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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)

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05/28/2010

Juggling

A week or so ago we went to the theatre, as part of a local education series to see "Mark Nizer, 3-D."

It was a juggling show, with light effects.  It was pretty cool, but I wasn't sure how educational it was to just WATCH juggling...

Mark nizer alias
 

So I used it as a launching point.  We bought a "learn to juggle" kit on Amazon, and an additional set of juggling scarves (since they're the easiest to learn with.)  This summer, we're all going to learn to juggle, to whatever extent we can.

I got to thinking that with our children's backgrounds (any possible combination of: trauma, abuse, neglect, drug and alcohol effects), their brains could use a workout of the non-scholastic kind.  Activities that use both hands also use both sides of the brain.  Just maybe we'll help re-build some connectors (they are young, and their brains are still developing despite their rough starts), and have a whole lot of fun in the process.

Posted at 07:04 AM in Adoption, Children, Homeschooling |

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Great idea! Ben's been learning to juggle too. Be prepared that they will want to juggle everything once they start to get the hang of it...screwdrivers, pencils, their toothbrushes, remote controls....

Posted by: Syndi | 05/28/2010 at 08:34 AM

This is good to know (about the brain useage), you give me so many good ideas. I'm going to try this with Josh for sure and by default, the other two as well. Thanks for yet another good idea.

Posted by: Carrie | 05/28/2010 at 12:51 PM

Sounds like fun!

Also, I thought of you when I read (and accepted!) this Attachment Challenge:

http://www.welcometomybrain.net/2010/05/attachment-challenge.html

I hope things are going well with the kiddos! :)

Posted by: Colleen | 05/29/2010 at 04:40 PM

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