I cannot believe it's been 2 weeks since my new career started! I love it so far! I have not had terrible much time alone, Lorelle has been coaching me most of the time. I had some half days alone though. The time flies when I'm there though. I think it helps that I have to keep a schedule. Everything takes so much time because kids are slow and dawdle around alot and make excuses and run their mouths, etc.! It varies so far as to what time I have to start. Sometimes it's 6:30 and sometimes it's 7:30 and sometimes it's 8. It's always going to be one of those 3. But this week since Heather is going to be home to be available if I need her, I start at 9. Lorelle is completely done now and I'm on my own. It's nice that Heather will be there, probably mostly upstairs in her office but just knowing she is there if I need someone....well.....that's comforting. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday I do the laundry. Reece goes to school Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. It's easier when he is in school. But I have done 2 crafts with him so far on the day's he's been home and that goes well. He is a smart 5 year old and catches on fast. He colors very neatly, it amazes me. He could be in 4th grade for the way he colors. He is a totaly genius except for his social skills, they really lack. He gets frustrated when he gets punished or when he is told to do something he doesn't want to and he back talks, etc. He has an odd way of showing affection, as in he comes up and does karate kicks and punches and is FOREVER pretending to shoot me. His dad says they figured out that is his way of showing a display of affection. That will take some getting used to for me, because I do NOT take kindly to those kinds of displays!!!!!! They irritate me greatly! I must remember at all times that he doesn't mean anything bad by it. I see how his 2 year old brother Evan watches and mimics and I just hope and pray that he does not imitate that weirdness! I don't know if I can abide 2 boys coming at me with punches and kicks and machine gun noises and play pistols right in my face! But Reece is very loveable all the times he's not acting like that and we have intelligent conversations, well, intelligent for his age anyway!:) He does lie sometimes and that is gonna be something I hope to work on because lying is one of the sins I hate the worst.
Evan is very loveable and sweet but his downfall is being Mr. Whiny Pants! He does alot of that if he doesn't get his way. But then other times when I tell him something he says, "OKAY" in a precise enunciation! He is so cute.
Lyla is a dolly and she is a content child most of the time. She crawls so fast and it's a challenge to keep after her. Seems I turn my back for literally only 3 seconds and she is completely out of sight that fast. She likes to put small things in her mouth----yikes! I cannot leave her for even 1 second without putting the baby gate at the top of the steps (when I'm cleaning upstairs) because she immediately heads for the steps. How does a baby know exactly what she must NOT do??? GRRRR!
One day when I was cleaning the bathrooms and all 3 boys were playing in the bedroom across from me, she got her finger slammed in the door. And another day I was cleaning upstairs and I had Lyla in the crib. Evan was walking around and I turned around just in time to witness him bite Lyla's finger through the crib rail! What next? Can't I EVER take my eyes off Lyla? Good grief, I would have thought he is old enough not to bite! Argh!
The other day I made cupcakes and Dexter said it smelled like heaven. I know they like baked things and he said they will be delighted if I bake. I love baking, so maybe I'll get to do that some days. I have a feeling it won't be on days that Reece is home and not wash days so that leaves Tuesday only to bake!
This week will be sweet because I have Monday-Wednesday as a 9-5 day and then I get Thursday off of course. Friday I am planning to go Black Friday shopping and then go to work. I hope to be at work by 9AM.
On Monday a good friend is taking me out for dinner. So that will be great.....to just relax and not cook. It would be my week to cook. Sharon is gonna be in NY all day so she won't be here to eat anyway. Thurs. I won't have to cook either because it's Thanksgiving and I won't be home!
On Saturday I felt like I got alot done. My car is cleaned, inside and out! Looks so jolly good handsome!:) And I changed my plate to a different one. I got a box of crafts sorted very neatly so that gave me satisfaction. Now I will be able to find things in it once again. I got some shopping done. In the evening I went to Hoss's with Heart to Heart as a farewell for James. Then I went to a candy making party and helped to finish up on that.
Tonight I don't know what all I will do. First I got to get to bed and nap instead of typing on the computer!!!!!! God bless you all with a wonderful week!
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