Valentines Day Parties / Bio-Mom and Maternal Grandmother Visit / Conducting the Trains / Out-Of-Town Visit with Friends / Building a Mars Rover
February 4 - X and A attended the “Wednesday's Child Valentine's Day Party.” They met lots of new people, made lots of crafts and ate some cookies that they decorated.
February 13 - As a special treat, we all went to a multi-cultural event at Jack's school. Everyone got to sample different types of foods and music from around the world.
February 14 - X and A had Valentine's Day parties including making special crafts and exchanging cards.
February 22 - It was a big day for the family. It was the first time that X and A saw their biological mother and grandmother in 2 months. This was also the first time they had seen them outside of the CPS office in 20 months (since the mother's rights were terminated and we are working under the agreed Open Adoption mediated settlement from November). We all met at a local park, played for a little over an hour and them went to a nearby McDonald's restaurant with an indoor playground.At the three-hour visitation, were the bio-mom and her 3-month-old baby boy (X and A's half-brother), the bio-mom's new boyfriend, the maternal grandmother and two of X and A's cousins. The kids had fun running all around and I know that the biological mother and grandmother were very happy to get to see them!
February 23 - Following a doctor's visit at Children's Medical Center, we stopped off at the train exhibit there. This is always a favorite with both kids. While there, the Train Engineer talked to X and A and let them stop and start the trains. He took him back behind the trains so he could see the trains "in the mountain" which is the work area for the trains. Both kids have repeatedly talked proudly about they were that they were engineers for a train.
February 25 - We had a big out-of-town play date with his 6 different friends. X and A enjoyed playing with their "best friends" and meeting some new ones.
February 26 - X is studying space and the planets at school. Part of the process is a family project to make a space rocket, rover, satellite, space station or any other type of space vehicle. After looking at several different space vehicles, he decided he want to make the vehicle “with 6 wheels” that we had seen in a documentary on space (the Mars Rover, “Spirit.”). The whole family pitched in. Jack built the base from some parts he uses at school for his robotics classes. They were very lightweight, structurally very sound and looked super cool. Don't worry, there was plenty that X and even A got to do including making and painting the body, antenna and more.X was very proud when he took it to school and got lots and lots of great comments.
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