Ugh!
I am working 12 1/2 hours days and 12 days straight before I get a weekend to myself. I am exhausted. Yesterday I felt as though I needed a tape recorder with the things I say on it so I didn't have to keep repeating myself. "Keep your hands to yourself" "Are you hurt? Is someone else so hurt they can't tell me? Or is someone in immediate danger?- Then I dont want to hear you tattle taling" "We go down the slides feet first" and "time to pick up, please pick up" I don't know if the kids were just in sugar overload from Halloween and trick-o-treating Monday night or what but I put kids in time out yesterday a good 7 times before 1 p.m. Usually they are not like this. Of course I have my problem child and I know kids have their moments but seriously? I mean come on! This is ridiculous..... Luckily half of them passed out for quiet rest time and the other half quietly watched Willy Wonka (which I told the kids to pay attention to how the naughty kids behave as we shouldn't act like that - lol).
Other than the off day my preschoolers were having, my preschool runs well. Monday was Halloween so as a way to help the parents out so they are not rushing to get everyone dressed as soon as they get home from work, I had the kids wear their costumes and we had a Halloween party. Its was a lot of fun! We had are usual breakfast and hung the spiders we made from the ceiling. We played the game where you blind fold the kids and pass around things like cooked spaghetti and grapes, etc... and you say that the things are the witches hair, eyes, brains, etc... and they all go Ewww as they feel them. I wish I had a camera as their reactions were hilarious! We learned the 5 Little Pumpkins Sitting on a Gate song and then decorated our own little pumkins and gate. We made jack-o-lanterns out of paper bags, ghosts out of lolli pops, added our favorite spinkles to our pumpkin cup cakes, had a costume parade down the street to greet the school bus, played musical chairs to the monster mash, watched Halloween movies while eating kettle corn, read Halloween themed books for our story times, played monster sharades and even had "ghost shepard's pie" for lunch (shepards pie but you shape the mash potatoes on top like a ghost and use 2 peas for the eyes). I even had mini plastic pumpkin buckets with glow sticks, candy spider rings and pumpkins erasers in it for them to take home. And once all the preschoolers went home we got ready to go out.
We couldn't find a costume that fit my husband right so he wore his "Creature" shirt with the glow in the dark spiderweb on it. I wore my black shirt with my lady bug wings and antenna, Paxston and Lily also dressed up as ladybugs and Mikey went as Mario. The mustache that came with Mikey's costume was supposed to stick to his face but the adhesive came off in the packaging so I used makeup and made him a mustache and did his eyebrows like Mario. I even did rosy red cheeks for Paxston with little black spots like a ladybug's. Tricia brought Jayden over with her parents who where here from out of town and they joined us trick-o-treating. Jayden was dressed as Woody from Toy Story. The kids were so cute. I don't think Lily was too happy about her costume though, she had such an angry face the whole time but she passed out most of the time we were out and just slept comfortably in her stroller. I couldn't get over how many were out getting candy and how old some of the kids were. I don't mind older kids going around especially if they are taking their younger siblings but when its just them and they don't even attempt to dress up- or they are dressed like hookers- come on! If you are trick-o-treating in high heels you are too old to be doing it or your parents need to be evaluated for letting you out dressed like that! Only about a 1/3 (if that) were passing out candy this year in our neighborhood but it didn't seem to phase the kids as they were happy with what they got and I think they had more fun passing out candy- plus its not like they need a ton of candy either and they did get a nice little stash.
Halloween was my way to end a busy weekend. After the kids were all picked up Friday and we had dinner and our kids went to bed. Mike helped me load the donations from my charity drive for the SEEDs Program into my van. I should of taken pictures as we had it jammed packed with stuff to where the only open area was my seat so I could drive. And we had to put the rest in my mother's liberty after folding her seats down. I swear the neighbors probably thought we were moving out in the middle of the night or something as it was about 11 pm and I could see them watching us out their front window as if they were asking "what are they up to?". But Saturday my mother folled me in her vehicle and we headed down to cafe/drop center in Mesa. They didn't have enough room for everything there (I don't think they realized how much stuff we meant we had when I said I had more than a van full), so they had me take it to one of the safe houses directly. I got to meet the house manager and one of the women staying there. They were amazing and from what they were telling em about openning up another house, they donations couldn't of been timed more perfectly and needed so much. I want to do more for them and have a big idea in place. I just need to figure out the politics to go about it first to hopefully make it happen but if my idea works, maybe I can help them fully furnish the new house.
