How to Help: Tag Blankets

I LOVE tag blankets, specifically the little ones that kids can carry around.  They are a great comfort item to have on hand for littles who come to your house to stay the night or longer.  Since they don't take up a lot of space, they are easy to store and easy to send on with a child to their next placement. They can be made with leftover scraps of fabric and ribbon and don't take up a lot of storage space.

Today at Goodwill I even found two tag blankets for .50 cents each!!!  Score for me, they will be going right into the Rubbermaid with small stuffed animals and blankies for new kiddos. 

How cute is this giraffe one??  Cant beat that for .50!



If you're looking for a way to help kids in foster care, keep your eyes open for cheap tag blankets or make up a few if you are the sewing type.  Contact a foster parent, foster care agency, or county Department of Family Services in your area and drop them off for kids coming into care.


You can check out a tutorial for making tag blankets yourself HERE.

And if your looking for some inspiration or tired of the regular old square tag blankets, check these out:

CUTE ELEPHANT TAG BLANKET

 

 

CUPCAKE TAG BLANKET

 

 



BASEBALL TAG BLANKET

 

 

Child Listing

I just received a child listing for a sibling group of 4, the youngest has Down Syndrome, there are two girls and an older boy close to Matthews age....it would be my dream placement.  BUT that would be crazy right?!  Im going to send my homestudy but am thinking of also sending along some kind of persuasive letter that even though I am a single mother of three I could TOTALLY rock this gig as a single mom to 7.  Any ideas on how to convince a social worker of that, lol????  Im not the best writer, seriously feel free to comment away on what you would say......

Why do I do these things.....

So I got that call yesterday morning.  I told myself, "Self, do NOT sit around waiting!  Go about your day and get the massive list of things that needs to be done accomplished."  Did I listen??  NO, why would I do a silly thing like that  So I ran around the house cleaning for awhile and obssessed about whether my phone rang...it did not.

Around lunch I went and cleaned out the car and made sure the car seat was in place. (Side Note:  Cat jumped in car while I was cleaning, but I did not know it)

Finally I had to go to work cause a client was meeting me at 6:30.  I go out to the car and get in....cue loud panting.  I turn around and there is poor kitty kat...I mean it had to be 120 degrees in that car!!  I rush kitty inside to the air condition room (thats right i dont have central air!)  and he seems to be fine now.  Thank goodness I didnt lock a kid in the car all afternoon!  On another irritation level, the client never showed up!  I mean I am making a special evening appointment for you!  You cant even call and say your are not coming.  ARRRGGGHHH!

I woke up this morning, left a message with CW asking if she heard anything about the sibling group and if not when I could come sign the release to have my homestudy sent out for a boy Im interested in.  Then I told myself,  "SELF, do not sit around waiting all day!"   so far........Im not listening again :)