Introducing Miss Delia....
The house is clean (all areas this time!) the dogs are hoovered, walked and treated up and we wait patiently. She is a little late and I spend the time reading a chapter from the Adoption Handbook on the Home Study to my LRUN to get us in the mood. This was a good idea actually as it totally relaxed us and put us in the right frame of thinking. I re-boil the kettle three times twice and re-arrange the cookies. I opted for irresistible double chocolate brownie ones. She's here! We argue about who should answer the door (our hallway is not big enough for more than one!) and in the end I do. She immediately reminds me of the legendary cook, Delia Smith. I will admit, I am a little disappointed when she declines my offer of cookies. This is not going to bode well. But she is just lovely and makes us feel totally calm and relaxed. She is here for nearly 3 hours and she talks about what the homestudy involves, the importance of the homework and we talk alot about ourselves. She has look round the house and makes endless notes and gives us a spot of homework.  We finish with booking some dates for future sessions before Xmas and wave good bye from the front door, both us beaming. I have a good feeling about this. Back inside, the brownie cookies are missing and the dogs are looking sheepish.