Then we had Paxston's Fall Festival at her school. Mike wasn't feeling well and Lily was getting over a bug so he stayed home with her and my mom and I took Paxston and Mikey. They jumped in jumpers, did the wall climbing one and the slide, played games, had snow cones and snacks, and even had thier faces painted. It wasn't a big carnival but it was nice and they did a good job with putting it together with what seemed like a tight budget and limited volunteers. The kids had a blast and got to hang out with friends and my friend came with her daughters and joined us too. It made for a nice afternoon.
Sunday morning we had to get up bright and early. I loaded the kids up and headed to my parents' house, grabbing breakfast at the Jack in the Box drive thru. I was planning on dropping off just Lily with my mom but Paxston insisted she would rather stay than go with me and Mikey so I left her there too as me and Mikey headed to Tempe. We went and did the 5k for the 2011 Walk Now for Autism Speaks. I got a shirt for raising as much as I did- thank you to those who donated- and Mikey got some cotton candy and a tooth brush from one of the dentists who had a booth there. I couldn't find my friend who was on my team (learned later she had forgotten her phone at home) but it was still fun and toching to see all of the people who came out to support thier loved ones who are affected by Autism. The walk was long and the big hill was hell; I swear my ankle was swelling while going up it, but I pushed Mikey in a stroller and we did the 5k together; just me and him. It was really nice spending time with him, just us, like that. And as we went around he would reach his little hand around the canopy on the stroller and grab my hand as we walked- couldn't help but melt at how sweet he was being. We made sure to stop and have our water breaks so we would dehydrate and when we got to the finish line, which was decorated with a big banner and blue balloons, I will never forget how he lit up and started yelling "Mommy, we did it! We did it! We got to the finish line!Yay!" To top of the excitement we decided to stop by McDonald's on the way back to my parents' and ate M&M mcflurries and he got to play in the play area for a little while. Saying I was exhausted as we were getting ready for bed that evening would be an understatement!
I have determined though that I need a vacation.
Other than the off day my preschoolers were having, my preschool runs well. Monday was Halloween so as a way to help the parents out so they are not rushing to get everyone dressed as soon as they get home from work, I had the kids wear their costumes and we had a Halloween party. Its was a lot of fun! We had are usual breakfast and hung the spiders we made from the ceiling. We played the game where you blind fold the kids and pass around things like cooked spaghetti and grapes, etc... and you say that the things are the witches hair, eyes, brains, etc... and they all go Ewww as they feel them. I wish I had a camera as their reactions were hilarious! We learned the 5 Little Pumpkins Sitting on a Gate song and then decorated our own little pumkins and gate. We made jack-o-lanterns out of paper bags, ghosts out of lolli pops, added our favorite spinkles to our pumpkin cup cakes, had a costume parade down the street to greet the school bus, played musical chairs to the monster mash, watched Halloween movies while eating kettle corn, read Halloween themed books for our story times, played monster sharades and even had "ghost shepard's pie" for lunch (shepards pie but you shape the mash potatoes on top like a ghost and use 2 peas for the eyes). I even had mini plastic pumpkin buckets with glow sticks, candy spider rings and pumpkins erasers in it for them to take home. And once all the preschoolers went home we got ready to go out.
