The letters

Today, October 13, 2010 we received a letter from the kids Mom.  It was a decent letter but still heart breaking too.  She wants to plan a visit in March of 2011 (why so long, I ask).  She also wants to know what she can get the children for birthdays and Christmas's that she has missed.  How does one tell her that the gifts are not needed?   How does one tell her that the greatest gift that she could have given her children was her?  How does one tell her that the life that she had with the children is over and a thing of the past and make her understand?  Maybe she does understand and is trying to make things up as she writes each letter.  For so long (I am talking about 9 months) we did not hear from her now all of a sudden two letters within about two weeks of each other for the children.  Troubling, what is she trying to do?  Will she try to regain custody?  Is there an underlying motive to all this communication that she is doing?  We (Greg, Tabby and I) read the letters and if we feel okay we let the children know of them and read them to the kids.  So far, Zack has been the only one able to understand and cope with the letters.  The counselor for the girls feel it best (so do I) that it is not a good thing right now and to save them for later when the girls are a bit older and stronger to understand all this mess that was created in their young lives.

Sunday, we enjoyed an afternoon at Ren-Festival in Waynesville Ohio.  It started out as a long trip...same day as the Sauerkraut Festival and we had to go through a lot of traffic just to get to Ren-Fest.  Once we arrived there, we planned out a strategy to see as much as we could.  The kids were great...they had a blast.  We got to see a man tossing around fire, ride a camel, watch a baby dragon come to life, ride in a big swing, go through a large maze with a slide at the end, go around a May-pole and see a real live joust.  We wanted to see the mud show but just did not make it to that event...maybe next year.  There were a lot of people dressed in era and a few women were a little too showy...a friend of mine would have really enjoyed seeing those women!!  All in all we were given a very nice day not only weather wise but being there was fun.  Thanks to Tabby and Martin for coming up with this idea and to Greg for getting a free ticket!  That place can be very expensive...

Halloween is quickly approaching and Zack has told me he has his costume already.  Tabby, Martin and the girls are going as characters from Alice in Wonderland 2010.  I can't wait to see them dressed up and together...you can bet I will be taking pictures of them.  We will work on Zack's costume this weekend...can you believe today is the 13th!!  Unreal...where has October gone?

Thank you for reading my thoughts and checking out how things are for our special family!  God has blessed us in so many ways and we are truly thankful!!  So long for now...I will post more soon!