My Plate is Over Flowing!

So here's an update of how things have been going lately. I already blogged about school for the girls starting on September 4th and how the first week (3 days left of the week) ended with both girls not behaving appropriately. One resulted in a 'hot slip' being sent home and the other was just a conversation. On Monday of this week, M was sent home with a 'hot slip' for not behaving appropriately (I really should not be giving details on the specific issues). And as another Friday rolls around, another 'hot slip' for S comes home from inappropriate behavior. These behaviors are generally not keeping their hands/body parts to themselves. The girls do not know what appropriate behavior should be when faced with situations that challenge them. This is where therapy would come in to play.

Speaking of therapy... The school uses a wonderful therapy service for kids that experienced trauma and hardships. I am so excited about getting them started, but it takes the California medical insurance to get them started. Which we do not have yet. This makes me so frustrated. These little lovelies are somewhat lost and are needing the additional help.

Tomorrow we start soccer. I hope that the additional exercise and experience with other kids, outside of school, will be a benefit and a chance for me to see the girls interacting with other children. Since I do not see them interacting with others, I am not able to coach or help them along with things go astray. I am really hoping that this will help. If attending soccer goes well, gymnastics will be the next activity they will be signed up for.

The girls love arts and crafts. Construction paper, scissors, pencils, tape, stickers and crayons will keep them busy for a little while. We haven't broke out the markers or paint yet. They are excited to meet my friend Stephy tomorrow and have her here to play for awhile. I think she will fit right in with the little lovelies.

And the rest of how things are going... the brown boxes are starting to disappear! YAY! I have unpacked more and more each day and started to put boxes into a storage unit near by. Sean's mom has been here and has been a great help with getting the boxes unpacked and out of the garage. Today we were even able to hang pictures up on the wall. And the rest of my plate is filled with a stray dog that has been hanging out at my door for the past couple of days. I have placed several calls to animal control and they keep telling me someone will be out. Thankfully, the small dog is friendly and super cute. I had hoped that someone would be looking for him, but no one has came by yet. I posted on FB and CL with no luck. I hope they come soon. He has started scratching at the door and trying to dig under the fence.

Time to cook dinner!