Adoption books can be intimidating. They’re often long and wordy. If you are reading as part of your training, they’re like drinking from a fire hydrant because they cover so many topics to accomodate all the types of adoptions, children, and parenting styles. Mostly likely half the book won’t apply to you but you’re not...
In addition to the specific resources for this week, we are also listening to Story of the World (SOTW) on CD, watching selected episodes of Drive Thru History, and keeping a cummulative timeline of things we learn in history. I am planning appropriate activities for Mia that are a little less complicated than last year...
Because I can only think about cold things since the lo temp in these parts has been past years’ average high, this seemed like a great time to catch up on some sharing some photos from February. Can you say all you can taste samples?!?!
Four years ago, if I had seen myself with Ty out in public, I would have judged. If I had seen the mistrust, disrespect, anger, and hyperactive behavior, I would have assumed we needed more discipline and structure. But that was B.T. (Before Ty). This spring Ty got a formal diagnosis for something I had...
Now that Mia’s reading more and Ty’s officially enrolled with our county, we will put time and effort into committing our CC Memory Work to…well…memory. In an effort to keep everyone occupied and as independent as possible, we will be using a tri-board to display the week’s memory work. The board is great because it...
In addition to the specific resources for this week, we are also listening to Story of the World (SOTW) on CD, watching selected episodes of Drive Thru History, and keeping a cummulative timeline of things we learn in history. I am planning appropriate activities for Mia that are a little less complicated than last year...
Our agency called at 8:30 this morning and announced that our son passed court! They’d been telling us “definitely tomorrow” for almost 3 weeks so this was a pretty big deal. The kids all started jumping around and chanting, “John passed court! John passed court!” John (his chosen American name) is legally a Corkum which...
In preparation for welcoming 2 additional kiddos into the house, we needed to do a little re-organizing and re-arranging. Phase I: The Front Hallway Regardless of the big kids coming, this was a problem. BEFORE We used to have wall-to-wall white carpet which made it a necessity for the kids to drop their shoes on...