SNOW!!!!

Friday night, Rocket had a game- tournament- for basketball.  They lost a heartbreaking game 33-31 against a team we already beat this year and who we will play again on the weekend of 26Jan.  They are the closest school to us in terms of distance and we know about 1/2 team from scouts.   The game was very late, 9:30 pm start time, so we did not home until almost 11 pm.  We were scheduled to play another regular season game on Saturday at 12 noon, but we woke up to 2 inches of snow, with more expected throughout the day.

 

So everything was cancelled.  That gave Rocket and I a chance to rest around the house. But by lunch time, he was ready to go play at the sledding hill.  So off we went.  He bought himself a snowboard last year after the winter season, so this was the first time he got to use it.

All happiness- just having a great time.

after sledding, we came home to play with Pablo.  Doggie Boy was happy to be playing with his people in the backyard.

Happy Momma

The expected extra inches of snow did not show up during the day on Saturday.  We went to bed with the weather folks saying we might get another inch of snow overnight.  BOY, were they wrong!!!!

 

We woke up to an additional 7 inches of snow.  So truly, everything was cancelled on Sunday.  No church, no activities (basketball games, etc).   The only thing I had to do was get the driveway cleaned off so sis could come home after being away all weekend (see below for more details).

this is a snow ruler Rocket made back in Kindergarten.  As you can see, it is basically buried in the snow.  We got an additional 7 inches of snow overnight. 

 so 9 inches total over the 24 hour period.

 

 

 

Update on Sis: 

Sis has been with 6 months and things are not getting better.  I don't post much here, but she does not want to be here and at this point, I don't feel I can parent her the way she needs to be parented.  I am not sure if this is because she holds out hope that mom is going to get her back (by working the court mandated case plan- which mom is not doing), but every day is a fight over something.  Something trivial like being asked to empty the dishwasher or being asked to clean up her room.  EVERY DAY.   And she lies about everything- why she did not do homework, why she specifically did something she was told not to do, etc.  And she feels she is in competition with Rocket, so she takes every chance to get him in trouble or to antagonize him.   Rocket is so frustrated with her behavior that he is acting back at her- throwing the dog's toys at her as an example.
Now understand: these are the same behaviors she exhibited with her biological brother and is the reason she is no longer in the same foster family as him.  It is clear that she can not be in a family with kids close to her age because she sees them as competition and starts 'attacking' them.

 

I can not deal with it any more- being yelled because I am trying to get her to think through things, accept her behaviors (take ownership), and I can not take her going after Rocket.  So I have asked for her to be moved.

 

Because of this, the social workers have suggested that every once in a while she go away for the weekend to give us all a break.   This weekend was the break- but she started up immediately after coming home.  I am not sure how long she will be here, but I am struggling through one day at a time.  As is Rocket.

 

Love and hugs,

Deb