Leah's Getting Married

My old job was throwing a small party for Leah, since most of us weren't invited to the wedding, but they wanted to get her a gift. They invited me and the kids to go, so I did. It was a "Pantry Party" where we were supposed to bring cleaning supplies or spices and things you would find in a panty. She got tons of doubles, but the nice thing about that is, you can always use cleaning supplies!

On another note- Emma has 2 teeth! =)

Katie's Gymnastics Field Trip

My class and Katie's class went to main campus for a field trip to their gymnastics center as a last field trip of the summer, before the new school year starts next week. Maria even brought her daughter Leah.

 They were not prepared for us at all, apparently, someone forgot to make the reservation or something, so the workers did the best they could to make sure the kids had a fun time.

What a chaotic fun day for the kids. It was so crazy not having anything planned, but the end result was the kids having a great time anyway, so that's awesome. Katie sure enjoyed herself. They did the parachute, then did an obstacle course and the kids just went around and around on that until it was time to go back to school for lunch. But it was a lot of fun for them, jumping in the foam blocks, swinging on the ropes, and all that fun stuff.

End Of The Year Party

My class at work had their end of the year party today, for all the kids who won't be returning for the summer. Some of the Mom's brought gifts for the teachers =) So sweet!

Can't wait to see what summer is like at work. Less kids is always a nice break ;)

From Caterpillar To Butterfly

The day is here! My caterpillar is finally a butterfly! I took him from his new cage and let him go free outside today.

 Only one small problem. Wouldn't fly =/

 The kids kept trying to grab him up, so I tried to put him in a tree to keep him safe while he worked his way up to flying away.

 But he fell out =/

Finally after 20 mins of trying to keep the kids away, I just put it in the next playground's grass and left it to fly away. I think it finally started getting a few feet off the ground before we had to go inside. Pretty cool to watch it turn into a butterfly, but I guess I should have found out how long it takes them to fly afterwards, haha. Next time!

Learning Tree's Hat Day

 This week at Katie's school it's Spirit Week, in honor of the Jog-A-Thon being this week. Today for Hat Day, Katie chose this cake hat.

 Being cute with her friend Jaren. Super fun.

Even Mommy wore a hat, just so I could wear jeans to work today ;p

AND! My caterpillar I bought a few weeks back is now inside a chrysalis! It ate a lot of the food, slowly grew, and is now getting ready to turn into a butterfly =)

Overtime At Work

So, my boss asked me if I could work overtime, at a Parent's Night Out event on the main campus because they were short staffed. That means I worked from 9am-9pm, if you're wondering. With a 30 minute break to drive over there. Yikes! I felt terrible about making Katie go from school, to a daycare type setting, but then I got to stay with her all night =) Everyone had Costco pizza for dinner, including the workers, and then the kids were able to play board games, watch a movie on a big projection screen, or play in the gymnastics center. Katie had a lot of fun swinging on the rings and jumping into the foam pit, so it helped me feel not AS bad as I was about dragging her along with me. She had a really fun night =)

Rachel's 20th

Today at work we celebrated Rachel's birthday during the kid's nap time.

Happy Birthday Miss Rachel! I hope you had a nice lunch with us =)

How A Dragon Brushes His Teeth

We had a Dental office come to our school today to teach the kids about brushing their teeth. My class combined with Katie's so they would only have to do the presentation once. She brought a dragon to show the kids how to brush.

 At the end they were all given a turn to show her how to brush your teeth the right way, and given a goodie bag with a toothbrush and stickers. I know it's just a simple thing, but I like being able to be there with Katie for these things. Cute.

6pm Is Making Me Sad

I truly hate getting off at 6pm every night. I feel like as soon as Katie and I get home, all we have time for is dinner and getting ready for bed =/ Hopefully it will change one day. Hard on me. It's already dark out when I get off. Sucks.

Katie-a-saurus.

Dress Up At School

I am so thankful that if I have to work until 6, that at least I can have Katie there with me. I'm not sure I would be able to handle being away from her all day long and only seeing her for an hour or two before bed at night. Kids need their Moms. I'm glad I get to watch her interact at school and watch her play with her friends. She had fun today dressing like a Princess and dancing around.

Decorating My Classroom

I had to hurry and get my room ready for Christmas, so we could have Santa come in our classroom after the class performance, and have a pretty background for photos. Katie was with me of course, so she posed for me after we finished =)