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VPK Graduation pictures (slideshow)
This week I had the pleasure of taking some pictures of some gorgeous preschoolers! They are graduating from Pre-K and going to be in Kindergarten next year!! Here's a link to the pics! Let me know what you think!
http://angelsfort.fotki.com/a-tots-world-3/ms-cindy--ms-sandra/?cmd=fs_slideshow
I also included a cute little poem on my "intro" page of my website... I thought it was appropriate!
K is for Kindergarten---hip, hip, hooray.
I is for Imagination we use everyday.
N is for Numbers—we know one, two, three.
D is for Drawing, the best you can see!
E is for Exercise to keep our bodies strong.
R is for Reading books all day long.
G is for Good friends. We made more each day.
A is for the Alphabet we know how to say.
R is for Remembering everything we learned.
T is for the Treats and stamps we earned.
E is for Excitement. This year we’ve had some.
N is for No more pre-k. Kindergarten here we come!!!!
http://angelsfort.fotki.com/a-tots-world-3/ms-cindy--ms-sandra/?cmd=fs_slideshow
I also included a cute little poem on my "intro" page of my website... I thought it was appropriate!
K is for Kindergarten---hip, hip, hooray.
I is for Imagination we use everyday.
N is for Numbers—we know one, two, three.
D is for Drawing, the best you can see!
E is for Exercise to keep our bodies strong.
R is for Reading books all day long.
G is for Good friends. We made more each day.
A is for the Alphabet we know how to say.
R is for Remembering everything we learned.
T is for the Treats and stamps we earned.
E is for Excitement. This year we’ve had some.
N is for No more pre-k. Kindergarten here we come!!!!
Thursday, May 7, 2009
A story for you.
I just wanted to tell you about something that happened over the weekend... I thought you might get a kick out of it... we went to Sea World and had breakfast with Jack Hanna. (you've heard of him, right?)
During the breakfast, Jack was in the back of the room signing autographs and taking pictures with people... and up on the stage in front of everyone they had his helpers bringing animals out and telling everyone all about them.
Before they'd bring out the next animal, they'd let the audience members ask questions about the animal they just spoke about... and most of the people asking questions were little kids. And their questions were things like "Ummm. Why doesn't that bird have the same kind of feathers as the other bird?" or "Can he jump?" or "Why does he like grapes so much?" LOL you know, kid questions!
Then they brought out a Wallaby and told us a bit about him (he was a baby... not very big, super cute!) and again the kid questions started "Can he eat grapes too?" or "Why are his bottom feet bigger than his top feet?"
UNTIL MY DAUGHTER ASKED HER QUESTION. LOL
"Um. Excuse me, but are Wallaby's Diurnal or Nocturnal?"
You should have seen the ladies jaw drop when she heard that question!! LOL
She repeated the question for the audience and explained what Diurnal and Nocturnal meant... everyone then had to turn and look at the little girl that would ask such a question...
Too funny. It was great!!!
During the breakfast, Jack was in the back of the room signing autographs and taking pictures with people... and up on the stage in front of everyone they had his helpers bringing animals out and telling everyone all about them.
Before they'd bring out the next animal, they'd let the audience members ask questions about the animal they just spoke about... and most of the people asking questions were little kids. And their questions were things like "Ummm. Why doesn't that bird have the same kind of feathers as the other bird?" or "Can he jump?" or "Why does he like grapes so much?" LOL you know, kid questions!
Then they brought out a Wallaby and told us a bit about him (he was a baby... not very big, super cute!) and again the kid questions started "Can he eat grapes too?" or "Why are his bottom feet bigger than his top feet?"
UNTIL MY DAUGHTER ASKED HER QUESTION. LOL
"Um. Excuse me, but are Wallaby's Diurnal or Nocturnal?"
You should have seen the ladies jaw drop when she heard that question!! LOL
She repeated the question for the audience and explained what Diurnal and Nocturnal meant... everyone then had to turn and look at the little girl that would ask such a question...
