It was just me and Bo on Easter. Chuck and Charley headed to Alabama and we hung back since I had to work. Oh I have a job now. I'm an Administrative Assistant at a private school which is good....it's fine. Sometimes I feel ashamed that I'm not doing something real....something that requires the use of my degree, but then I remember, I prayed for a job that would suit my family. I don't want something "real" right now. I want to come home at a reasonable hour. I don't want to stress. I want to be available for my kids.
This one is still just a wee lil' babe.
She was having a high time at the Mathews Egg Hunt while I tried to convince her THERE'S NO TIME TO LOOK INSIDE EVERY EGG DURING THE HUNT WOMAN!!! THEY'RE GAINING ON YOU!!! Are you with me other mothers? I mean the competition for these egg hunts is fierce! They cut the ribbon and those kids go to runnin'! I hate it really.
I go because I love it but really, I also hate it.
Too much pressure.
That's another great thing about my job. There's very little pressure.
It's a great way to ease back into the world of paychecks. I've been out of that world for 9 years now!
That's a long time.
I feel a little ashamed still. Like Bo's getting jipped. She's only two.
But I take comfort in the fact that she loves, loves, loves preschool which is great, awesome really, especially after a bad experience with an in-home care situation (It was only that Bo would NOT adjust. There were weeks of crying...both hers and mine.) She thrives in the school setting.
I am so thankful.
Suddenly she knows her colors, she sings her ABC's (well some of them), she talks about shapes, she even sings songs I never taught her. (Am I happy or sad about this? It's hard to say. A little bit of both I suppose.) When we pull into the school parking lot she says, "Jesus God" because she sees the steeple there on the church (It's a Christian preschool). I try to ask her open ended questions about her day. I say, "What about Ms. Alyssa?" She thinks for a while and says, "goldfish" or "wash hands" or "banket." It's sweet that she remembers little things they did for her throughout the day and also it's great that she doesn't say, "beat me with a stick" or "locked me in a closet. It's gotten to where everyday, before I have a chance to ask, "What did you do today?" and says, "I do shapes. Triangles."
They do A lot of shapes/triangles there.
She was being especially brave here. Bo has a fear of people dressed up like things.
And most taxidermied animals, spiders, frogs, gorillas, large cats (lions, cheetahs, tigers, jaguars), these two knights outside an antique store downtown, and monsters under the bed (thanks Charley).
She finally did get over her fear of trees, so that's good.
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