Margaret Hill always wanted her foster kids to become forever fixtures in her life, and on Saturday she took the leap.

The five siblings — Leeann, 14; Marissa, 13; Angie, 11; Isaac, 9; and Lorali, 6 — were among 65 children who gained permanent homes as part of National Adoption Day at Henry Wade Juvenile Justice Center in West Dallas.

"They didn't want to be anywhere else, and I said we can do this," Hill said. "I think it was really what God always wanted me to do."

For five years, Hill held back on adopting her foster children because she was afraid that as a black woman with five Hispanic children, they'd be picked on at school. But it didn't matter to them.

"Your friends are probably not going to understand why you love me," Hill said she told the children. "It's the world we live in, but I'm hoping I can help change it."

The courthouse was filled with a celebratory spirit, said Kathleen LaValle, executive director of Dallas Court Appointed Special Advocates, which hosted Saturday's day of adoptions. "So many folks here are family. Today just makes it official," she said.

As families waited to become official, they were greeted in the cramped third-floor hallway by Wonder Woman, Batman and Spider-Man.

"Congratulations, bud," Matthew Householder, a Fort Worth man dressed as Batman, said as he hugged a young girl who had just been adopted.

In addition to new parents, officials and children, teddy bears had a place in the courtrooms. The toys were given to the children after their adoptions became official, but that didn't stop 5-year-old Juliette Hensel from asking for one.

“I want a teddy bear,” the girl said as she watched her new brother, Charlie, swing around the black plush toy nearly his size.

Charlie's adopted parents, Becki and Doug Hensel, had been through this process before. The Rockwall couple adopted Rudy, now 7, in 2012 and Juliette two years later.

The couple, who like their three children were dressed in matching "Team Hensel lifetime member" shirts, decided to add to their family when they learned Rudy had a biological brother, Charlie.

“We grew in the same stomach,” Rudy said.

Little Charlie, 1, was adopted today on #NationalAdoptionDay. He's officially joining the Hensel family, who had already adopted his brother. pic.twitter.com/42QKj3DgJW — Eline de Bruijn (@debruijneline) November 18, 2017

"Now I feel great. I feel relieved. I feel like Charlie needs a nap," Doug Hensel said and laughed as he held squirming Charlie. "We did it."

And they might just do it again. The Hensels said they have already talked about fostering a fourth child — but after Charlie gets a bit older.

Many children in foster care have been through trauma or neglect, but they can heal physically and emotionally when surrounded by love, said experts from Children's Health's Rees-Jones Center for Foster Care Excellence.

"We see how resilient they are — that's why today is such a wonderful day," said Dr. Heidi Roman, a pediatrician and medical director at the Rees-Jones Center. "We're extremely happy for them."