Did someone say busy?

It's that time of year right before school starts when things go from crazy to ultra crazy. I finished my 3 week class at Newark this week. I am teaching the same class one evening a week during fall quarter (assigned to a room with 21 chairs and there are 25 students, and they said it would work?) so we'll see if that makes for a calmer experience.

We have all had a cold this week running from missing a whole to a part day of work which is terrible timing. I think we're mostly recovered from the missed time though.

Evie has a ton of teeth coming in, including several molars. She has one that is sooo swollen and painful looking and has been hovering there in swollen awfulness for weeks but she seems to be taking it like a champ. Fingers crossed that it comes out and makes an appearance soon!

We met with daycare to discuss the bad happenings and got things pretty much worked out there for now. We also met with OSU and talked to the teachers in the actual room Evie would be in and it does make a difference knowing who would be caring for her. Their plan for working with Evie and willingness to jump in with new ideas was really good to see. All things considered, we plan to start her there in two weeks. It was still a hard decision to make, and I hate the idea of Evie not seeing her current friends again (and her 'boyfriends') but I know she won't remember a few months from now. I just hope she has a decent transition because she can definitely be a diva and (don't tell her: brat) when she isn't happy about something. The other nice thing is all the full-time teachers are CPR/1st Aid trained as are most of the teaching assistants and they also do epi pen training with everyone. The ratios are 2 teachers for every ten kids plus they seem to have lots of extra coverage so keeping an eye on meal time will hopefully go ok. OSU also just turned into a nut-free facility, so I know food allergy awareness is at the forefront right now, which is where we need it to be. Too bad you can't make a child care center dairy free, right.

They also do care plans before your child starts which is cool, so we will actually meet and sit down to talk about our expectations and come up with a kind of contract it sounds like. The room seems really diverse and Evie will be one of the younger ones, but I bet she won't be behind with her sassy mouth and motor skills!

Funny Evie moment of the week: at grandma's house, Evie took her doll into the bathroom (toilet seat was down), put the baby on the toilet, said "baby potty" and then tried to flush. Her other funny moment was when she discovered the spots on her chest and started calling them boobies and tried to pull my shirt up for comparison purposes. Kids just don't know about naked time being taboo, do they?

Awesome Evie moment of the week: she said 'I love you' to me on the phone while I was driving home from class. Evie has also started to tell us when she needs her diaper changed so no more parental investigations needed!

Keep your fingers crossed for us in two weeks!