So I am lame and haven't written in a while.
 And there is so much going on! One of the most exciting things about to happen is the husband and I are about to be a part of the Royal Family Kids Camp. This is a camp just for children in the foster system. Hubby and I are going to be counselors! We found out through a friend that their church was starting this camp with 34 hours of deciding to research foster care. We took it as a sign and interviewed and became camp counselors.

If you want to know more about what this amazing camp does, and how it changes the lives of kids who believed that no one loved or wanted them, check out this link http://royalfamilykids.org/about/our-history/.

We took part in a weekend long training last weekend, and we were definitely ahead of the curve since we have received so much training in our PRIDE classes. We head out in June and I simply can't wait to go there and see what God has planned for us. I totally believe we are meant to do this, and I also believe it will make us better foster parents.

We only have two weeks of classes left on our PRIDE classes. Last week they went over discipline and I wanted to scream a little. I am TOTALLY ON BOARD with not spanking a foster child. They have been abused, sometimes severely, and will never be able to see spanking as anything other than abuse. I will never spank a foster child.
But oh my word this woman was a little crazy when it came to discipline. She began the session by asking "If a child gets in trouble at school, and receives discipline, should they also be disciplined at home?'

She totally expected us to say no.
We didn't.
There are three teachers in our class and everyone of us gave an emphatic "yes they should!"

It went downhill from there.

To be fair, not all of it was crazy. I think in our case, listening and understanding where behaviors and feelings are coming from is going to be more important than ever. But it is something that I have had to learn to do as a teacher (since I have no idea why they come to school moody, with no pencils and no work done) so I think we will be able to do that for all of our children.


Things are moving along and the house is slowly coming together. I will post more about the house, our checklist of foster care approved changes, and the Foster Shower my mother is throwing us next week.