I am new father

4 kids living in a not so nice area of Houston had their parents hauled away on drug charges and murder charges. So please wish me luck on instilling some positive values in my four "new children", Malik - 2, Shaniqua (SP?), 6, Jantone, 9 and Davidisha, 12. Wishing me luck on how I am going to feed them along with my own 3 kids and my mother and father in law would also be nice of you

 

congrats!

 

Thank you. I am going to a Southern Baptist church this Sunday where one of their relatives go. That should be interesting

 

just watch the church scene from Blues Brothers.

[video=youtube;Tb8pPIFejJI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb8pPIFejJI[/video]

 

Right now, according to Davidisha, they are pretty happy to have beds and air conditioning so I think I should be ok for a while

 

Wow, impressive that you are doing that -- those kids are incredibly lucky that you're stepping up. A good friend of my wife adopted seven (yes, 7!) kids from one family in a similar situation a few years back...and they already had one child. They had a few rough patches in the early going, but have hit their stride and are doing better than well. I know they've done it on not much income -- pretty sure their approach is that everyone in the family does their part and has chores/jobs, no matter what the age. I think it was a little difficult to get the kids to buy into that early on, but they stuck to it and they've become tight knit with that one-for-all, all-for-one approach.

 

Great movie. I have seen it enough to get by....I think

 

I don't look at it as impressive or whatever, but it's just the right thing to do.

We are not sure if they will be with us permanently, but at least for several months.

 

Don't lie, this is all a plot to get racial immunity

{Poasted via palm pilot}

 

I really do get tired of crossing the street every time I see a black person on the sidewalk

 

you're also ok to vote against Obama without being called racist and whatever your view on the Trayvon Martin case is now suddenly valid. :MARIS61:

 

Props to you for helping them! But please dont teach them to hate the Trail Blazers!

 

My first goal is to teach them how to spell Trail Blazers

 

That reminds me, I should probably take that Jesse Jackson dart board down

 

nice bro, i can appreciate that a lot. Shaniqua might not appreciate you not knowing how to spell her name though

 

Congrats, MM! I'd be worried about your influence on the kids.... But considering the parents' "situation"....

Did you know the kids beforehand?

 

Its about to get mad real.

 

No. A friend of ours works with situations like this, and asked if we would be willing to take them because we had been certified as a foster parent in the past for a different situation