We couldn't find a costume that fit my husband right so he wore his "Creature" shirt with the glow in the dark spiderweb on it. I wore my black shirt with my lady bug wings and antenna, Paxston and Lily also dressed up as ladybugs and Mikey went as Mario. The mustache that came with Mikey's costume was supposed to stick to his face but the adhesive came off in the packaging so I used makeup and made him a mustache and did his eyebrows like Mario. I even did rosy red cheeks for Paxston with little black spots like a ladybug's. Tricia brought Jayden over with her parents who where here from out of town and they joined us trick-o-treating. Jayden was dressed as Woody from Toy Story. The kids were so cute. I don't think Lily was too happy about her costume though, she had such an angry face the whole time but she passed out most of the time we were out and just slept comfortably in her stroller. I couldn't get over how many were out getting candy and how old some of the kids were. I don't mind older kids going around especially if they are taking their younger siblings but when its just them and they don't even attempt to dress up- or they are dressed like hookers- come on! If you are trick-o-treating in high heels you are too old to be doing it or your parents need to be evaluated for letting you out dressed like that! Only about a 1/3 (if that) were passing out candy this year in our neighborhood but it didn't seem to phase the kids as they were happy with what they got and I think they had more fun passing out candy- plus its not like they need a ton of candy either and they did get a nice little stash.
Halloween was my way to end a busy weekend. After the kids were all picked up Friday and we had dinner and our kids went to bed. Mike helped me load the donations from my charity drive for the SEEDs Program into my van. I should of taken pictures as we had it jammed packed with stuff to where the only open area was my seat so I could drive. And we had to put the rest in my mother's liberty after folding her seats down. I swear the neighbors probably thought we were moving out in the middle of the night or something as it was about 11 pm and I could see them watching us out their front window as if they were asking "what are they up to?". But Saturday my mother folled me in her vehicle and we headed down to cafe/drop center in Mesa. They didn't have enough room for everything there (I don't think they realized how much stuff we meant we had when I said I had more than a van full), so they had me take it to one of the safe houses directly. I got to meet the house manager and one of the women staying there. They were amazing and from what they were telling em about openning up another house, they donations couldn't of been timed more perfectly and needed so much. I want to do more for them and have a big idea in place. I just need to figure out the politics to go about it first to hopefully make it happen but if my idea works, maybe I can help them fully furnish the new house.
Then we had Paxston's Fall Festival at her school. Mike wasn't feeling well and Lily was getting over a bug so he stayed home with her and my mom and I took Paxston and Mikey. They jumped in jumpers, did the wall climbing one and the slide, played games, had snow cones and snacks, and even had thier faces painted. It wasn't a big carnival but it was nice and they did a good job with putting it together with what seemed like a tight budget and limited volunteers. The kids had a blast and got to hang out with friends and my friend came with her daughters and joined us too. It made for a nice afternoon.
Sunday morning we had to get up bright and early. I loaded the kids up and headed to my parents' house, grabbing breakfast at the Jack in the Box drive thru. I was planning on dropping off just Lily with my mom but Paxston insisted she would rather stay than go with me and Mikey so I left her there too as me and Mikey headed to Tempe. We went and did the 5k for the 2011 Walk Now for Autism Speaks. I got a shirt for raising as much as I did- thank you to those who donated- and Mikey got some cotton candy and a tooth brush from one of the dentists who had a booth there. I couldn't find my friend who was on my team (learned later she had forgotten her phone at home) but it was still fun and toching to see all of the people who came out to support thier loved ones who are affected by Autism. The walk was long and the big hill was hell; I swear my ankle was swelling while going up it, but I pushed Mikey in a stroller and we did the 5k together; just me and him. It was really nice spending time with him, just us, like that. And as we went around he would reach his little hand around the canopy on the stroller and grab my hand as we walked- couldn't help but melt at how sweet he was being. We made sure to stop and have our water breaks so we would dehydrate and when we got to the finish line, which was decorated with a big banner and blue balloons, I will never forget how he lit up and started yelling "Mommy, we did it! We did it! We got to the finish line!Yay!" To top of the excitement we decided to stop by McDonald's on the way back to my parents' and ate M&M mcflurries and he got to play in the play area for a little while. Saying I was exhausted as we were getting ready for bed that evening would be an understatement!
I have determined though that I need a vacation.
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