I wish I could post pictures of the fun we had, but words will have to do. I'll start with my "high/low." These kids have a routine of telling their foster parents their high and low from each day...love it! I think my greatest high was praying with these kids every night before they went to sleep. We prayed for them, we prayed for their parents, we prayed that they would be reunited with their family, we prayed that they would love God and that they would share Jesus with their family. How awesome is that?? What a blessing to be able to speak these words to them and to God! Their foster parents have definitely done a great job sharing Jesus with them. The older one has told her foster mom that when she grows up she is going to tell everyone about Jesus :) I know I've said this before, but I can't think of a better blessing than to be able to be used by God to introduce Jesus to these kids. I have a feeling this will always be my "high."
My "low" - hmmm. It's really hard to think of one because it was really so much fun. Granted I did spoil them more than I probably would if we had them long term. But I wanted it to be more of a vacation for them. It was also different because they weren't at their own house where they knew how to entertain themselves. So I did a lot of "entertaining." Ok so my low...this is going to sound super cheesy but it really was when we had to take them back. Well maybe not right in that moment...it was nice to think of having the night to ourselves :) But yesterday and today I've really been missing them. I've been looking back at the pictures we took and wishing we had more time with them...crazy I know. So this is not looking good, right? If I feel this way after 4 days...how in the world am I going to deal with it when we have kids for weeks, months, or even a year!! Even though it was a super tiny taste, I do feel like I know, or have an idea, of how it might feel. No, I take that back...I probably still have no idea. I can't even imagine. Ugh...I have a feeling that this will definitely, always be my "low."
For those that are curious, as I was, the dogs did PRETTY good. They both got knocked down a few times (a little knocking around never hurt anyone, right??) but the older one was definitely more comfortable with them. She could handle their "bounciness" a little better than the boy, who was eye level with them :) The first minute or so of the greeting is when they were most bouncy and excited. What was funny was that it was EVERY time the kids came or went anywhere. So whether we left for 20 minutes or 4 hours, they got excited when they came back. It also happened every day after nap time and ever morning when they came out of their room. After that minute or so of excitement, they would calm down and be great with the kids. They loved playing with them and were always curious about what they were up to. The funniest was that Roxy was super protective of them...and in super protective, I mean she even felt like she had to protect them from Clark...poor Clark. If we were ever in their room with the dogs, and Clark was trying to investigate their bags, toys, clothes, or whatever belonged to the kids, Roxy would get in between Clark and the kids' things and growl at him. After he would go away, she would go over to their stuff and literally try to push their things back into their bags with her nose. So funny! I think the dogs' "high" was playing bubbles with the kids...and by playing, I mean catching them in their mouth when the kids blew them. Their "low" was probably the same as mine...well for Roxy at least. I don't think Clark noticed anything different...have I mentioned he is our "special" dog? Roxy on the other hand...I'm not so sure fostering is going to the best for her. She got super sad when they didn't come back. The night they left she walked around the house whining. Usually when she does that it's because she has to potty or is hungry or thirsty. This time, nothing we did would make her stop. Then in the morning she really wanted to go in their rooms to see if they were there. It was so sad...she went in and sniffed all around looking for them, hoping they were just playing hide 'n seek...I'm sure that's exactly what she was thinking, right?? Haha.
Here are some other fun things we did:
- rode the DART train to a park (which included a very long walk to the park, which the kids were real troopers...next time I'll do a better job of planning out where we are going exactly instead of trying to wing it)
- walked to our neighborhood park and duck pond and played...when we didn't find any ducks, we had to go on a duck hunt to see where they were...no worries, we found them floating down a tiny creek
- went to church where the kids did a great job in their Sunday school class for BOTH services (Dave teaches an adult class and I volunteer in the children's ministry for the first service)
- went to a pump-it-up party for one of the girl's classmates
- got haircuts and had interesting conversations with their very interesting hairdresser, Christian
- made lots of fun food - mini fruit pizzas, nutella and banana toast (to which the girl said "this is just great"), blueberry waffles, and made food faces out of our lunches
- played wii Mario Kart (just look at all the valuable lessons we get to teach them...even how to drive!)
- looked for and found rolly pollys
- played Clark's favorite game called "chase the red laser" (Roxy is wayyyy too smart for that game)
See you again real soon! :)
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