3 Little Helpers

Everyday after lunch I am in charge of setting up the cots for naps. For the first four months of so I did it all by myself, I would usually finish lunch much quicker than everyone else and would just quickly set them up so that I could go call Mom or work on my lesson for the afternoon. But over a month ago I did something to my back and so I asked some of the five year olds to help me do it when they finished their lunches. They very willingly did it. Even though my back is much better and I don't need the help these 3 (Vanessa, Zoey, and Jeremy) continue to help me everyday. I appreciate that they willingly do it everyday without me asking them to. They make setting up the beds fun, not a day goes by that we aren't laughing about something or playing a game while doing it.

It's Official!

It's official..graduation is coming! We took pictures yesterday of the 5 year olds in graduation gowns. That didn't help my nerves at all with getting everything done. But I'll keep pushing forward. (And in case you question me getting anything done because I'm blogging I have already edited 3 of the 4 songs that needed editing today and I figured out the 5 year old standing order--tomorrow we start memorizing the "thank you" speech...wish me luck!)

Glamour

Friday afternoon the 5 year olds did not come to class, instead they got to hang out in the green class and take glamour shots. Each person had 4 different outfits, their hair and make-up done and many, many pictures taken.

After lunch I quickly got my lesson stuff all together and then grabbed my camera and headed to the green class. I took pictures of them getting ready (they were going to get the professional photos but I always like having the before parts too) and just enjoyed watching them get ready. There was lots of hairspray and material.

I have uploaded a sample (just a sample as there is over 300 pictures professional and I look over 200 pictures also) of what was taken...can you believe that I get to work with these beautiful/handsome (the boys did not like being called beautiful or told that they had to wear lipstick :D) kids everyday? Remember that there is also one more outfit for each of them and two more different picture styles!!

Power of Flower

In my morning class we were going to make cards for St. Patrick's Day (yeah that's the bonus of being a teacher you can make a holiday more than one day :D). I started my first class and realized that this wasn't going to work, even though I had slept 10 hours last night I didn't have the energy or the voice (I was losing it) to try and do a craft project. So I just let the kids go outside and play for 10 minutes.

I went to my 5 year old class, Wendy saw that I had my markers and asked if they would need theirs. I told her that we were going to do a craft project but that I didn't feel very well and I was losing my voice (she quickly told everyone else in the class--in Chinese) and that we were going to just go outside and play. They all went running out, at different times during the class each girl ran up and gave me a flower or leaf (the boys were too busy playing basketball :D).

It's true what they say, flowers have the power to heal---I've already started to feel better since this morning and my voice is coming back, yeah!

Going Fishing

Saturday we were using these little fish guys to build with, when it was time for the five year olds to clean up they decided to bury me with them, Rain decided that it would be funny to shove some down my shirt (don't worry I was wearing two shirts). I told them to stop putting them down my shirt so some of the others rushed to get them all out, they patted me down and I thought for sure that we had got them all out. But Saturday night when I was getting undressed I heard clank, clank, clank, clank and I looked down to see 4 plastic fishes on the ground, I started to laugh.
Oh the adventures you have when working with preschoolers :D