Progress with Our Foster Kids

We are finally seeing some progress and order in our household. Two weeks ago we became parents for the first time to three out-of-control children. I am learning patience like never before. As for my husband, I am amazed at how well he does with them. I was already convinced he was the greatest husband in the world and now I'm convinced he's the greatest dad. He is the epitome of kindness and patience but knows how to be firm at the same time. I'm so thankful for him.

The kids now (with reminding at times):

• eat only at the table
• have a bedtime routine (with a chart to follow)
• bring their plates to the sink after eating
• put their dirty clothes in the hamper
• sit quietly in church 
• can sit and actually listen to a story book read to them
• can quote Bible verses

craft time--making necklaces

The kids are still working on:

• waiting their turn for something/sharing without throwing a tantrum
• playing with the dog nicely
• going to bed and staying in bed (mostly the girls)
• playing properly with baby dolls (I haven't tried since they first arrived, actually)

They've improved in all of these areas, really. They need to learn how to play properly, though. Sadly, when they play they beat the baby dolls to death and yell at them. When playing with a doll house they said to me, "Hey Mom, there's a lot of people at my house." I asked what they were doing there and she said "fighting". 

my first attempt at fixing her hair myself

New issues seem to pop up everyday but I have to remind myself where they have come from and how far they have come already. The past few days it has been the girls peeing on their bedroom floor when they are mad at me for correcting them. They have also been staying up very late tearing apart their room. Their trash can, which was full of tissues and pull-ups, was emptied and strewn out all over their floor. Then, they pulled their clothes out of their dresser and hamper and mixed the clean and dirty, dumping them on the floor. Then, they peed in the middle of it.