[Suzy]

Well, the interviews are over and we can finally put this behind us. Whatever happens to the previous foster home now is in God's hands. Thankfully the after-effects on the children have been minimal. The littlest ones were relatively oblivious and disinterested in the investigators questions and just played with the toys in the room. The oldest was mad that he was being asked questions over and over. He told me the previous day that he had already told us everything. I tried to explain to him why it was necessary to answer the questions, but it obviously didn't take. He got to the point where if they repeated a question he would snap at them and tell them he already told them the answer or he would start spelling out the words. I still wish that they would have at least considered our request to be present rather than on the other side of a 2-way mirror. They took away his sense of safety by isolating him from us and he did not respond well to it. He was very negative on the way home and had a rough morning the next day, now he is being pretty clingy. Even if they wanted to interview him again I don't think he would stand for it. We've noticed that all of the kids have gone to a new level of attachment with us where we are now the center of their universe. Maybe its because they know adoption day is almost here!