Monday, Oct. 20, 2008

Today was a busier day than usual. The a.m. kindergartners had no school and the rest had a half day. So we served 11 at lunchtime and were very productive, lol.

Taylor had a pizza party for cheer leading (end of season). It was at Goodrich Park in Whitehall. It's such a nice park, right on the lake with some new play structures. Of course the girls ended up playing football with the boys. Taylor got tackled pretty good, but came out fighting!! While she was there I went to the gym. Only got 25 min. on the treadmill, but it's better than nothing! I then stopped at Plumb's for milk & pop. (Katie doesn't have to call me and moo into the phone now..... That's either her way of calling me fat or telling me that we need milk, lmfao. I know, it's the milk, but I still think it's funny.

Came home and Judy was telling me how good Ethan was at cleaning up. He usually gives her a hard time, so that was nice to hear. But just as she was telling me, I looked over to see Bretten BITING Ethan on the arm; I mean RIPPING into the boy!!! If it weren't for Ethan's long sleeves, I'm sure Bretten would have drawn blood. As it was, he broke the skin AND left scrape marks. I have NEVER had such a bad bite in my daycare!! I felt sorry for Ethan, that had to of hurt like hell!! We put an ice pack on it and he had a pop tart for snack, so it was all good for him then, lol. His mom was ok with it; Ethan's 2 year old little brother is a biter, too, so she was understanding. Bretten is 4, and should be over that stage, but he's only been here for a couple of weeks, and he hadn't been here in 4-5 days because he had been sick. He's never been in daycare before, so it's been a bit of a tough transition. He'll be fine, though, as long as he keeps his fangs to himself. :)

I guess I'll go lay down, maybe I'll be sleeping by 1 if I go now......

Thursday, October 16, 2008

I stayed up way too late and paid for it. I dragged butt today. I thought I didn't have much to do as far as errands, but was wrong once again. Katie got here and I went to the gym, the post office, and Ealy to drop off Heather's Oxybutinin (for daytime wetting).

Came home and showered, then went to Nat. City and Meijer to get groceries. Food prices sure are outrageous. Only one cart this week and I still spent $250. And I only got a few things that weren't on my list.

Came home and napped. Got up and cancelled my Dr. appt. with the dermatologist. (I ended up with acne in my 30's - go figure). Jon took Tay to cheerleading tonight, while I stayed home and beat kids. :)

Speaking of kids, I just checked on a couple of daycare kids that are sleeping. Tyler keeps getting out of his pack and play and goes to sleep with his brother, Ethan. I've tried discouraging it in the past, but it's so cute that tonight I just left them.

Fire Station

Katie & I took kids to the fire dept. tonight. It's Fire Prevention Week and they always have an open house. They showed how they took the roof off of a mini van, tons of handouts, hats, stickers, etc., food (Pizza Hut, yum!!), Ronald McDonald doing magic, and fire truck rides.

The kids had fun and were really good. We took Heather & Taylor, Katie's son Matthew, Ethan & Tyler (daycare kids), and met another daycare Grandma (and Brianna). Here's some pics.....

Heather volunteered to do magic with Ronald.

The van that they tore the roof off of


The look on the kids' faces when they tore the windshield off


In the fire truck for a ride. Taylor & I got to sit in front & she was the horn blower.
They liked Ronald McDonald's magic tricks

Brianna pretending to dial 911 for an emergency
They were mesmerized at Ronald

Too cute!! Ethan, Tyler, and Matthew wanted NOTHING to do with having their pic taken with Ronald!! lol

Ronald was fun!!

Monday Morning Thoughts

I'm not a morning person. In fact, I suck at mornings. I went to bed at 3 a.m. this morning. Not only am I very productive and get alot done at night ('cuz everybody's sleeping, of course), but I just am not tired. And this morning is no different than any other. Except it's raining. And I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to sleep when it's raining. So I sit here and want to nap even more.

Before daycare, I worked at Meijer (retail) and primarily worked 2nd, and some third shift. So when I started my daycare, I was only going to be open from 11 a.m. until the next morning, so I could sleep in daily. That's not what the general public has in mind, and I ended up open 24/7.

But, as it works out, Katie (my assistant) is very much a morning person. So we get along really well, lol. Needless to say, I drag ass in the morning & she doesn't. I only get 3-6 hours of sleep at night, so she lets me take a nap during naptime, too. Mmmmm, I luv me some naps!!

Speaking of Katie, she just called me and her car died halfway to work. I wish I could buy her some reliable transportation. She's such a good person; always looking at the bright side of things. Sometimes things just suck for good people. And it's 48 degrees; of course she has her youngest son. He's 3 months. Not terribly cold, but it could get chilly. Her hubby's out hunting and evidently doesn't have his cell phone on him. THERE'S gonna be an ass-chewing, lol.

I have 3 new kids staring in care today. 2 year old Ethan and his 4 year old sister, Chey. Then there's 4 year old Bretten. Ethan will be here in the mornings and his sister after school (she goes half days). Bretten will be second shift; his Mom goes to college in the morning and works at Wesco at night. So I teased her that she can be my popcorn runner!! Wesco sells popcorn buckets at the end of the year for around $8, then the following year you can fill them with popcorn at Wesco for free. And the Wesco in Whitehall has the BEST popcorn, with lots of butter and not much salt. So I'm excited about that..... No, it doesn't take much, lol.

I guess I'll get up and be productive.