Recouping

They kiddos left last night at 8pm. I was sad to see them go. They are in a major transisiton. They were first moved from their mom, with foster parents for 18 months (foster wanted to adopt), Aunt showed up and wanted them, judge gave them to aunt, 6mos with aunt they are removed for physical abuse. WTH??? Obviously, they should have never been remove from the foster home. So now they are in limbo, waiting on the judge to decide if they will go back to the aunt or their former foster home; in the meantime they are in a new foster home. Little Guy was calling us mommy and daddy all 3 days, he was also very worried about me (making sure I had some of the cover when we were snuggled on the couch, making sure I got my shoes on when we went out, sharing his candy with me). Time out worked wonders with him, and I mean he was acting out like crazy!!!

Funny thing: We went to a fast food restaurant and my husband took Little Guy to the table, me and Little Girl stood in line to order. At the table Little Guy would not sit down, crossed his arms, and had the "I'm about to blow" look. Foster Daddy, "Sit down with me Little Guy". "I want my MOMMA!". Foster Daddy, "Mommy will be here in just a minute, sit down or we will go to the car". "I want my MOMMA!" while sitting down, then laying down in the booth. There is a TV, and Pres Obama is on. "BARACK OBAMA, BARACK OBAMA!!!" This child is VERY loud, it's really funny. He is very articulate, and a total sponge. He kept saying, "Your my DADDY!"


Weird part: The foster mom that picked them up (she has had them since Fri-only 3 days before I got them) said he did not misbehave at all at her house. When she picked him up, I was putting his shoes on him and she said that I needed to let him do that. And she made comments about the things we bought them. We didn't overly spoil these kids, but I did get them a few little things for them because they needed something to play with. My list of what I got them: Little girl- a $3 purse, $5 stuffed dog, $10 pink hoodie (she only had 1 shirt). Little Boy- $7 Imaginex Batman with motorcycle, $2 hot wheel cars. They also got a small box of Whoppers.
They are in my house, playing with my kids toys, and they have nothing of their own. I did have little boy toys for Little Guy, and he had enough clothes with him. I also bought pull ups because he wets the bed.


I don't know what to do when kids want to call us mommy and daddy. Healthy kids do that to, I mean my teenagers friends call me mom. I don't know. I had the feeling that the current foster mom didn't approve. She makes them call her "Mrs. Last Name".
I will say that getting them their own toys was good for me because they played with them, they kept up with them and they were happy!