Too funny. It was great!!!
Thursday, April 23, 2009
working hard??
Okay, I broke down and asked my boss at the daycare if she'd be willing to let me work "full time" so that I could earn the money that I'm in need of...
she was more than willing!! She's also a friend of mine, so I really didn't think that she'd tell me no. Since I don't have the state mandated 45 hour training classes done (that you need in order to work in a child-care facility) she has put me in the kitchen. I get to be the daycare cook... which is very good for the ego! Every day I am hearing "wow, this is the best hamburger I've ever eaten" or "I've never had spaghetti as good as this" and my favorite "I usually hate this stuff, but you make it taste really good". All I am doing is opening the box of hamburgers and baking them... (yum) or pouring ragu sauce over some spaghetti noodles... it's not rocket science, it's something that they could do themselves... but somehow, when I'm cooking it, it's the best, the greatest, the most wonderful tasting food they've ever had! LOL Kids are so funny!!!
Here's what I am doing: I go in at 9:30 am, 3 days of the week... and it's my job to cook lunch for the entire daycare. THEN after giving a couple of breaks to teachers in their classrooms, I head off to pick up my daughter from school. I get her home, get her homework finished and then she and I head back to the daycare to work the closing shift. She helps me do much of the end of the day cleaning and tidying up (she's a really big help! and because she does such a good job, I give her a "paycheck" also when I get mine... that's makes her super D duper happy!).
two days each week, I start at 8am (right after I drop my daughter off at school) so that I can still do the grocery shopping for both daycare centers... and after I pick my daughter up from school, we go to another grocery store (those same two days) to finish the shopping at the other grocery store we purchase from.... so on these two days we add about 3 hours onto my workday.
then after I get off of work, I get to go home and try to get dinner ready for my parents and the two of us... then it's bath, brush teeth and bedtime stories (for my daughter)... now that we are working until 6:30 (or later, occasionally) she's getting to bed later than usual. So she's been tired in the mornings... her bedtime is normally 7:30.
I'm also super tired in the mornings, even though I am actually getting more sleep now that I normally do... it's strange. I've been sleep deprived for about 5 years now and now that I'm actually getting more sleep (a bit more than usual... going to bed at 11pm rather than 2 or 3 am) I'm feeling worse than I did when I was barely getting any sleep. How is that possible? Is my body saying "ooohhh... I remember sleep, give me more of it!"
I'm hoping that eventually I will get caught up and this feeling will subside... but if it doesn't then maybe I need to try to get into bed when I put my daughter into bed... perhaps that will help.
Another added benefit to this job, is that I'm getting a pretty good workout in the afternoons when I'm there doing the cleaning. I've lost a bit of weight - this is going on 3 weeks now that I've been doing this and I'm down about 7 lbs. Sure, on it's own it doesn't seem like much - but I'm hoping that in another couple of months I can tell you it's 30 lbs or so... that WILL seem like much! :o)
she was more than willing!! She's also a friend of mine, so I really didn't think that she'd tell me no. Since I don't have the state mandated 45 hour training classes done (that you need in order to work in a child-care facility) she has put me in the kitchen. I get to be the daycare cook... which is very good for the ego! Every day I am hearing "wow, this is the best hamburger I've ever eaten" or "I've never had spaghetti as good as this" and my favorite "I usually hate this stuff, but you make it taste really good". All I am doing is opening the box of hamburgers and baking them... (yum) or pouring ragu sauce over some spaghetti noodles... it's not rocket science, it's something that they could do themselves... but somehow, when I'm cooking it, it's the best, the greatest, the most wonderful tasting food they've ever had! LOL Kids are so funny!!!
