Skepticism

The kids had their first extended visits with their parents yesterday.  

We met their mom at 8am and off they went.  After we got them back around 1pm, we learned that they went to her house, had some breakfast, dressed up for church, went to church, then, at some point, came back to McDonald's (where we met earlier) and had lunch.  All in all, it seemed like a fairly decent visit and they were not over-indulged in their eating.

Their dad met us a little before 1:30pm and the kids left with him.  We had brought their pjs and bath stuff with us to send, in case he had time to give them baths.  We also thought that it would be a nice thing for him to be able to do to take up some time.  In related news, we didn't have to give the kids baths last night, which was awesome.  I met up with them at 6:30pm to bring them back home.  They both ate very well, Leonard especially, and were well-behaved as far as I learned... not that their dad would tell me any differently.

The skepticism comes in where, after both parents' visits, there were no complaints at all.  So I am fully expecting to talk to Gloria today and find out what was said in each and every email that he undoubtedly sent last night.  I seriously doubt that their mom had anything bad to say, since her family is the one that sent us a thank you card with a nice note inside, just to say thanks for taking care of the kids.  We have the card... somewhere.  I should really take a picture and post it on the blog.  Their dad, on the other hand, lives to complain it seems.  About us, about the agency, about court - it doesn't matter.

We got a lot done while they were away for the day.  It was very strange having time to get things done and not having to help two kids in and out of the car at every stop.  It was also very relaxing, even though we were cleaning and working all day.  Next weekend will be eight hours of visits each day and The Kid will be with us.  We're hoping for another couple of days of preparing for the baby and getting things done that have been put off, in some cases, for far too long.