Schedules

Penny is obsessed with them.  She wants to know every step of every day.  For us, that's great.  We have a schedule that we lay out and stick to.  It's not super rigorous or anything... just a schedule.  We learned early on that if you deviate from the schedule... bad things happen.  Meltdowns, crying in the night... all sorts of fun results ensue.  Side note... as with most things, Leonard is indifferent to knowing what is going on, but is still affected by any changes. Here is the email that I wrote to the kids' caseworker yesterday:

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Gloria,

Here are the kids’ schedules that we keep them on.  They love their schedules and we find that any variance tends to have undesirable effects.

Thanks

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We estimate this schedule will be completely dismantled over the course of the next few weeks and then the following months, once they have left our home to go back with their parents.  But who are we kidding really?  The schedule will be gone within three days of leaving our house, if not less.  It won't be our problem obviously, but that doesn't change the fact that it will really affect their behavior and well-being.  We just hope that one or both parents realize that... before it's too late to go back to it.

Here are the schedules... like I said... nothing rigorous.