Here's what I am doing: I go in at 9:30 am, 3 days of the week... and it's my job to cook lunch for the entire daycare. THEN after giving a couple of breaks to teachers in their classrooms, I head off to pick up my daughter from school. I get her home, get her homework finished and then she and I head back to the daycare to work the closing shift. She helps me do much of the end of the day cleaning and tidying up (she's a really big help! and because she does such a good job, I give her a "paycheck" also when I get mine... that's makes her super D duper happy!).
two days each week, I start at 8am (right after I drop my daughter off at school) so that I can still do the grocery shopping for both daycare centers... and after I pick my daughter up from school, we go to another grocery store (those same two days) to finish the shopping at the other grocery store we purchase from.... so on these two days we add about 3 hours onto my workday.
then after I get off of work, I get to go home and try to get dinner ready for my parents and the two of us... then it's bath, brush teeth and bedtime stories (for my daughter)... now that we are working until 6:30 (or later, occasionally) she's getting to bed later than usual. So she's been tired in the mornings... her bedtime is normally 7:30.
I'm also super tired in the mornings, even though I am actually getting more sleep now that I normally do... it's strange. I've been sleep deprived for about 5 years now and now that I'm actually getting more sleep (a bit more than usual... going to bed at 11pm rather than 2 or 3 am) I'm feeling worse than I did when I was barely getting any sleep. How is that possible? Is my body saying "ooohhh... I remember sleep, give me more of it!"
I'm hoping that eventually I will get caught up and this feeling will subside... but if it doesn't then maybe I need to try to get into bed when I put my daughter into bed... perhaps that will help.
Another added benefit to this job, is that I'm getting a pretty good workout in the afternoons when I'm there doing the cleaning. I've lost a bit of weight - this is going on 3 weeks now that I've been doing this and I'm down about 7 lbs. Sure, on it's own it doesn't seem like much - but I'm hoping that in another couple of months I can tell you it's 30 lbs or so... that WILL seem like much! :o)
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Got sinus issues?? I did!
For the past month or more, I've been suffering from sinus headaches. I've taken more than my share of sinus medications, all of which give a VERY minimal relief to me. (and I mean VERY VERY minimal!)
A friend of mine told me about something called a "Netty Pot" which is a little kettle that you fill with a saline solution - which you then stick up your nose and pour the solution UP into your nose. Yeah. I had the same reaction that you just had when you read this... ICK!! NO way was I going to pour water UP MY NOSE!
I always hated when I got water in my nose when I was swimming... why would I now do it on purpose?!
Okay... after several days of a particularly bad headache, I caved and purchased one of these horrible little things. I carefully read the instructions, mixed their little solution with warm water... stuck the nozzle right up my nose, tilted my head and began pouring.
OMG!
You know that feeling... when you jump into the pool and don't breathe out... or you accidentally breathe in... the water in your nose awful feeling... I suffered through it...
after just a moment, it didn't annoy me as much...
then it started just feeling weird (and weird I can handle!)...
then it was actually kinda cool... cuz when you pour the saline solution in one nostril, it runs through your sinuses and then comes OUT the other nostril.
By the time the little pot was empty - I was almost happy to start again with the other nostril...
of course, that's when the sneezing began.
okay, you've just poured over a cup of water into your nose... some of it is still running out... picture me, saline solution dripping out of my nose, sneezing like a crazy person, rushing around trying to find my tissues. Of course, they were nowhere to be found. I ended up just using toilet paper to blow my nose. WOW there was still a LOT of water still up there! ( Note to self: find tissues before using netty pot. )
Okay... after going through it the second time with the other nostril (all of it, even the running around looking for tissue part! Yeah, I'm a dope)... I can assure that it actually worked.
I've had a sinus headache for so long that I almost forgot what it felt like to NOT have one... right now, about an hour after using that silly little netty pot, my headache is completely gone.
I highly recommend this little horrifying thing to anyone who has troubles with their sinuses.
so... go buy one. If only for the experience of putting water up your nose ON PURPOSE.
