Anticipation of Grace…and Lasagna
Rachel and I get to go visit Grace tomorrow. Kaleb is still in California, but returns tomorrow evening. He is hoping his plane doesn’t get delayed because we are planning to have a friend of his from work over for dinner along with his friends girl friend and her roommate. Kaleb says the more the merrier. I am wondering who these people are!?!? But Kaleb is making his famous Lasagna, so all is good. 
Anywho, back to Grace. We haven’t seen her since before Christmas, so this will be a good visit. She wants to do some kind of project, and I want her pre-adolescent brain to start thinking about coming home, so we are going to try to do something she can put in her room. I was thinking a pillow, or a picture frame or something like that. Maybe one of those cool jewelery boxes they have at Michaels that are blank wood that you can paint and decorate. That’s a good idea.
I am just really hoping for a good visit of connecting with a very special little girl. I want to get some time to answer some “girl” questions if we get the opportunity. There are A LOT of boys in that house, so we shall see.
We apparently have a meeting with the powers that be on the 12th. I have no idea the purpose of this meeting yet, since I have not officially been told about it, but I am really hoping that it means things are going to move forward despite Grace’s continuing icky behavior. She threw a tantrum the other night because her roommate had gas! GAS!!! I told her that was a very silly reason to throw a tantrum, she told me she knew that. She giggled. She really does recognize that she needs to make better choices, but the group home environment does not give her much opportunity to be a “normal” kid. Gas?
I’ve been really enjoying researching things lately…surprise, surprise….and I am fully looking forward to this parenting journey. I really want to get a hold of some of Nancy Thomas’ stuff, but we can’t really afford the DVD set right now, so if there is anyone out there who has them and would be willing to lend them to me??!?!? That would be wonderful.
Anywho, looking forward to a great weekend, and hopefully some cuddle time with the sun-bathed hubby person.
