3 little angels
This weekend we had the honor of spending the weekend with 3 beautiful little kids."Bo and Luke" are 21 month old twin boys and "Kewpie" is a 7-month old baby girl. Their new foster mom is still trying to get her work schedule changed so she can take care of them on the weekends. This past weekend, from 7-5 on Sat. and Sun. they were with us. It was a pleasure. Here's some things we learned:
1. Animal crackers no longer cost 25 cents a box, but you can buy them by the bag, and they are well worth the cost.
2. You cannot avoid Barney, and 21 month olds will dance the dances right along with him. It is a strange purple dinosaur cult.
3. Dora the Explorer is pretty cool.
4. The Wiggles are kind of creepy, but better than Barney given a choice.
5. Nap time is a beautiful time of day.
6. The workers in the church nursery are saints. Michael suggested that they get to go to heaven before they die for doing such good work.
7. Cuddling is good.
8. Toddler diapers are very funky. You should not inhale when you change one.
9. A baby will stick her foot in a poopy diaper faster than you can pull it out from under her.
10. To a child whp has never seen one in person, cats are very scary.
11. After a child gets used to a cat, they are very fun to chase through the house while screeching and laughing.
12. People talk to you more and introduce themselves to you more when you have cute kids with you.
13. You can fit 3 car seats in the back of a Ford Taurus.
14. Putting 3 kids in their car seats is a good workout.
15. If you feed a kid pineapple chunks, they will eat them like candy and then poop a lot.
16. Boobs make great pillows.
17. It is apparently great fun to pull CDs out of the media cabinets and scatter them on the floor.
18. When you are done with your sandwich or sippy cup, simply throw it on the floor and expect someone to pick it up.
19. When foster mom or dad tells you to pick it up, stand there with your lip sticking out and whimper sadly.
20. Cute grins will get you everywhere.
Needless to say, we learned good lessons and had a very good experience. Our social worker promises we will get a call for our own placement very soon. It was nice to hold Kewpie and feed her a bottle, and lay her down in the crib and watch her sleep. It was great to see the boys hug all over Michael and beg him to lift them up in the air and swing them around, and then settle in and hug him and sit on his lap with their head on his chest. He is a beautiful man, but its hard to put into words how beautiful he looked holding the boys with them looking so content.
I know the kids enjoyed their time with us, and it felt good knowing that. I'll avoid the urge to overanalyze everything - for now anyway.
posted by No Longer In Crisis @ 9/26/2005 05:54:00 PM
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