My mom's birthday ...

was spent in the ER with my father. He's ok now - they were just checking him because his blood sugar shot up and he was feeling really weak (he's diabetic, but they wanted to check for infection). Because of this we didn't really have a birthday celebration as a family (yet, hopefully my dad will feel better this weekend). Thankfully, my mom has awesome friends ...

The day of her birthday my mom and I were supposed to go to a wedding. As a surprise for my mother, the bride and groom had bought her a cake and some flowers and were planning on singing "happy birthday" during the reception. That didn't happen of course, but my mom did get the flowers and cake dropped off to her. :)

Then my mom's Bible Study had a birthday party for her - complete with an appearance by The Cat in the Hat.

Don't you love her expression? :)

Thank you everyone for making my mom's birthday special!

ba da ba baba ... I'm lovin' it!

Not McDonald's (though I do sometimes give in and get snack wraps from there), my job. I'm loving my job!! :)

Right now I float around to all the classrooms. I go where I'm needed and it's a beautiful process.
My usual day is infant room in the morning, toddler room(s) during and right after nap and preschool room(s) during afternoon recess until the end of the day. It's practically the perfect day. The babies are so cute! I love cuddling them and playing with them (stinky diapers not so much, but what are you gonna do?). The toddler room is fun because they're just learning how to be independent and it's a blast watching them figure it out. The preschoolers are my favorite age group (which is why I went to school to learn how to teach them). Being outside with them is so much fun! And the end of the day is so relaxed and laid back, I basically spend it playing ... and I get paid!! I cannot say enough how happy I am about this job.

To top it off - I was hired for only ten hours a week and so far I'm averaging 20. Praise God because I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have been able to live on ten.

Hi Grammy!!

I just found out that my Grammy reads my blog. :) That makes me feel so special. She's my mom's mom and a very special lady. I got to know her better when she came to visit my family this Summer. We had a lot of fun and it made me wish that I could see her more often. Until I see her again though at least she can keep up with me here.

I love you Grammy!