies ready for Monday night.
Monday at 9:00 AM, my friend Edison and I will be tearing down the existing old pine fence and will start building a new, 8-foot high one with 6-inch wide overlapping beautiful cedar slats. This should take several days. We planned it for this week – Spring Break a while back and got all the materials dropped off Saturday. Monday afternoon at 4:00, we finally meet our Covenant Kids (CK) case worker, Erin. This is a general, “get-to-know-you” meeting as far as we can tell. Ironically, we have had this planned since before getting a call from Debbie from CK…
Big Tuesday - Our Own Foster Child, but "Goodbye" to CL
While at the Zoo on Friday, we got a call from Debbie at CK informing us that we are indeed getting a one-year-old Hispanic boy we will refer to as CO “early Tuesday morning.” She said CPS would bring him over. It appears that Debbie will be here and we assume Erin will be as well. It is our understanding that this can take a while for all the paperwork – especially because this is our first foster care placement (since the respite care paperwork was almost non-existent).
Sadly, Tuesday night is when we say “goodbye” to our new friend CL. I am SURE we will see more of him and we have no doubt he will be playing in our pool this summer. He loves the water and we have had a great time so far. He will once again be in day care most of the day with his foster mom picking him up Tuesday evening.
Later this Week – Erich and Michelle Come to Visit!
Erich and his longtime girlfriend, Michelle will come and visit – arriving late Wednesday night. They plan to visit Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington (25 minutes away) on Thursday by themselves (Jack will still be working on the fence) and then on Friday all FIVE of us (including CO) will go the Fort Worth Zoo. Melinda and Jack hope to spend a bit more time in the Museum of Living Art (MOLA) -- the brand new reptile and amphibian exhibit that just opened March 6th. There were lots of small animals that clearly CL was less interested in, so we had to move through quickly. This will also test us out in public with a one-year-old. Since Erich and Michelle will be going home to The Woodlands straight from Fort Worth anyway, we will take two cars and can head back early if the new addition does not fare well.
What an exciting week this will be!
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