I'm starting PreSchool!

Happy and I are starting Preschool together. I may be 34 and he may be 2, but this is perfect timing! I start teaching at a new Christian preschool on Wednesday. Happy starts at this school on Monday. Does anyone want to take bets on when we both get sick first? This weekend perhaps??

Unfortunately I'll be working my retail management night/weekend job until the end of next week. So for two weeks I'll be working 40-60 hours a week. Does anyone want to take bets on when I'll break down into tears from being tired? This weekend perhaps???

I'm excited to be teaching 2 year olds. And I'm excited that Happy will be in the other 2 year old class across the hall from me. I love that I can get a 30 min break during the day and can spend that time with him if I want/need to.

Its been a long time since I've taught. And I've never actually taught children this young, aside from my own. I'm really looking forward to having my work day end at 3:30/4:00. I'm looking forward to the fullfillment of working with children. I hope that I make the parents happy.

I've been scouring the internet looking for free preschool lessons, songs, activities, etc. My arsenal of activities are all for older kids. And I'm awful at remembering little fun songs for kids! I've got my work cut out for me for the next month or so until I get into the groove.

Until then, the kids may hear some made up songs for a while!

We visited the class today (Happy and I). I was anxious to see how he would handle all the kids and noise, since he's usually always with me or my parents. And I'm so pleased that he loved it and was so good! He even had a collision with one of the rougher boys, and he just looked at that kid like he was nuts .... and walked away from him. I sighed a little breath of relief! But by the time it was lunch time, Happy came over to me and said "Mommy .. let's get out of here and go to Sonic!!!" and you know what I said .. "Okay!! Let's get out of here!" hahahah.. I couldnt help it! We didnt need to stay any longer for our visit today anyway. :)

Wish me and Happy good luck!

County Fair Time!

I love going to the County Fair ... LOVE it. Tonight was the last night for our small county fair (well, not small exactly), and we went with my parents and my nephew. It was so much fun!

Happy was old enough to ride some rides, and he even got to ride with his older cousin on the bumper cars! It makes my soul smile to see those two handsome boys smiling, laughing and giggling on a fair ride.

During this coming year, I'm going to make a quilt to enter into the fair. After looking at the quilts and art that were entered this year, I really think I could hold my own! Anyway, it would be fun to have the experience.

Enjoy the ride of life!

Vacation and Floating Butt Fat

This past weekend we finally had a family vacation. We drove 10+ hours to get to Perdido Key, FL to stay for 2 nights and drive another 10+ hours back home. It was well worth the 20 hours of drive time with a 2 1/2 year old in the back seat of a little Hyundai. Well worth it.

First of all, Happy was a fabulous boy during the long trip. Usually he is an awful car rider and gets bored just going to Wal-Mart, and begs to get out of his car seat. I had prepared him for the "long ride" and "the beach" and "the pool". So evidently it all made a difference to him and he was ready for the ride! Plus, it helped that I had a special big Mommy bag of goodies. :) I had gone to the Dollar Tree earlier in the week and bought about 7 cheap little $1 toys (bag of lizards, coloring book, motorcycle that made noise, etch a sketch cheapie, magnetic book, army men, etc). Each of these toys went into a brown lunch bag and I folded them closed. These all went into a big bag that Happy knew nothing about. Then during the trip, if I anticipated a melt down or could see he was bored .... I'd pull out a Goodie Bag and tell him how proud we were of him. It worked! He LOVED the Goodie Bags and it really did help! And belive it or not, I didnt even have to use all of the bags! Plus, we have a cheap dvd travel player that was strapped to the back of the passenger headrest (yes, my headrest... ugh) .. and Happy watched a lot of Cars, Jungle Book and Nemo... he watched them A LOT. In fact, I think I now have them memorized. And the trip pillowcase was perfect for him during nap in the car!

That was a big long ramble.. ha.ha ha.

The vacation was perfect. The weather was beautiful. The pool was still warm enough to get in. The ocean was rough from Ike, but that was okay ... we found lots of seashells and enjoyed the sand and the view!

I am overweight. Although I've lost about 40 pounds in the past 2 years, I still need to lose about 70 more. That's big. ugh. Anywayyyy... the beaches were empty, the pool was empty. And I decided I was going to wear my bathing suit without shorts. And I felt ... Lib-er-rated!!! Wahhhoo.. Of course, it helped that no one was around but us! Okay, there were some people.. but I saw their fat too and I didnt care. :) But aside from feeling so liberated by wearing my bathing suit, I also found out something else.......

Fat floats. Yep. I got in the pool and felt something behind me everytime I jumped around in the water. I looked behind me, reached back there .. and mercy me, my butt was floating! Yup.. floating butt fat isn't a good thing. Shudder. I think I just figured out the way to get the rest of my 70 pounds of fat off .... think of floating butt fat every time I eat! ha! Shudder.

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Pillow Cover

Happy has a small pillow that doesnt have a cover. It's too small for standard pillow cases. So today I thought that this pillow would be a great travel/car pillow. And then I pulled out some fabric and sewed together this quick pillow cover using a fat quarter and about a 6 inch wide piece of fabric.

It was quick and easy and I think it turned out cute! Happy loves his new little pillow case! And it will be easy to pull off and toss in the washing machine once it's dirty!

Carded

Sweet Hubby and I recently got away for a day/night and went to the casinos that are a few hours away. It was nice to get away and relax ... and lose money. ha! I usually do fairly well at blackjack, but luck wasn't with me on this trip. Hubby did fine, and ended up breaking even.

The best part of the trip is that I actually got carded at the table! I was shocked, and they said that if you look under 30 ... they'll usually ask for your ID. I was tickled to have to get out my drivers licence and show them that I'm over 30. :)

Happy has been battling a cold for about a week. Looks like it's going to linger for a while longer. With a 2 year old, it's not just a snotty nose ... .it's snot everywhere! He wipes a long his arm.. ewwww!

I bought some fabric at Hobby Lobby with a 40% off coupon the other day. But I got the wrong color of white Kona cotton. Sigh. I got bleached white, and I should have gotten snow white. There's a lot of difference in the white's. But at least I have 5 yards of bleached white for a different project. Now I need to get more snow white for my stars project.

I just like buying fabric, I guess. And I love paper too.