We spent the better part of our afternoon getting the girls registered for school. At least we started the process. Turns out the girls have been out of school for over two weeks (thanks group home) and that is going to cause some major issues for Sunshine, our high schooler. She may lose all her credits from this whole semester. We are hoping the school counselor will be able to help her keep at least some. The two younger girls were easier to enroll and we even got a tour of the school. They were blown away by how small it is. What can I say, we are Small Town USA. Ha ha ha! Their reactions were priceless though. Our school actually still uses CHALK BOARDS for heavens sake! They had never seen one! lol They were funny about it though and still seemed excited to start classes.
I have never seen such "make the best of it" attitudes in teenagers before! I am more and more impressed by these girls. I hope things keep going in such a positive direction (I admit there is a deep down part of me that lives in fear of the stereotypical teen rebellion meltdown) and the girls start to feel at home. They spend a lot of time together in their room with the tv, but I expected that and have actually been surprised at how often one or the other will come out and spend some time with us, and how willing they are to be part of family activities. We are slowly getting to know each other. They have also been very open to meeting other members of our extended family and getting to know and hanging out with our teen relatives.
Our two respite kiddos went home today as well. Boy how that has brought a release of tension! They were good kids, but they were a handful. I am happy to be down to seven! I never thought that sentence would come out of my mouth! ha ha ha!
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