Tuesday, August 27, 2013
I know it has been a few weeks since I have blogged, but our end of the summer became very busy! We were at my parents house for a week and then we had an amazing time in Wisconsin Dells. It was such a great getaway for our family! The kids LOVED the water park, but I decided that my body might be a little too old for water parks! By the second day I was so sore and felt like I had been beaten up :) ! We came home on a Wednesday and on Thursday morning I went in for a root canal. It was not a pleasant time, but thankfully the tooth is feeling better. Jeremy had to report back to school the next week so we went in a few days to help him get his room set up. Last Friday I went into school for the PreK meet and greet and it was really good for me. I have been struggling with being upset because my paper work has been sitting at the IL Department of Education for weeks and has not even moved closer to getting my IL license. I was just feeling a little bitter to tell the truth. Last Friday I saw some of my returning students and meet some new students and a peace just washed over me. I knew that for this time and moment this is exactly were the Lord wanted me this year. I am only working part time this year, so I leave every day at 12:45 and I have until 3:15-3:30 all to myself :) I am looking forward to having that time to get laundry, groceries, house cleaning, and any other chores done that I hate doing with the kids. I know how frustrating it gets with three kids trying to get these things done and I know it will free up time when I can be with the kids. Even though the past two days I have come home and I have felt a little lost being in the house by myself :) The quiet was a little too eery!
Well, we all had our first day of school yesterday and it was pretty rough on all of us. Yesterday was the first time I have not been teaching at the school my children were attending. I drove them to school yesterday morning and they made all the new students meet in the auditorium and they would tell them whose class they were in and dismiss them from there. There school starts at 8:30. I have to be across town to my school by 9:00. The school knew that I would be a little late yesterday, but at 8:45 the kids and I were still sitting in the hot auditorium with about 200 other people no sure where we were supposed to go and I knew that I would have to leave the kids. I went to the front and explained mu situation and a teacher told me to tell the kids to listen for their name and a teacher would take them to their class. I was so upset, but I had to leave them. As I was leaving I saw a mom whose son was in the girls class last year at our school. Her son is also going to the new school. She motioned for me that she would make sure they were okay. I was so very thankful! I picked the kids up after school and the girls had an okay day, but my Samuel was pretty down about his day. I guess some girls in his group were being rude to him when they were doing a group project and at recess he was playing soccer with two other kids and he was the goalie and I guess they laughed when he would miss the ball. He said nobody really talked to him and was just feeling lonely. He is so tender-hearted and most things that kids can just shake off really upset him. He sounds just like his momma!! I tried to explain to him that girls are just mean some times and next time don't agree to be the goalie or just laugh it off when you make a mistake. I then went into the bathroom and cried! I kept it together the rest of the night but when the kids went to bed I cried some more and asked Jeremy is we could switch him back to our school! I prayed for him all day today that he would have a better day. I prayed that just like the lions with Daniel that God would close the mouths of those who might say hurtful things to him. Thankfully, he had a much better day today. The girls in his group were being mean to the other boy in their group today! I just continue to pray that they all have a good school year. Nothing worse than seeing your kids upset or hurt!! After I picked up Samuel I went to get the girls and I got caught by Chloe's teacher discussing some concerns. It was a pretty discouraging talk, but we will see what comes out of it. In the meantime, I missed picking Emma up so they told me she would be in the auditorium. I went to the auditorium and no Emma. I see Chloe's teacher coming down the hallway and in a panic ask if she might be somewhere else. She finds Emma teacher who says she sat Emma right there in the auditorium as she points to an empty seat. I was freaking out!!! They finally found her in the office. I guess some other teacher moved her in there. Jeremy called the school and they are going to dismiss both girls from the same door so this doesn't happen again. It has been an emotional week :( and it is only Tuesday! We have just a few more days of school and then we are headed to TN for our family reunion. I am looking forward to spending the weekend with my family.
Well, we all had our first day of school yesterday and it was pretty rough on all of us. Yesterday was the first time I have not been teaching at the school my children were attending. I drove them to school yesterday morning and they made all the new students meet in the auditorium and they would tell them whose class they were in and dismiss them from there. There school starts at 8:30. I have to be across town to my school by 9:00. The school knew that I would be a little late yesterday, but at 8:45 the kids and I were still sitting in the hot auditorium with about 200 other people no sure where we were supposed to go and I knew that I would have to leave the kids. I went to the front and explained mu situation and a teacher told me to tell the kids to listen for their name and a teacher would take them to their class. I was so upset, but I had to leave them. As I was leaving I saw a mom whose son was in the girls class last year at our school. Her son is also going to the new school. She motioned for me that she would make sure they were okay. I was so very thankful! I picked the kids up after school and the girls had an okay day, but my Samuel was pretty down about his day. I guess some girls in his group were being rude to him when they were doing a group project and at recess he was playing soccer with two other kids and he was the goalie and I guess they laughed when he would miss the ball. He said nobody really talked to him and was just feeling lonely. He is so tender-hearted and most things that kids can just shake off really upset him. He sounds just like his momma!! I tried to explain to him that girls are just mean some times and next time don't agree to be the goalie or just laugh it off when you make a mistake. I then went into the bathroom and cried! I kept it together the rest of the night but when the kids went to bed I cried some more and asked Jeremy is we could switch him back to our school! I prayed for him all day today that he would have a better day. I prayed that just like the lions with Daniel that God would close the mouths of those who might say hurtful things to him. Thankfully, he had a much better day today. The girls in his group were being mean to the other boy in their group today! I just continue to pray that they all have a good school year. Nothing worse than seeing your kids upset or hurt!! After I picked up Samuel I went to get the girls and I got caught by Chloe's teacher discussing some concerns. It was a pretty discouraging talk, but we will see what comes out of it. In the meantime, I missed picking Emma up so they told me she would be in the auditorium. I went to the auditorium and no Emma. I see Chloe's teacher coming down the hallway and in a panic ask if she might be somewhere else. She finds Emma teacher who says she sat Emma right there in the auditorium as she points to an empty seat. I was freaking out!!! They finally found her in the office. I guess some other teacher moved her in there. Jeremy called the school and they are going to dismiss both girls from the same door so this doesn't happen again. It has been an emotional week :( and it is only Tuesday! We have just a few more days of school and then we are headed to TN for our family reunion. I am looking forward to spending the weekend with my family.
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| In front of their new school on the first day of school |
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