Rough Day for the P Man

When I had gone to pick P up after work his teacher met me at the door, never a good thing. She informed me that another student had thrown a block at P, hitting him smack in the nose. Apparently that set off a nosebleed and there was blood everywhere! He still had a tissue stuck up his nose when I got there and I'd even be willing to bet that it'll give him a little shiner. While running a quick errand he rubbed his nose because the dried blood itched, causing it to bleed a little all over again. Once we got home we were walking around the property. I headed back toward the house and soon he was running after me, screaming and crying. You see, P is fully potty trained. But when he's outside having fun he forgets to stop and go to the bathroom. So he had gone. In his underwear. And it wasn't #1. By the time he and I tag teamed his undies there was poop on the garage floor, on my foot, down both of his legs.... Talk about disgusting! I promptly put him in the bath tub and then made the executive decision to plop him in front of the TV for the rest of the evening. I figured he'd had enough for one day and deserved a much needed break. Hopefully tomorrow will prove to be a better, more clean, day for him!

(Keep scrolling down to see my next blog. It's a double whammy kinda day!)

Forgive Me if I Ramble

Last week I was in a foul mood. Don't believe me? Just ask Rob! But I woke up Friday morning and decided I need a huge attitude adjustment when it came to my job. Since that revelation I see how God is potentially going to use me this year. You may recall that several months ago-8 to be exact-I blogged about a teacher whose husband was killed and she is dying of cancer. Well, she is teaching Kindergarten again this year (right next door to me) for as long as she can. Our 2nd day back at work she was a basketcase and she told me that that was the first time in 8 months she had gotten out of bed on the 13th of the month because that's the day her husband had died. I felt like she needed a listening ear and a shoulder to cry on, both of which I provided. Today, our Kindergarten aide (whom I just met yesterday) unloaded about her life. How the father of her children left her when she was 4 months pregnant for a younger girl that he had gotten pregnant as well. Now she's a single mom trying to make ends meet and is finally able to move out of her parents' house. Then, towards the end of the day, I met a sweet, sweet little girl that had been molested by her uncle. There's a good chance she'll be in my class this year so her mom told me all about the situation. I had to bite my tongue from telling the mom that she should've shot the uncle instead of having him sent to jail. (Yes, I know that 2 wrongs don't make a right but when it comes to a child I think the only punishment is by death) Am I trying to get you down? No! But I want to share the things I'm up against this year, the ways I get to "bloom where I'm planted." Is full day Kindergarten (something I don't believe in) my first choice? Not by a long shot, but that's where I was put so I plan to make the best of it to the best of my ability. Hopefully the adorable kids I've met this week will provide me with some humorous blogs to share with you.

Busy Bee Life

I vowed not to blog until I was in a better mood because I didn't want to be so negative. That took a couple days to accomplish and by the time I was in a better mood I was busy with work and getting last minute details taken care for P's birthday party. After work on Friday my parents came into town. Between them, Rob and I, we were able to throw the best birthday party P's had to date. It was low key, very little stress, included a fun group of friends, just enough food (but not too much) and lots of Cars stuff. Everyone kept going on and on about how much fun their child had and I know P had a blast!
Yesterday was spent hanging out with my parents, church, housework and getting things ready to start my first week back. Usually I toss and turn the night before the first day of school. However, between being exhausted from being on the go so much lately and knowing that I was only assessing new students today, I slept like a baby (except when P woke me up at 12:30 to tattle on Ruby....really???). Today I got to meet some adorable new Kindergarten students. It wasn't a busy day for me but I'm still tired none-the-less. Next Monday, however, I foresee being exhausted because it's the first day for the Kindergartners and with students that young you always have to be "on". So, I will try to blog but please forgive me if I slack a bit until I get into my new work routine. Until then, enjoy a few pictures from P's birthday party.....

Summer is Officially Over

I thought with being back from our camping excursion that I'd be blogging more but I've been pretty grumpy the past few days. I'm grumpy not because my Summer break is over (but that does suck...sorry mom!) but because I was told one thing and found out yesterday that the person isn't sticking to her word, which chaps my hide. At the end of the year I was told I could teach ELL next year, which made me so excited. I was excited to try something new, to get out of the classroom. Well, yesterday I get an email from the principal saying that she converted the other half time position so I have to stay in Kindergarten where she had originally put me. I could get into all the long conversations and politics surrounding this but I don't want this to come back to bite me so I'll leave it at that. Today I went into work because I was told it was mandatory but after being there a couple hours I was told that today was optional (GRRRR!). Then, as nice as my teaching partner is, I didn't have any say in who was hired and I gather that we are very different. She told me that she's unorganized, lacks behavior management skills and is a hoarder....something that doesn't work well with a job share (The hoarder part would be ok if I was like that but I purge almost to a fault!). If all goes well then Rob will get a contracting job where he can still be home every night but make more money. Then I can be done with school from Christmas break on. I want to be a stay at home mom now so I can deal with my job situation for a few months, knowing that I can have my cake and eat it too come December. :) I think I can....I think I can....

(One of) The Best 4th!

The 4th of July has long been one of my favorite holidays. It's about family and friends and good food without all the commercialization. This 4th of July, however, will be hard to beat in the future! We drove to Bridgeport, CA on Tuesday to camp for the week with some of our good friends. We played horseshoes, mud volleyball, had a huge campsite potluck, went to the 4th of July parade, enjoyed the firework display, ate good food, fed rainbow trout, went on hikes, lounged around, visited  an old ghost town, roasted marshmallows, spent A LOT of time outside, enjoyed nightly campfires, and went to the lake. P was in his glory with all the dirt and kids to play with! I could go on and on about ALL of the wonderful memories we created but I'll let the pictures tell the story this time........

Happy Birthday!!

3 years ago today, at this very moment, I was begging for an epidural. 9 hours and 6 minutes later our little world would be rocked with our precious son! He has brought us joy unmeasurable in every way possible. He makes us laugh on a daily basis with his great sense of humor. He has started challenging us on a daily basis the close he's gotten to 3, keeping us on our toes. He is such a compassionate soul, thinking of others and being kind hearted. Our world will never be the same now that he's entered it and we wouldn't have it any other way. We are truly blessed! So, today I'd like to wish my baby boy a Happy 3rd Birthday!!!!

Fun Weekend

Rob worked all weekend and P and I took a rather impromptu trip to visit my parents. We got to start P's birthday celebration a few days early. He's really into Cars right now so my mom had bought him Cars cupcakes (All he wanted for his birthday was cupcakes, balloons and binoculars....easy kid to please!).

He got 2 pairs of Cars swim trunks, Cars movies and a Jeff Gorvette car that he has played with nonstop. It was nice to spend some relaxing time with my parents. It was also nice to see some childhood friends at my parents' church yesterday that I haven't seen in awhile.
When he got home yesterday Rob was anxious to spend some time with P so they played outside for quite awhile. Rob filled P's pool and they had fun splashing each other and getting into a "hose war". After dinner they went out and finally got the kite high in the sky. For all the wind we have it sure is hard to get a kite up but they were successful with it last night.







I'll be MIA for a few days because of 4th of July festivities but look for fun pictures when I do return.