Oops!
I forgot to share our other bit of joy. Another child in the class tries to sing "We Will Rock You" but he has a hard time with the r sound and uses f instead. FREAKIN hilarious. And we were kind enough to warn his parents that if it sounds like he's cussing them out he's not. But still, funniest thing I've seen in a long time.
The Wow Factor
I think one family (yay, there's one!) feels they get their $900 worth every month from us. They came to pick up their 21 month old daughter and she ran over to them and said what sounded like, "Mommy! Shot it paint like Mick al al o! Unna table!" which actually means, "Mommy, I (Charlotte) painted like Michaelangelo, under the table!" When I translated, her mom just stood there for a second and said, "Wow." At least I know THEY appreciate us now.
I'm debating setting up a new blog....just for the parents. With pictures. It would seriously add to my already full workload, but I think if I put something fun and a picture up there every day or a few times a week, they would appreciate it. Plus, they could leave comments and actually talk to each other! It would be amazing!
For
Nicole, James and I are still together. It has been a rollercoaster sometimes, but I think all new-ish relationships are. We just moved into a newer, nicer apartment that the cat seems to LOVE. It has stairs for him to run up and down....the cat, not James. Uhh, yet.
Ah Ah Ah Ah Stayin' Alive!
Okay, okay, okay. I disappeared. Lots has changed since then. Well not LOTS, but yeah. Lots. When you last heard from me, I was an infant teacher at a
Bright Horizons center in Austin. I'm still at BHFS, but I moved up with my primary children into the toddler room and most of them are nearly two. They are well past their first words and are speaking longer and longer and more and more sarcastic sentences. The highlights of my life right now include:
--Quitting my second job. Hallelujah for yearly raises!
--One child singing "We Will Rock You" by Queen all day everyday. (I have an audio file if I know you really well and you want to share your email address.)
--One child nearly potty-trained. She's wearing panties! And we're all afraid to let her sit in our lap for more than 5 minutes.
--A new coteacher that rocks my world. We are so much alike that we get on each other's nerves occasionally, but 99% of the time, we are totally on the same page. It's awesome.
--My first overseas trip is actually going to happen. I'm going to visit a
friend (I claim no responsibility for the picture that pops up on his page) in the Netherlands for two weeks in November.
And I'm blogging again!
Whew! Whew! Whew!
The accreditors came and left. It was a REALLY old lady that spent about an hour and a half in our room because she slept for about half and hour. You know how old people just doze off? She kept doing that. It was almost funny, but it made us nervous that much longer. We did fine, supposedly. Out of a possible three, my room got ALL threes. The other infant room got two 2's, because we rock and they don't. All the work and 70 hour weeks paid off and now I can sleep and sleep and sleep. Until Wednesday. Then school starts again.
This semester should be interesting, though. I'm taking Psychology of Gender, Ethical Analysis and Experimental Psychology. I plan to post more often, but I may not get my head out of textbooks until December. I wish my psych degree taught me something useful. Like how to deal with stupid new teachers who have to have "15 minute breaks for M, C, You and G, in that order" and "You are supposed to be next door until 9:30" explained fifteen times. Really. Then she broke our lantern! I was pissed. I fixed it and just glared at her for a few minutes...until she asked me what "infant breaks" means again, and I wanted to shoot her. It's Texas. We're allowed to shoot people, right?
Ack! I'm being forced to post!!!
7 things I plan to do before I die
1. See Rome...the OLD part. Spend a day, or a week wandering around the forum
2. Have a family
3. Live somewhere other than Texas for at least a year, preferably overseas
4. Learn another language. Hindi or Hebrew or something in a different alphabet
5. Find a way to make money in childcare (if that's possible)
6. See South America...Belize, maybe
7. Make enough money to shop at
Central Market and
Whole Foods ONLY
7 things I can do
1. Teach daycare
2. Make friends in unusual places (i.e. the blogosphere)
3. Sing
4. Speak Latin
5. Stand up for myself
6. Handy type things. Fix household stuff, change tires, etc.
7. Cook some fantastic enchiladas, pizza and meatloaf.
7 things I cannot do
1. Eat anything the consistency of oatmeal, cottage cheese or tapioca.
2. Skydive
3. Keep my dining room clean
4. Get enough sleep
5. Be patient with stupid coworkers or any stupid people, really
6. Speak in public
7. Write computer programs
7 things that attract me to the opposite sex
1. Eyes
2. Smarts
3. Jawline
4. Sense of Humor
5. Smile
6. Taste in books and music
7. Anything that sets them apart from others...as long as it's not serial murder.
7 things that I say most often
1. Oh, hell (not at work...well, not out loud at work)
2. Huh?
3. Shh, shh, shh (when rocking someone to sleep)
4. Whosiwhatsit?
5. Makes me want to cry
6. XXXX (baby's name), I can't hold you right now. You have seven friends who also need my help.
7. Feet on the floor, not on the table.
7 celebrity crushes
1. Hugh Jackman, but only in "Oklahoma"
2. Anthony Hopkins
3. William Petersen
4. Jeff Gordon
5. Tony Shalhoub, but only as Adrian Monk. We're soulmates.
6. Michael Waltrip
7. Rex Harrison, Gene Kelly, Rock Hudson, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Donald O'Connor, and lots of other dead guys.
