The Day Care has all kinds of fun art projects on the walls (even in the 0-6 month room where Allison is), so we get to participate in all the creativity. She has until Monday to "decorate the paper doll how she sees herself". That makes sense for all the older kids, but I don't think Allison has had the time to be introspective and discover who she is and what her hopes and dreams are.
The only idea I've come up with is to smear poop on it....but I don't think the daycare would appreciate that :) I plan to decorate it this weekend, so I'll be sure to post pics of what I come up with.
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Such a little angel
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So I'm officially back to work (for 3 days now) and things are going pretty well. My kiddos are really glad to have me back and now I'm busy playing catch-up (because of course the kids didn't learn a single thing from the sub while I was gone). It's hard to get good help these days...the kids tore up and trashed a bunch of my stuff while I was gone and the sub was totally oblivious to it. They even managed to steal over $100 worth of my games and books and prizes which really disappointed me.
So I'm officially back to work (for 3 days now) and things are going pretty well. My kiddos are really glad to have me back and now I'm busy playing catch-up (because of course the kids didn't learn a single thing from the sub while I was gone). It's hard to get good help these days...the kids tore up and trashed a bunch of my stuff while I was gone and the sub was totally oblivious to it. They even managed to steal over $100 worth of my games and books and prizes which really disappointed me.
Teaching is definitely something a person is called to do; it's not for everybody. Some people just don't understand the logistics of it and can't figure out how to keep 30 pre-teens in line and focused and learning about ratios and proportions. My sub is one of those people who had no business trying to be a teacher!!! That's just my two cents on the matter...
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The ladies at daycare love Allison; they say she's such a chill, relaxed baby. They haven't had any problems with her crying or being fussy. They say she's really observant and likes to look around and swat her arms around at things. It's good to know that I'm not the only one who thinks Allison is a wonderful baby :) Every day they give me a piece of paper that reports what happened in her day. It lists when she ate and how much, when she had a diaper change and if it was wet/dirty, when she slept, and what her mood was for the day.
The first day I laughed at the report because it says that 17 minutes after she had a diaper change, she had to have another one because it got dirty....just like her; she won't poop in an already wet diaper, she has to wait until after you change it to a clean one before she can poop in it :)
PS-No I haven't cried when dropping her off.
It is hard being back to work though...after being home for 6 weeks with her, I feel like I haven't spent much time with her this week. It's kind of a bummer, but there's only 13 weeks left in the school year and I'm sure that will go by quickly.
That's about all for now...I'm off to go unload the dishwasher and get things ready for tomorrow.
