Groundhog Day 2010

You Know You're An Adoptive Family When...

your child's new therapist scares the snot out of her... and you love him for it, and know you've finally found the right guy.
you daydream about how to add rooms or re-partition space in your small home to make room for more children.
for that matter, you wonder if there's someone who could retro-fit your van with another bench seat instead of the 2 seperate ones in the middle row, to make room for just one more child...
you have to remind yourself to let out of town friends and family members know how many kids you currently have, in case they missed a coming or a going.
you have to explain why the birthparents they love aren't on their "Safe-Side Adults" list.
you overhear your newest children talking in the bathroom, debating about whether they like this home better, or a previous one.
you tell your son he's your favorite black-haired 8 year old (since you also have a blonde 8-year old), and he replies with "And you're ONE OF my favorite moms."
your children see an advertisement with a baby in it and ask if we can "get that one."
your children ask to "keep" the babysitter.

Foster & Adoptive Placements

**K (3 days old)
Picked up from the hospital 10/1/10, not sure how long she'll be here, but we're enjoying her!
**Gideon (7) and Malaika (5)
Placed July 13, 2009 for adoption. A relative came forward and they were removed from our home Sept 26, 2009. Returned April 18, 2010. Adoption Finalized September 20, 2010!
L (11 days old)
September 15-16, 2010 (2 days)
S (3 1/2)
January 2010 (2 days)
C (6 months)
December 2nd-23rd, 2009. (3 weeks)
C (8) & J (5)
March 20th-22nd, 2009. (3 days.)
T (2) and A (13 months)
February 2009 (3 days) Update: adopted by a family in Eastern Washington
R (1-2)
February 4, 2009 - February 17, 2010. (1 year). Native child - tribe wouldn't allow adoption. Moved to a long-term foster home.
S (age 10)
New Year's Eve 2008 (6 days) Update: being adopted by a co-worker of Brian's!
J (6) & S (2.5)
December 2008 (6 days)
**Hallie (3 weeks)
Placed August 2003 - Adoption Finalized December 2004
**Sam (13 months)
Placed August 2002 - Finalized Adoption May 2003
J (7) & F (18 mo)
Father's Day Weekend 2002 (4 days)

02/02/2010

We started yesterday, discussing Groundhog Day, it's origins and traditions.

This morning, the children got these for breakfast...groundhog pancakes.

Under that grassy green hill (green-tinted pancake topped with flower sprinkles), is the groundhog's burrow (half an apple with peanut butter). The groundhog himself is a crumb donut hole, 2 butterscotch chips, a mini M&M, and edible eyes made from white candy melts and mini chocolate chips.

School today was a compilation of spelling, vocabulary, math, reading, science and more... all in the form of groundhog worksheets, word finds, dot-to-dot, maze, fill-in-the-blanks, math codes, groundhog tic-tac-toe and a groundhog prediction door-hanger project. I printed them out this weekend and comb-bound them into a book for each of my students.

We watched the official proclamation online, and watched the silly "Groundhog Day" movie on Roku (Netflix viewer). During our movie's intermission, we enjoyed a snack of groundhog cocoa.

Punxsutawney Phil says 6 more weeks of winter... but I say I'm still WAITING for winter.
Where's my snow???

Posted at 11:32 PM in Children, Family, Holidays, Homeschooling | Permalink

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You are such a creative momma! Keep up the good work.

Posted by: kippi | 02/03/2010 at 03:34 AM

You are the COOLEST mom in the world! I want to be in your homeschool class and get goodies like this!!! :-)

Posted by: Katherine R. Willson | 02/03/2010 at 06:44 AM

How fun and cool! Your children will have great memories of all the fun stuff you do!

Posted by: Carolynn Slocum | 02/03/2010 at 08:43 AM

This has to be one of the driest winters since we have lived here...but my house wants snow, too. I love your creativity! :)

Posted by: ~beautyandjoy~ | 02/03/2010 at 11:04 AM

You can have some of my winter :)
We got 3 feet of snow in the first snowstorm!
We only got 1/2 a foot in the one yesterday, but our garden is still covered in a foot of snow...

Posted by: Eliza | 02/03/2010 at 12:31 PM

I just found your blog. I have enjoyed looking through it. You are very creative. I cannot wait to try some of your ideas.

Posted by: Bchmomx3 | 02/06/2010 at 06:22 PM

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