So yesterday was great! So when S7 woke up, the VERY first thing he did was to look out the window for Easter eggs. He go so excited and ran around to different windows looking.
He then went downstairs looking for his basket. W usually just put it on the kitchen table, but I hid it. He came back looking sooo dejected that the Easter bunny had "forgot." I helped him look for it and when he found it he was ALL smiles. I even got him a couple of smaller lego sets to go with it.
I let him eat a few pieces of candy and then eat breakfast. After which we went out to hunt eggs. I got pictures of him holding up this huge basket!
I have to admit, I got him way too much candy for 1 kid.
From there we went to see our former foster kid at the church he's going to. I hadn't been to a church service in YEARS. The sermon focused on resurrection and new beginnings. There were about 10 people who were baptized. Everything resonated with me, especially about starting life anew.
Then we went back to the Foster Mom's house for a bit and let the kids play.
We left from there and went to have Easter dinner with a friend and his family. We hadn't seen them in over a year and he'd invited us up. It was an almost 2 hr trip but S7 got to play with another kid his age and it was a "real" family dinner with a lot of warmth and friendship. W never wanted to do this type of thing and I told S7 that this how holiday dinners are supposed to be. That having people in your life that care about you is what makes the world richer.
Me: 45 W43 S7, Foster S9 (Planning to adopt post divorce) D mentioned Feb 2015, Wife served 3/24/2015. She moved out 4/15/2015.
He came back looking sooo dejected that the Easter bunny had "forgot." I helped him look for it and when he found it he was ALL smiles. I even got him a couple of smaller lego sets to go with it. 