Fun at the zoo!

Painting faces for Awana night

The finished product

She lookes cute even with a mustache and beard

Wow! Where does the time go? I can’t believe it’s been so very long since I’ve added anything here. Sebastian is finished with speech at the hospital and the speech therapist stated she has never seen a child improve so fast. We are so thankful for that. He still has a hard time with his “s” sound (uses “f” instead) but I’ve been told that the “s” sound is usually the last sound to come. So now he receives speech at school. The start to kindergarten was interesting. The first day I took him he told me “you can go now Amy”. I was crushed (but very relieved at the same time). The next day I saw the Sebastian I know: he cried and clung to me. It took a few minutes but I walked away. The following two weeks were tough as well but he stopped crying and just acted shy and clung to me. Then, two weeks ago, we started having breakfast at the school (the kids get free breakfast and lunch at school since they are state children). Now our routine is we get up at 8am, are out the door by 8:25, breakfast from 8:30 to 8:55 (I stay and visit with them), and then Sierra and I walk Sebastian to class (I help him hang his backpack and he walks in the classroom with a wave), and lastly I walk Sierra to class and leave for work. Mornings are now not so crazy, praise God!

Sierra has been doing well with counseling. She is working on verbalizing her feelings and using words instead of actions to express herself. Her norm is when she is angry, instead of saying “I’m angry at you” she does something to hurt you or make you equally angry. So… the battle continues. She is also learning that she can love Uncle Ernest without betraying her Daddy. She was quite confused on that aspect.

Another hurdle has been during visitations with Mommy and Daddy. Both children had been watching scary movies that would scare even an adult (she started talking about chainsaws cutting off heads after a visit one day). We talked to the social worker and she’s taking care of that one.

Well, we’ve been on a few adventures but I’ll have to report on it another day (with pictures!). Until then, keep praying!