Monday, July 7, 2008
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Is it naptime yet?
It is amazing how busy you can get without even trying. 2 weeks ago, I wasn't actualy bored, but I didn't have any commitments really, not besides trying to vacuum and clean constantly to keep the bugs and the children under control. I actually am enjoying that vacuuming the house is becoming part of the going to bed routine. It means that the house has to get clean just before bed, which means that it is likely to stay in that state for at least 12 hours. If I vacuum otherwise, the rooms are only likely to stay clean, well, long enough for the vacuum to leave the room. Seriously, I've cleaned the entire living room and vacuumed and as I come back from vacuuming the bedrooms the living room is a mess again. Sigh. I suppose the babies just want to have fun.
But the last couple weeks got busy. First I got to prepare my first lesson for my class, which went well. It was a lesson on the Good Shepherd and the manual had lots of good ideas for stories and activities for the children, but that meant a good bit of preparation. And I had to try to keep that preparation away from Rebecca as much as possible so she got to have a surprise in class too. It was an interesting class. Very quiet for 4 and 5 year olds. Very quiet. There are a couple kids in the class that are going to need to be treated carefully and need to be drawn out a bit more. There is one girl in particular who seemed to be a little skittish, and I think I'll need to be a little careful of her feelings and work to make her stay focused on the lesson, and yet enjoy it. Interesting challenges.
Meanwhile, every month there is a cooking group and the leader was going to be out of town and needed a sub at almost the last minute. I volunteered and am going to do a mini cake decorating class tonight at the church. Nothing major, just little things, but it'll be fun I think. The difficulty was that I had been hearing that these cooking classes weren't highly attended so I was thinking half dozen people, maybe up to 10 if interest was great, but I wrote and asked to be sure and yesterday heard that it is hard to estimate, but to plan for 10-15! ugh. I don't have that much frosting. Oh well, I'll do the best I can and if there are that many people it'll just not be quite as much hands on as I wanted, and people will have to share.
Tomorrow Jon is going to work from home in the morning because I have a doctor's appointment in the afternoon. Then Friday morning there is a breakfast and flag-raising at the church bright and early. And off course I need to get the Relief Society newsletter done, but unfortunately, I don't have any good information for it, since I don't go to Relief Society anymore and haven't been getting answers to my emails. Frustrating.
It is now a quarter to 11 and I am ready for a nap. Aw well. Leftovers for dinner here we come! (poor Jonathan, he took the leftovers to work for lunch, so that'll be 3 meals in a row.)
But the last couple weeks got busy. First I got to prepare my first lesson for my class, which went well. It was a lesson on the Good Shepherd and the manual had lots of good ideas for stories and activities for the children, but that meant a good bit of preparation. And I had to try to keep that preparation away from Rebecca as much as possible so she got to have a surprise in class too. It was an interesting class. Very quiet for 4 and 5 year olds. Very quiet. There are a couple kids in the class that are going to need to be treated carefully and need to be drawn out a bit more. There is one girl in particular who seemed to be a little skittish, and I think I'll need to be a little careful of her feelings and work to make her stay focused on the lesson, and yet enjoy it. Interesting challenges.
Meanwhile, every month there is a cooking group and the leader was going to be out of town and needed a sub at almost the last minute. I volunteered and am going to do a mini cake decorating class tonight at the church. Nothing major, just little things, but it'll be fun I think. The difficulty was that I had been hearing that these cooking classes weren't highly attended so I was thinking half dozen people, maybe up to 10 if interest was great, but I wrote and asked to be sure and yesterday heard that it is hard to estimate, but to plan for 10-15! ugh. I don't have that much frosting. Oh well, I'll do the best I can and if there are that many people it'll just not be quite as much hands on as I wanted, and people will have to share.
Tomorrow Jon is going to work from home in the morning because I have a doctor's appointment in the afternoon. Then Friday morning there is a breakfast and flag-raising at the church bright and early. And off course I need to get the Relief Society newsletter done, but unfortunately, I don't have any good information for it, since I don't go to Relief Society anymore and haven't been getting answers to my emails. Frustrating.
It is now a quarter to 11 and I am ready for a nap. Aw well. Leftovers for dinner here we come! (poor Jonathan, he took the leftovers to work for lunch, so that'll be 3 meals in a row.)
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