battle of the wills

i'm having a really hard time figuring out what the spending habits are, exactly, that the girls are used to. they seem to want/need everything that comes across their minds and when we say no it becomes a huge battle of pouty faces, angry undertones and then crying, followed by finishing our trip to any store with hundreds of "gosh i wish i could have that.....sure would be nice to have that....tomorrow i'm gonna wish really bad that i had that.....i really need that." and my answer to all of those are "it's not on our list of the items we came here and NEED." yesterday it was high heeled boots. i want them to be happy and have what they want but we are dealing with a NEED level right now. we NEED sweaters. We do not NEED high heeled boots. yesterday it rained, thus the need for high heeled boots. we went to walmart and target, the only stores in our budget right now. neither of which carried high heeled boots for children. this of course sent us into a downward spiral to which i realized it's time for the girls to hear, accept and embrace the word "no". i told them i'm afraid i've made them greedy already this week so we are not going to be shopping for a while. we need (and that's a real need) 2 pairs of pants and 2 sweaters for one of them. that's it. and that we will look for at the resale shop. we have gone out and bought about 5 pairs of shoes since they've been here and were informed last night that all of them are "stupid". that was the last straw. we went home more determined than ever to NOT get anymore shoes. i think they are buying because they feel the need to accumulate right now whether they like the item or not. so. until we can sort out the root of this further...we're going to just go cold turkey. *sigh* i would ask "is it gonna get easier?" but i already know the answer is "no".

Rookie!

The girls are just simply excelling by leaps and bounds and we've only had them a week. I could not be prouder of them and I tell them every minute of the day how wonderful they are and what big plans God has for their lives. It's amazing. We are going to take Saturday pictures because they came to us last Friday and we took pictures on Saturday and then we'll take them every week to show them how healthy they are getting. They are soooo great! They have a little brother who is with a couple that adopted 2 foster kids last year and she told me today she's going to nominate us for Rookie Foster Parents of the Year. Yesterday she said she couldn't believe how they RAN to the car after their visit last night. *ah* I was beaming when she told me that.

first day of school

today was the first day. pray that there will be friends and nice people and that they will be able to just blend in and be "normal" kids.

**Edited to say**
I just got a call from the kids. The olders first day was GREAT. She made 6 friends and can't WAIT to go back tomorrow. The youngers first day was TERRIBLE. She only made 2 friends and everybody wanted to sit with her at lunch! So we got some attitudes to work on but I think by the end of next week things will be a little more smooth sailing.

m'lady

is being a major bitch.