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My husband had a late morning meeting off-site, so he was able to come to the open house and meet her teachers with me today. I enjoy having him meet people with me since it seems to end the need for people to question me about why my daughter is so tall.
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Right now there are only 6 two year olds in her class, which is awesome because that's a 3:1 student teacher ratio. Even then, I have no idea how they do it all. I can barely handle giving one toddler lunch and getting her down for a nap, but 6-8 of them at once? Witchcraft has to be involved, right?
We stayed at the open house for about an hour to let Faith get comfortable in the classroom and she even sat on one of the teacher's laps, so I'm going to take that as a good sign. Her first day is next Tuesday and I'm hoping I'm not the first parent called to come pick up their kid early because they won't stop crying. I fully anticipate getting that call, but I'm just hoping I'm not first.
Her "school" is just one day a week from 9am to 2pm and she gets to do crafts (what kind of crafts do 2 year old do??) and lots of playtime, then lunch and a nap. It's going to rock her world. I hope she realizes how awesome life is when your day always has a nap time.
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Her school starts next week, so that gives me 2 months of one day of the week with 5 hours of free time. I don't even know what I'm going to do with myself.
Eventually, I will use Tuesdays as a day to go grocery shopping with just the baby or to schedule baby doctor appointments since they go so often for shots at first. Tuesdays will eventually be my "I only have to run with the single jogging stroller today!" days, which I'm sure will be a nice change from pushing the large double stroller.
The best part of this school thing isn't going to be my free time (which will be sweet, don't get me wrong), but how exhausted it makes Faith. Even just an hour there seemed to really tire her out (2 hour nap and easier than usual bedtime for the win!), and when she is there all day her nap time will be shorter than usual and I'm betting that will be an early bed time day. I love early bed time days.
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Yes, she is just eating the insides out of all those ravioli in that picture. It's her new thing.
Random aside: There are like 14 two year olds in her whole classroom (but no more than 8 are there on any given day of the week) and the only double name is Faith! I was so shocked to see Faith's "name apple" on the bulletin board say "Faith K." and have it next to a "Faith F." At least they aren't there on the same days of the week so it shouldn't be too confusing for her, but it struck me as hilarious! I really thought I had picked a less common name for her, whoops!
I had to take today off from both running and walking because the rib pain is pretty bad again (stupid toy car incident!) and I had a bad night last night. I'm hoping to wake up feeling better tomorrow and be able to run. At this point, even I'm getting tired of hearing my whining about rib pain so it needs to go away already. Feeling sorry for yourself gets old really quickly so I might move on to Plan B (Code Name: Pretend Nothing is Wrong).
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Which would you rather have: a dislocated rib or a job being a teacher for a room full of 2 year olds? I think I'd rather have the rib issue. At least there are drugs for that and I never have to wipe bodily fluids off a kid to which I'm not biologically bonded.
There are drugs for handling a room full of 2-year-olds also, but they're generally frowned upon.
ReplyDeletehandling 2-year-olds is also generally frowned upon.
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ReplyDeleteHaving worked in a classroom with far too many toddlers, I pick rib. Always rib. I was so excited for you to have a day off each week (okay, 5 hours) and then I remembered that you were a)heavily pregnant and b) giving birth soon. Less envious now.
ReplyDeleteI take offense to the "heavily pregnant". I am a petite ballerina with a basketball belly...la la la fantasy world is fun!
DeleteDid you remember she has her whole life off yet?
DeleteSorry.
ReplyDeleteWhen you're having contractions for 72 hours, you can pretty much say anything.
DeleteHell, you can pretty much say anything at any point. My blog is a friendly place. :)
Our preschool orientation, I found out that they had 16 3-5 YOs in a class, I asked how much they drank at night. Yes, I'm appropriate. It's so hard being a trophy mom.
ReplyDeleteHahahahaha that is an awesome question!
DeleteThat made me LOL!
DeleteHA!
DeleteI ran a day care center for a summer. Me and 6 kids, ages 1.5 - 5.
ReplyDeleteIt was hilarious and fucking EXHAUSTING.
I'm not sure I could make it through a work week in those conditions.
