Busy Bees

It's back to school time here, and we are all busting our tails as we get things prepared. Although we don't want to say goodbye to summer, we are ready and accepting that it is time.

I have been teaching school-aged kids at the daycare during summer.   I had about 16 of them a day, including Savannah and Tori.  I had a really fun time with all the field trips and teaching the children (with a broad age range from 5-12 years old)  about science, math, reading, and writing.  I won’t lie, it’s been quite a challenge at times!  I had two boys with sever ADHD, one with impulse control, and another boy with Tourette’s syndrome.  (Some were medicated, others were not.)  It has made me decide, however, that no matter what I will never teach kindergarten.  Holy cow, those are some wild children!  

I have still been going to school, finishing the spring semester on the Dean’s List and taking a class over the summer.  This fall I am cutting back to only take two classes, but they are more intense classes.   I’m still working 40+ hours a week to make ends meet; doing as best I can at minimum wage.   (Daycare workers never make much money.)

Savannah will be in fourth grade this year!  Can you believe it?  She also got her braces on her teeth two weeks ago and has had absolutely no problems with them.  (Blows me away!)  Time just keeps slipping away with these kids.  School starts for her and Tori on Tuesday.  Tori will be in first grade.  They both have had so much fun this summer, making friends and learning new things.  Tori didn’t really have very many girls her age, so she learned to play Pokemon with the boys!  :)  Almost all the older kids were Savannah’s age, and they decided to make a cleaning service (called the Penny Cleaners) to help the teachers out.

Violet just turned three years old, and she is moving in to her Preschool class this Monday.  She is as smart as a whip, and just as sassy!  She is going to be her mommy’s smart-mouthed payback, I can see it coming.  Just two nights ago, I asked her to put something in the trash and she said “I not a maid, mommy.”  See?  It’s coming.  (Don’t worry, I put her in her place!)

Eddie has been helping out with things at home, and working at church quite a bit.  Right now, he volunteers to teach the two year old class on Saturday nights AND Sunday afternoons of alternating weeks.  He loves it, and I have had to step aside and let him run his show because the kids just adore him!

I know that I have neglected communication with you all, and I apologize.  :)  I’m going to make a bigger effort to get better, I promise!!