Beach Days and Fostering Update

Honey, Annie, and I went to the beach last week. We enjoyed the beach time we got, which sadly wasn't much. It stormed every day for most of the day, so Annie spent lots of time playing with her beach toys inside. She did enjoy having our undivided attention. And Honey and I enjoyed a scrumptious dinner at Cosmo's and key lime pie from Publix.

There are not words to describe how much Annie loves the beach. She loves the waves. She loves the sand. She even likes seaweed. I think she would stay out all day if we let her.
















And a quick fostering update--we were offered our first placement (a two year old girl or four year old boy) the day before we left for the lake. Since I was about to be out of town for a week, we decided to turn it down. We didn't think it would be wise to take in a toddler or preschooler who had just come through the trauma of being removed from family and immediately whisk them away for a week, introduce them to lots of new people, and have no structure to our days. We hated saying no the first time we were asked, but know it was for the best. Waiting on a second placement to be offered . . . hoping it won't be long!