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Hi, Michelle! I cannot answer your question about adopting since we are still fostering but do hope to adopt some day. We have four bios and two foster children. Our fkids are not bio siblings but none of my kids, bio or foster distinguish between which kids are bsiblings and which are fsiblings. They just say they are brothers and sisters.
As for the bedroom issue, I agree with the last post that my kids are never in their rooms except to sleep. Other than that, they are wherever I am. Our girls' room is only 9x10 so as you can imagine, it is very full. The boys have the master bedroom since we always knew we would have a lot of kids we just gave them the big room when we moved in (we only had three boys at that point). They have four beds in their room so that we can take another boy if we decide to in the future.
For transportation, we have an eight passenger mini van. If you do some research, you will find that there are a few companies that do make them. Remember though that all eight passenger vans are created equal. Some are bigger than others and with one in particular the eighth seat is not a full size seat. We love our van but are trying to decide what we will do if we decide to take another child (it looks like the half brother of one of our fd's may come into the system) We are not sure how we would transport everyone and right now buying a new van is out of the question. We will see where God leads us.
Good luck. I think you will be a great foster mom. You are asking all the right questions and I can tell you really care and will do a wonderful job.
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Stay-at-home mom
Four bio children
Three foster children
Licensed in Illinois
"Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than the raising of the next generation." C. Everett Koop
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