Top Ten: Preschool

I did it.

I completed my first week as a teacher to an awesome group of 1.5-2 year olds. Thank God it was only 3 days long. That being said, I really can't wait to go back to work on Monday and I REALLY can't wait to see how much these little ones grow over the next 9 months.

That being said here are my Top 10 observations on Preschool:

1. Sticky is a permanent feeling.

2. Parents please think again about putting jelly on your kid's sandwich! It doesn't make it in your child's belly! It does, however, make it on the walls, tables, chairs, toys, floor, clothes, hair, etc. Now imagine 12 kids with jelly! That's 24 sticky hands!

3. Nap time does not equal teacher break. Nap time = wipe tables, disinfect toys, wipe down changing table, sweep floors, empty sippy cups, put art work in folders, pat backs, rock children, eat lunch, potty (for the ONLY time in the day), set out next round of diapers, etc.

4. If your kids come home dirty it means we did our job. Your child played HARD!

5. When your child starts having Bowel Movements that represent a full grown man's, it's time to start potty training.

6. No your child does not NEED their pacifier as much as you need them to need it.

7. All 2 year olds are like the characters on "Jackass". They will try ANYTHING!

8. Snot comes in all sorts of colors...even ones you wouldn't expect.

9. Hair bows don't stay in.

10. The "David" books are can give a teacher 5 minutes of sanity.

UNEMPLOYED

That's right. Right now I have no job.

Oh. Don't feel sorry for me. I didn't have a good job to begin with.

Oh sure I had been there for 4.5 years. But it was time for me to go. It was no longer a healthy environment to be in. Not healthy at all. For anyone really.

Let me tell you it wasn't pretty.

But I am much better off because I deserve better.

Right now better is in my parent's pool with Tilly.

Adventurous Eater.

I love it when my office comes to see what I am having for lunch because it smells so good! The best part is when I am eating something that the average public wouldn't especially find appealing. It makes me feel worldly.

What made me feel like I was eating outside of a white stucco building with blue linens on the coast of Greece?

Lamb and Spinach Pitas with Feta cheese and a Lemon Pepper Yogurt dip.


Worldly I tell you. Worldly and YUM.

Take This Job and Shove It!!

I am having a REALLY hard time working today.

It's not that it's a BAD day or anything. I just want to be doing something else other than sitting at a computer pushing paper in an avacado green room. It's a gorgous day outside, all of my friends are on thier way in town for Homecoming and I am stuck in the office while they call to say they are minutes away and ready to play. This sucks. Being an adult sucks sometimes.

I want to take back all the moments in my childhood that I whined about wishing to being older! Why didn't my parents tell me that THIS is what I had to look forward to!?!?! I should of never complained about being bored. Now I sit in my office and WISH I could go outside and play. I am talking about playing on the playground kind of play. You know that stuff that you aren't "allowed" to do anymore once you hit a certian age because it's not appropriate. I am realizing more and more that I think most people have kids so that they can have an excuse to go to the park and swing or play in the sandbox again. Can I do those things without having a kid and not risk looking creepy?

I will just have to keep my innerchild inside a little longer until Carl and I decide to have kids.