Day Ten Turning The Schedule Around
We turned the children’s schedule around today, and made life very much easier for ourselves.
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Day Nine Not Taking Them Back
The alarm clock went off at 7:30am, as it has for the past several weeks. It did not wake us - we had been awake since about 5am, tossing and turning. Althou...
Day Eight Ends And Beginnings
We met with the social services staff this morning to review our first few days with the children, and decide if to extend the introductions period. We thoug...
Day Seven The Eve Of Yet Another Decision
I am finding it difficult to find subjects to write about - not because I am shielding any great confidences, but because normality seems to have descended t...
Day Six Slowing Everything Down
After perhaps the most difficult day yesterday we were determined to take a step back today and slow everything down.
Day Five Discovering The New House
At about 10:30 this morning there was a knock on our front door, which opened to show several smiling little faces, followed by their foster carer who also h...
Day Four Rainy Day Indoors
Today had originally been planned as our first day out with the children - but due to our already having done that, and torrential rain throughout the day, w...
Day Three A Trip To The Farm
We were thrown in at the deep end today. What had been planned as a day with the foster carer turned into us taking the children out for the first time on ou...
Day Two Were Still Standing
Observation of day two? Probably that it’s all getting a lot easier.
Learning To Be Called Daddy
We survived. We have now met our children, who called us “Mummy and Daddy” straight off the bat. Very, very weird - but not the biggy.