Deleterib. That was easy.
ReplyDeleteI'd pick the rib any day. Or a bullet - and I'm a pacifist.
ReplyDeleteHaha, I can see that :)
DeleteDefinitely rib pain. At least you know that isn't permanent. Jobs have that permanent feeling about them.
ReplyDeleteI would pick a day care teacher for SURE! I would have NEVER said that until having Cameron but it's true! I used to be awkwardly uncomfortable around other peoples' kids before, but getting to know all the kids as they grow together has been awesome. If day care teachers got paid more (which they frigging should, but then no one could afford day care), I'd consider being a day care teacher. Although I would have laughed in my own face if someone said that to me back when he first started. I just didn't get it how they were able to do it all and stay sane. Oh and the thought of them all just laying down and going to sleep on their little cots was the most ridiculous thing I ever heard but they do it! I think it's a different story when it's not Mom calling the shots for some reason.
ReplyDeleteFaith is going to LOVE it!
I really want to see how they do this nap time thing, I'm so curious!
DeleteYou will be AMAZED at the "crafts" two year olds do at school. Owen's school amazes me and almost every day I think "better you than me!".
ReplyDeleteI just hope they try glitter one day. That would just be funny for me to hear about.
DeleteI had to exhale at the end of this, holy shiz reminded me so much of when I had my boys back to back and I was a toddler toting mess. Now I'm really thankful that I had them close together but at the time I was ten kinds of busy. I use to go to work because it was easier than staying home! But heck, I don't have to tell you. For a second I wanted to take a drink of that beer up in the 2nd picture.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to have to go with rib on that one...
ReplyDeleteIt's often easier (key word often) to get toddlers to do things when a: you aren't their mom and b: mom is not anywhere nearby. Also, two-year-olds can be a ton of fun. That said, I think I'd choose rib pain. Long-term toddler-teaching is just exhausting to think about.
ReplyDeleteAnd that Spock gif? Hysterical. Especially because I then started hearing Leonard Nimoy singing that song in my head.
I actually used to be a teacher in a room full of 2 year olds. Yikes! It's exhausting. I couldn't wait until nap time when I got some peace for a while:) hope you are able to get a run in:)
ReplyDeleteWill and Ruth went to school starting at 2 1/2 and I wondered the same thing--how do you deal with 13 kids that age??? But they do. I remember being petrified that they wouldn't nap there, but they did. It took a bit of getting used to, but they ultimately loved it.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on getting some time on Tuesdays! Hopefully that also means some napping for you. Speaking of which.....I need to shower so I'm not late for my nap.
Fingers crossed for you on the pain going away and soon.
I used to be a 2 year old teacher in college. Dunno what I was thinking.
ReplyDeleteRib. I think.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on some you time! I won't lie and say that I'm not jealous.
I used to teach 2 year olds almost every day! I'll take it! (Makes for early bedtime for me too!) I get to whiny when I am in constant pain. Plus, the drinking is much more enjoyable after you send the 2 year olds home.
ReplyDeleteI love the Spock picture, but the Calvin & Hobbes one is the best. I just about lose it when my husband tells me he is bored. Pretty sure he is just bragging too.
For some stupid reason your blog isn't showing up in my reader lately. It makes me think the universe is trying to keep us apart.
ugh, I used the wrong form of to/too/two. I hate when I don't proofread.
DeleteI'd definitely go with the dislocated rib! That many two year olds would freak me out, too! When my kids were two I was so relieved to send them off to preschool twice a week so I could have 3 hours of silence! Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteThank God, I was wondering when you were going to address Faith's lack of craft education.
ReplyDeleteI hate pain so I guess as long as I didn't have to actually TEACH the two year olds anything, just keep them alive and unharmed, I'd go with that. I feel like the pain must be pretty bad since you're pretty tough so I don't really think I could handle it.
So she naps there then again at home?
I'm not sure. Your rib thing seems pretty painful but then again, I'm not great with one kid so I don't know what I'd do with a room full of them.
ReplyDeleteFalse dichotomy
ReplyDelete(Obviously I'm including one adopted neighbor kid in there, to get the total of five.)
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