What a day!

We went to one of the foster homes to meet the kids this morning at 11am. They were all very excited and full of energy and stayed full of energy the rest of the day! We gave the foster parents their gifts and then got in the SUV to head back the hotel. Each kid had their gift from us on their lap and Chris told them they couldn't open them until we got back to the hotel. It was torture! Good thing the hotel is only a mile away! We got back to the hotel, opened the gifts we got them, got all of their bags up to the room and then headed back out for lunch. They all wanted to go to Golden Corral so that's where we went. Yulissa had scarfed down her entire plate of food before I even got mine back to the table. She then headed to the dessert table. She got banana pudding and a brownie. Then she gave me a brownie saying she remember from our scrapbook that I said chocolate was my favorite dessert. She then went back and got Chris banana pudding after finding out he loved that. Now mind you on the second trip she also got herself more banana pudding and 5 brownies (only 1 of which she was allowed to eat). Johnny is also a big eater wanting to go back several times. Jenavi is not a big eater and only chose gummy bears for dessert. Laci was eating just fine until she saw Yulissa's dessert and then decided she was done and wanted dessert too.
When we got back to the hotel we played some of the games we got for them. Mall Madness took a little too long to set up so by the time it was ready Jenavi was the only one still interested. Chris played Kerplunk with Laci and Johnny while Yulissa went back and forth. Then everyone ws ready to swim.
After lunch we had stopped at Walmart and bought everyone swim suits. I helped Laci (5) change into her new tinkerbell suit. Everyone else got changed and we went downstairs. Everyone jumped right in except Laci. She said she just wanted to put her feet in. Johnny had to stay to the side because he was a little too short to keep his head above the water (even though it was only 4 ft deep) and doesn't know how to swim very well. Yulissa and Jenavi were showing off doing handstands, flips and cannon balls. Laci finally got brave enough to let me put her on my shoulders and carry her into the water. After that as long as either Chris or I were holding her she was just fine being in the water. She had a blast splashing everyone along the way too.
We got cleaned up from swimming and went to McDonalds for dinner. Only one cheesburger and one container of ketchup landed on the floor. Not too bad in my opinion for rookie parents to four kids.
Overall the day went well but I think it is safe to say that we are both worn out. Right now the kids are all laying in bed pretending (or not pretending in Johnny's case) to be asleep. Chris and I are trying to get some paperwork done before we crash.
The kids have gone back and forth between calling us Chris and Rachel and calling us Mom and Dad. Laci made the statement to me that I was going to adopt her and be her everyday mom forever. The kids were also asking about if they would change their last name and seemed happy to do so when we told them they would eventually. As a matter of fact three of them wanted to change their first name. Yulissa wants to be Crystal, Laci wants to be Elizabeth and Johnny wants to be Corbin. We will see when the time comes what happens with that. Goodnight all!