Meg ... 200 children .. wow .. hubby thought we were doing good with the 50 or so we got here. Mind you other years we have had maybe a dozen. At work we had a total of 11 trick or treaters come so the residents got the balance of the candy that was to be handed out. Needless to say they were not complaining.
and Jasmine 130 .. you must live in areas where there are lots of kids. There are a lot kids around us but we are on a bay at the end of a main street so little ones get tired way before they get to our place.
Jasmine, right now we have 2 one year olds and 1 two year old living with us. The 2 year old has been with us since she was 11 months old. The two one year olds have been with us 4 months and 2 months respectively. I have two grown children and 4 grandchildren so I really am a nana.
Our 2 year old has two afternoon visits a week at the moment but this is supposed to change sometime in the near future we are just not sure when. As of today neither of the two younger ones will be having visits in the near future.
Right now my pet peeve is SW's who place children in your home but then don't bother to visit or phone or contact you in any way. This has happened on several occassions .. and usually occurs more often when the SW has not had to physically bring the child to our home but has got somebody else to do it for them or arranged through our support worker for us to pick them up at a shelter. Have you ever encountered this?
Take care.
Marie