5?? 5.

I should do this before the masses get out of bed.

And by ‘the masses’ I mean the five children who are now sleeping in my house.

 

I mentioned the three and four year olds who are here for the weekend.  They were dropped off last night around 7:00.  They are definitely a hand full.  The have obviously been through a lot in their short little lives and will benefit incredibly with some structure (which they are hopefully getting in their foster home.). 

Right about the time we were starting to get them into bed (a process that took approximately two and a half hours) we got a phone call for two boys who needed a placement long term, and needed it right then.  They had to be removed from their previous foster home due to allegations of abuse {enter: my soapbox speech about why we need more good foster homes.}  and had to be moved last night.

After some very, very last minute rearranging of our home, the boys were coming our way.  Unfortunately they were coming from three hours away {because, ahem, they were not able to find a foster home who could take them any closer than that}.  The worker ended up asking Brian if he could meet her half way so that she could get home before the sun came up. 

Three hours later, at 1:15 in the morning, we had five children sleeping under our roof.

I have yet to meet the boys – I was nursing Sylvie when they got here last night.  I’m sure they’ll be great.  And the younger of the two has a birthday on Monday – we’ll have to really celebrate.

 

Updates to come…I’m sure.