Thinkin....

So just thinkin lately.... We go to court Dec 2nd basically just to get child support set up again. The kids mom dropped it a couple years ago when the came to agreement themselves and long story short.....she wasn't able to get it again right away, and then obviously the kids were living with us there for a while so she wouldn't have gotten it anyways. So now she has applied again...The kids actually came by Sunday morning knocking at the door and said hi to us, which was a VERY nice surprise because that has NEVER happened on an off weekend and I was literally just saying how down I was about not having them for Halloween and stuff. It's weird though because I always suspect something is up when she does something that is actually nice.

On the bright side, Jarrod saw the kids report cards and they are all passing! We are very happy about that and I really do think all the children are doing so much better now that they have been living in one place for I think 3 whole months now. I wanna say they have went to the same school this entire year. Which is saying a lot, on Vallery's ARD report ( when we got her into Special ED classes) they pulled up 16 schools. That was in 4 years! She had attended. That was probably not to mention the ones that weren't on the report because a lot of times they would only attend less than a week and then move or something (as the report showed). Anyways, I think they are doing better and all we can do is hope that it stays that way, because apparently no amount of money or lawyer can help us. The truth is that the state of Texas does not have a law regarding "educational neglect", which would be the only legitimate thing we have to go on. (cps told us this) Florida does, but Texas does not. The kids seem to be happy with Glen (her new husband) and happy in their new home and school and that's all that we have ever wanted for the kids.

Avery, I think, still wants to live with us. he calls Jarrod almost every day and I still remember the picture he drew right after she took him back. It was 2 stick figures ( one larger than the other, holding hands) and then it said "til the day we are together once again" It was like the figures were walking over a hill into the distance or sunset. It was touching. So I guess once Avery is 12, we can then file a petition for a modification so he can come to live with us, which is a mess of paperwork that I have found out (with the help of a wonderful friend) that I can do myself.


Changing subjects.....I cannot wait to see the kids this weekend. I have to work on Saturday but after I get off, I have promised to take Vallery birthday shopping. Instead of the usual cake and gifts, we agreed to let her just have money since she is 12 now and she can pick what she would like to buy ( with my approval of course) :)  And then I hope to do something fun on Sunday as a family. Any ideas????