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We visited with our daughter (who was 6 at time) for 2 months before she came home. They wanted her to finish out the school year there before moving. She was in a neighboring state, so we traveled to her every weekend and she spent the weekends with us in the hotel.
We created a scrapbook with pictures of us, her brothers, extended family who would be an everyday part of her life, her home, her new school, her church, etc. According to her foster mother, she looked through this book almost everyday. In fact, she sometimes still looks through it.
We called her on the phone almost every night. We got to know a lot about her through these calls. It also helped to keep us in her mind throughout the week.
At first, because we were so excited, we wanted to give her all kinds of gifts. But we quickly learned that was wrong. She was learning to look forward to gifts as opposed to us. So we ceased with the gift bringing (which, honestly, ticked her off at first).
Enjoy the visiting and getting to know your new children. That way when they come home you aren't a stranger to them and they aren't strangers to you.
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