Update

I haven't posted in a long time because we have been so busy.  We finished school, went to the beach, went to a meeting in Atlanta and went to the Aquarium.  My husband and I flew to Oregon for business.  The boys went to Boy Scout Camp.  We have been to the lake.  The girls stayed with my parents and had a great time.  Hannah tested them big time.  I was small things that will frustrate any adult.  Tucker is working on his Eagle Scout project.  I am so excited and proud of him.  Tucker is a lifeguard at the pool this summer.  He rides his bike to and from sometimes.  He is a great kid.  I am very proud of him. 

Haylee and Hannah have been over to play at a few friends houses and done very well.  In fact, later, one mom told me that I was the strictest and meanest mom she knew of all of her friends.  She said this after telling me that they were the sweetest, very polite, and most compassionate girls she knew.  I was shocked.  Thank goodness it started raining and we all scattered.  Sometime I want to ask her, "Do you think they came from DHR this way?"  My structure has benefited them a great deal.  Yes, at times I may be too strict.  At times, I could extend more grace.  Hey, I am not the perfect parent and have never claimed to be.  (Sorry about the tangent.)

I have lots of pictures to share with you if I would ever get them off of my camera. 

To be totally honest, I haven't posted because I just don't know what to say.  Haylee is doing really well.  I believe she has a healthy attachment to me and our family.  I am just not sure about Hannah.  It is going to take her longer, I believe.

She is testing the boundaries lately.  What do you do for a child that lies because they didn't do the whole thing, put just part of something.  Like if something is messed up on the swing set.  She may have taken it apart and not left if like it was found by someone else.  She insisted she didn't do it when the other children saw her.  After working with her for awhile, she didn't do all of it so she said she didn't do it.  The swing wasn't the issue.  Not telling the truth was the issue.  Sometimes she says, "She thought that was what we meant."  We have told her to ask if she doesn't understand what we are asking.  It is better to ask than not be honest. 

We love her dearly.  She wants her way so bad, she will do whatever to get it without thinking about the consequences.  She told Morgan that she can't wait to go find her BP's when she is 18.  Haylee said she didn't want to go and Hannah could go without her. This isn't new information to me, but I do wonder why the discussion came up among the girls.

Morgan and I are leaving for Orlando tomorrow morning.  We will be gone until next Wednesday.  She is attending a dance convention for three days and the we will go to Magic Kingdom for one day.  She is excited and having a hard time going to sleep.  She is growing up so much.  Hannah wants so bad to be maturing like Morgan.  Bless her heart, she can't make her body start changing. 
I am excited that we are going to be by ourselves.  Well, sort of, I will have two other girls in our room.  I am taking three others in my car tomorrow.  I am sure we will have a wonderful time.