yay! Exciting news!

ok, i know i just wrote, but exciting news! I talked Junior into doing a "practice swim test" yesterday which i said meant that i'd be right in front of him and he'd swim as far as he could and when he couldn't go any more id catch him. after "thinking about it" for a little bit, he finally did it. he said he'd swim a few feet, as far as he wanted, but i just kept jumping back and he made it almost half the width of the pool! It was so exciting! He wasn't so happy about the water in his nose, but he is getting good at swimming. He just wanted me to hold him after that. so maybe today he'll want to try some more. He is so cute. Ok, one girl here has a name 5 names long, and the first is Harley and the last is Motorcycle. (we were saying our full names for a song "He knows my name". Bridget talked to me a lot yesterday. A lady (i think her case worker) came to my house looking for her today, (she was confused), but i dont know what is going on. Bridget at one point said she feared DSS was gonna send her back home (she never wants to go there again), so i hope this wasn't bringing that confirmed news. the little girls came to our cottage last nite and i had the three really sweet ones and taught them an interp, and poor Grace was teaching a skit to the crazy ones, Renee (Jr.'s sister, was being really bad) it sounded like the house was falling down. then we all decorated cookies. Tonight we are teaching the middle age boys a skit and then some girls an interp and a skit. This is what the kids wanted to do. Hopefully it'll all turn out well. We're taking pudding brownies and cookies to practice, usually those help make for a good evening with these kids (and Grace and me too). :) i had fun and most of the kids did. after they left, i went to run and Grace crashed for a little 8:00 nap. in case you ever wonder, i tried the brownie mix with adding chocolate pudding because a lady here does that, and well, dont try it. they dont taste as good. love you all,
lauren<><