Second Home Visit

We had our second home visit today. In addition to the usual parties, a court-appointed lady who is to look out for the kids' best interests was also present. Everything was fine and we have another mini visit on Friday. Then, on Monday, the kids will be taken to court where they will be asked if they want to be adopted. And the next day, we take the stand. We also find out that day if we have to stay 2 or 3 weeks after court. Normally, it's 3 weeks, but we're going to request that our waiting period is only two weeks since we had double the bonding period. Just in case that didn't make sense, if we get the 2 week waiting period, we will be staying at least 3 more weeks after court. (The last week will be our embassy/visa stuff.) If we get the normal 3 week waiting period, then we will have 4 more weeks after the court date. We're really, really hoping for 2 weeks. Obviously.

The kids were introduced to tacos at the American party on Sunday. In the words of Kid #1, they were "Dee LICious." So that's what we're having for dinner tonight.

Food. Chez Aberle serves a limited menu since we don't have a grill or many baking dishes. We usually serve bread and butter, fruit, and something else easy. And ketchup. We usually serve ketchup. (In fact, we just bought our third bottle of ketchup today. We go through a bottle a week.) I confess to serving more frozen pizzas than I would like. We have tried cooking some stuff. Crepes? Big hit. The kids weren't crazy about Yakisoba or homemade Mac N Cheese, however. 

We went to the cheap place for groceries today. It's about a mile away and uphill on the way home. Kid #2 doesn't carry too much, so the rest of us were loaded down with lots of water, 6 liters of milk, and the rest of the groceries. It makes me feel like I deserve that bread we'll be eating along with our tacos tonight :).