Below is a recipe for the saline solution that you use in the netty pot. You can always buy the little packets that came with your netty pot, but they are quite expensive for what they really are... especially when it's very simple to make your own.
The Saline Solution Recipe:
**Carefully clean and rinse a 1-quart glass jar. Fill the clean jar with distilled water.
**Add 2 or 3 heaping teaspoons of "pickling/canning" salt. DO NOT use table salt, which has unwanted additives, nor sea salt. You can ask for pickling/canning salt at the grocery store.
**Add 1 rounded teaspoon of baking soda (pure bicarbonate).
**Stir or shake before each use. Store at roome temperature.
After a week, pour out any mixture that is left over, run the jar through the dishwasher and make a new recipe.
If the mixture seems too strong, use less salt - - try 1 1/2 to 2 teaspoons of salt. For children it is best to start with a weaker salt solution. Then gradually increase to using 2 to 3 heaping teaspoons of salt, or whatever the child will accept.
Warm in microwave to body temperature for nose wash - take a few seconds only. make sure it is not too hot!
A friend of mine told me about something called a "Netty Pot" which is a little kettle that you fill with a saline solution - which you then stick up your nose and pour the solution UP into your nose. Yeah. I had the same reaction that you just had when you read this... ICK!! NO way was I going to pour water UP MY NOSE!
I always hated when I got water in my nose when I was swimming... why would I now do it on purpose?!
Okay... after several days of a particularly bad headache, I caved and purchased one of these horrible little things. I carefully read the instructions, mixed their little solution with warm water... stuck the nozzle right up my nose, tilted my head and began pouring.
OMG!
You know that feeling... when you jump into the pool and don't breathe out... or you accidentally breathe in... the water in your nose awful feeling... I suffered through it...
after just a moment, it didn't annoy me as much...
then it started just feeling weird (and weird I can handle!)...
then it was actually kinda cool... cuz when you pour the saline solution in one nostril, it runs through your sinuses and then comes OUT the other nostril.
By the time the little pot was empty - I was almost happy to start again with the other nostril...
of course, that's when the sneezing began.
okay, you've just poured over a cup of water into your nose... some of it is still running out... picture me, saline solution dripping out of my nose, sneezing like a crazy person, rushing around trying to find my tissues. Of course, they were nowhere to be found. I ended up just using toilet paper to blow my nose. WOW there was still a LOT of water still up there! ( Note to self: find tissues before using netty pot. )
Okay... after going through it the second time with the other nostril (all of it, even the running around looking for tissue part! Yeah, I'm a dope)... I can assure that it actually worked.
I've had a sinus headache for so long that I almost forgot what it felt like to NOT have one... right now, about an hour after using that silly little netty pot, my headache is completely gone.
I highly recommend this little horrifying thing to anyone who has troubles with their sinuses.
so... go buy one. If only for the experience of putting water up your nose ON PURPOSE.
Below is a recipe for the saline solution that you use in the netty pot. You can always buy the little packets that came with your netty pot, but they are quite expensive for what they really are... especially when it's very simple to make your own.
The Saline Solution Recipe:
**Carefully clean and rinse a 1-quart glass jar. Fill the clean jar with distilled water.
**Add 2 or 3 heaping teaspoons of "pickling/canning" salt. DO NOT use table salt, which has unwanted additives, nor sea salt. You can ask for pickling/canning salt at the grocery store.
**Add 1 rounded teaspoon of baking soda (pure bicarbonate).
**Stir or shake before each use. Store at roome temperature.
After a week, pour out any mixture that is left over, run the jar through the dishwasher and make a new recipe.
If the mixture seems too strong, use less salt - - try 1 1/2 to 2 teaspoons of salt. For children it is best to start with a weaker salt solution. Then gradually increase to using 2 to 3 heaping teaspoons of salt, or whatever the child will accept.
Warm in microwave to body temperature for nose wash - take a few seconds only. make sure it is not too hot!
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