Saturday, May 30, 2009

A Great Day...

Today was the first day we had NO behavior problems!  Praise the Lord!  No one got in trouble for misbehaving, hitting, provoking or temper tantrums!  What a blessed day and to me, affirmation of some settling in.  I know they are children and there will continue to be ups and downs, but I count today as signs of 'progress'!  

We love to paint!
We moved the tables from the deck into the shade...
James spent a couple hours today casting his new fishing reel Barry gave him.  He is an outdoorsman...
I had him move to the driveway (you can see his head just over the fence)...
Titus catching his breath...
The girls chant "Babushka!  Babushka!"
I struggled to draw the girls a picture of Belle from "Beauty and the Beast" for them to paint...


Sprinkler fun...


Taking steps toward learning to ride a bike...

3 comments:

BrendaStrider said...

your posts and pictures make me smile....I'm so very glad that things are going so smoothly...there's nothing like summertime fun!!

Jarka said...

wow - learning to ride a bike is a big step :) good luck!!! this is so exciting :)

Conethia and Jim Bob said...

That first day with no upsets is such a mildstone. You are becoming a family, can't you feel it!

BTW, we actaully live in Smithville. It's about an hour away from Nashville. We are putting the kids in an "extended" school program which focuses on basic english skills and math, which they actually are doing well in.