3 posts tagged “preschool”

We don't do much coloring in my house. I just don't have the tolerance for it. I don't like picking up little crayons that get strewn about, as they inevitably will be. I don't like little kids chewing on crayons. I don't like trying to get crayon marks off of things that aren't the designated coloring sheet. So, crayons are contraband in our house. They are a strictly controlled substance. And forget painting, are you kidding me?!

But now I feel that maybe I have been too rash in my de facto art ban. Micah, my second oldest, painted in preschool and it turned out really cool. Also, he was great with the art supplies. Micah was totally focused on putting color on paper.

Micah Rabbit

Now I feel guilty for all the time he didn't get to play with crayons and the like just because his older brother is still a box dumping, crayon eating, property defacer. This is just one more in a long line of reminders that although they are related, my kids are each different people.

You do see the rabbit, right?

It was awesome! At the end of the day all sorts of people were asking me "So, how was it?" which is code for "Did you survive?!" What's so funny about that is that not only did I survive, it was soooo much easier than being at home with my three crazy ones (this day, at least). I'm in the baby class. On Wednesdays there are only five kids (including two of mine). So I'm only taking care of two more little ones than I'm already used to AND there's another teacher in there with me. It was so great! Micah and Emma are in the class with me, and Joel is in the three year old class. Micah and Emma did great in the new environment, and it was so wonderful getting to spend so much time with Micah. I wasn't expecting it, but it really tugged at my heart strings when Joel went off to his class by himself. I was so worried for him. No particular reason, just being a mom I guess. But he did great. The teacher told me that he listens well (Can you come home with me?!) and he just needs to get used to the routine, which is expected. The other kids have been doing this for almost three months, or longer if they came in previous years. At lunch I asked Joel about his day.

I'm about to go from full time stay-at-home mom to a work-out-of-the-home mom. Well, it's part-time, one day, part of one day really, and I won't be leaving my kids, but I am about to be gainfully employed. My current employment only pays in hugs and kisses with the occasional bonus nap, but I'm about to add US legal tender to those payments!

A few weeks ago I mentioned to the director of a Christian preschool/elementary school, where I do some volunteer design work, that I wouldn't mind subbing at the school if needed. My only stipulation was that my kids would need to be put into a class for the day I was subbing. That's not a big deal. I have some friends that work at the school and their kids attend there too. Well, I just got an email from the director letting me know that there's a long term sub position open at the preschool for one day a week. She asked me if I'd be interested in it. All my kids would get to go to preschool for no charge and the best part about it is that the position is in the baby class. That means that I would be able to keep the baby with me and I wouldn't need to pump (yay!). The pay's not great, but add in that my kids go to preschool for free, I still get to be with the baby AND I get paid something! I think it's a big win, win.

This will be my first job, job in over three years. It's kind of weird. I mean, I've done things here and there to make a little extra money, but not a job, job. You know the kind where you clock in somewhere in the morning and clock out in the afternoon. Not that this is as job, job as it gets. I do, after all, get to have my kids with me, but you know, it's still kinda weird.