The question I get the most is how is she doing and is she a part of the family yet. Both my husband and I consider her a part of the family. The kids is another story. After the initial excitement and she became very busy with school and friends the kids basically just reduced her to the "girl who lives in the guestroom". Kids are like that if you don't spend time with them you disappear from their world in a sense.
She is very active socially and like any teenager she sleeps in and spends hours in the bathroom (but that is another post!). At some point we had to have a talk with her about her role in the family. With kids it is something you have to work on. I could see that it surprised her to learn that the kids doesn't consider her to be a full member of the family.
She has started slow - she made cookies with them a while back and two days ago she spent a whole day with them at a mall and a movie. It went very well but now the kids has to learn to listen to her. There is still a language barrier but they are on the right track.
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