on a positive note

the trip to the parents had MUCH more positive --- and really even dad's eagerness to have kids come home should be seen as a positive...

POSITIVES:
* certain supervision provisions were OBVIOUSLY in place (whew!)
* kids had been crafting it up over the weekend - their mommy proudly showing off the art they had just done (realized later b/c we had sent the supplies :))
*cute little old school chairs being decaupauged with things the kids love and their names...
* all the art i sent about 6 months ago was hung up all over mommabear's room... HE had saved it!
* tons of pictures in frames - frames i sent, frames i didn't send - but all over i could see photographs that i had sent being honored and respected --- and from the beginning of their time with us showing me they've been held onto
* cupcakes proudly made and offered - at first i thought cute and sweet - my husband saw that they had payed attention to how much a certain lil' girl loves to cook --- that meant the most to him...
* a brand new baby kitten --- baby bear loves our cat and dog - warmed my heart to know he will have a pet...
* their daddy being so grateful for the van full of their belongings and continually thanking me for loving his kids and telling me that they want us to stay involved ---- i know that could change --- but for now i have that to hold onto...
*momma bear not wanting to leave... she really wants to be home with them --- happysad
* a clean house full of love with a big yard for them to play
*watching their daddy run up and down the street after brother bear on his bike... seeing a proud daddy and something i haven't seen in him before...

i think they're going to make it... i pray they do --- but now --- i really think they can do it...

happyhappysadhappy