We’re back! Sorry I have let the blog go for so long, but really life was just not that exciting so you didn’t miss out on too much. Well, life was not that exciting until this week that is. This week, Tom had his final and is now finished with school for the next three months, my school was let out for summer on Thursday and we had our LAST home study meeting this morning!
We had our home study visit this morning and Tom took the rest of the day off so we could have a family day together. The home study visit was so much easier than I had imagined it would be. I had this vision that the entire house had to be spotless, including every closet and under every bed. I spent the last week cleaning and organizing the house. I hired a maid service to come in yesterday and touch everything up. Our social worker was so relaxed though, she didn’t open our closets or crouch down to inspect under the beds. I must say though that I am glad I was so obsessive in preparing though because it is really nice to have such a clean house.
It feels so good to be done with our home study meetings. At this point, our social worker will write up the home study and send it to DCFS to get approval. That will take 5-6 weeks to get done. Once the home study is approved, we will be sending it on the USCIS (US Immigration office) to get approval at a federal level. I’ll go through that more later though, we need to get through DCFS first.
Our family day was so nice. After our social worker left the house, we walked to the Children’s Fair that our city holds every year on the last day of school. We had a great time together. Wilson got cotton candy, rode on a few rides and played some games. Of course the favorite “game” was the Candy Castle – this is a cut-out of a gingerbread house that the kids walk through and find a big kiddie pool filled with candy at the end. They get to take a dixie cup and fill it with as much candy as they can. We tried this last year and Wilson didn’t really understand what he was supposed to do, but this year he is a Candy Castle pro. I’m confident he could be a team captain.
The Children’s Fair continues through tomorrow so I am sure we will be back there for another giant stick of cotton candy and maybe even a snowcone. Don’t you just love summer?
