The last few weeks have gotten progressively worse for Alex.  Logically I get where his behavior is coming from, but it doesn't make it ...

Sorry its been so long since I updated you all :)  It is finally summer! The kids did Vacation Bible School last week and had a blast.  Ar...

This will be the second weekend that Alex was supposed to have a visit with his sister who lives with  kinship placement. The same kinship p...

Yesterday was Alex's 8th birthday!  he totally screwed up my odd numbered children (9,7,5,3,1) now they are ages 9,8,5,3,1 and with Joel...

So there have been tons of phone calls back and forth regarding Buttercup's medical issues that need to be taken care of.  First the nur...

Buttercup's caseworker with my Agency came out to visit on Monday.  It was pretty uneventful as there isn't any new news.  I told he...

Alex's caseworker was out today for her monthly visit...yes you read that right a caseworker came on the first of the month for the mont...

Court was this morning for Buttercup at 9:00.  At 4:30 I got a call from my agency worker, I assumed it would be about court, but she just w...

Buttercup's Child Advocate came by yesterday morning.  She seemed really on it and let me know she is NOT recommending Buttercup be move...

Sometimes dealing with Alex is like talking to my Grandmother in her Nursing home, each day brings a new pain or sickness that needs to be d...

For those of you that don't follow me over on facebook, you may have missed some big news....stop what you are doing right now and follo...

The agency caseworker was out today her monthly visit.  She let me know she got a new job in adoptions so there would be a new caseworker so...

 I had been sick since last Thursday and finally broke down and went to the CVS minute clinic on Saturday, strep throat....ugh!  Medicine fi...

Today around lunch time I received a call from Alex's DHS case worker. He wanted to set up a visit with mom in prison for TOMORROW!  Not...

I went out of town March 6-10 for the  BeTA (Beyond Trauma and Attachment) Annual Retreat , one of the conditions of me taking our lates...

My apologies for the brief absence, lol!  Things have been busy around here. The new placement is going well.  Alex really gets along wit...

Its always amazing to me how some kids have to live in fear.  I wish no child ever experienced that feeling. I have seen increasing "fe...

Today was REALLY busy! We dropped off R1 last night so got a later start on the bedtime routine than I would have liked!  This morning we ne...

Our day started off following the new Saturday Schedule, it was going brilliantly!  The boys all read quietly in their rooms while I took my...

I received a call about a placement for a 7 year old boy today, being removed from his second kinship home due to kin's "non-compli...