Phillip and I told the kids, "Order off the kid's menu! You'll be fine!"
Then they obeyed us, and said, "Thanks mom and dad for taking us out to eat!"
Then they obeyed us, and said, "Thanks mom and dad for taking us out to eat!"
NOT!!!!!!!!!! Hahaha!!!
Who remembers the NOT JOKES?? I totally just showed my age...
It was a thing back in the day. You can look it up in the Urban Dictionary. You'll find it was quite popular in the mid-90's!
Anyways, we decided to go out to eat and talk to the kids about K. I knew Payton would be over the moon about the idea of fostering. About a year before, she went through a period of time where she spent her free time searching for foster kids on Adoptuskids.org
If you have ever searched for a car or house online, you are familiar with "narrowing" your search. First you usually start with your price range, and then for vehicles you input the make, model, mileage, etc...
In looking for a house, you can input # of square feet, # of bedrooms, pool, etc....
One night I caught Payton "narrowing" her search for a sibling to adopt. Watching her input male or female, age range, ethnicity, etc...just KILLED me!
How heartbreaking is it that there are soooooo many foster children in the US, that you can actually "narrow" your search! It truly makes me so sad!
Of course, Payton had several great candidates that she begged me to "buy" and I explained to her that you can't just pick out a kid online and "buy" them. I also told her that if God wanted us to adopt, He would make it very clear to us!
When we told the kids we wanted to foster/adopt a child, they reacted exactly how I expected!
Payton squealed in delight!
Hudson began drilling us with questions, and Landon said, "Pass the ketchup."
Payton has a huge heart! She is compassionate, caring, and loving. All she was concerned with was the length of time she would have to wait to get her new little sister!
Hudson, is our analytical child. He immediately began asking questions, "Where will she sleep?" "What school will she go to?" "What if we don't get K, and they give us a different kid?" "Is she nice?" "What does she look like?" "What will we have to do to get her?"
Landon, our laid back child, rolls with the punches! He grinned, kind of shrugged his shoulders and continued enjoying his crawfish and french fries.
As we discussed some of the challenges we could face, they sat and listened. We told them K had not had a stable life, so she would probably have struggles and need help adjusting. We told them it would be hard, and that we really weren't sure what to expect.
In the end, we asked them what they thought about us fostering. I will never forget the looks on their faces. They stared at us like they didn't understand the question. Then Payton said, "Why wouldn't we want to help a kid without a family?" Then Hudson and Landon chimed in, "Yeah, why wouldn't we?"
If you have ever searched for a car or house online, you are familiar with "narrowing" your search. First you usually start with your price range, and then for vehicles you input the make, model, mileage, etc...
In looking for a house, you can input # of square feet, # of bedrooms, pool, etc....
One night I caught Payton "narrowing" her search for a sibling to adopt. Watching her input male or female, age range, ethnicity, etc...just KILLED me!
How heartbreaking is it that there are soooooo many foster children in the US, that you can actually "narrow" your search! It truly makes me so sad!
Of course, Payton had several great candidates that she begged me to "buy" and I explained to her that you can't just pick out a kid online and "buy" them. I also told her that if God wanted us to adopt, He would make it very clear to us!
When we told the kids we wanted to foster/adopt a child, they reacted exactly how I expected!
Payton squealed in delight!
Hudson began drilling us with questions, and Landon said, "Pass the ketchup."
Payton has a huge heart! She is compassionate, caring, and loving. All she was concerned with was the length of time she would have to wait to get her new little sister!
Hudson, is our analytical child. He immediately began asking questions, "Where will she sleep?" "What school will she go to?" "What if we don't get K, and they give us a different kid?" "Is she nice?" "What does she look like?" "What will we have to do to get her?"
Landon, our laid back child, rolls with the punches! He grinned, kind of shrugged his shoulders and continued enjoying his crawfish and french fries.
As we discussed some of the challenges we could face, they sat and listened. We told them K had not had a stable life, so she would probably have struggles and need help adjusting. We told them it would be hard, and that we really weren't sure what to expect.
In the end, we asked them what they thought about us fostering. I will never forget the looks on their faces. They stared at us like they didn't understand the question. Then Payton said, "Why wouldn't we want to help a kid without a family?" Then Hudson and Landon chimed in, "Yeah, why wouldn't we?"
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