So I was going to fill out the "profile" for my blog. It asked about occupation. I started looking down the list... can't a mom claim it all? Accounting, advertising, architecture, arts, automotive, banking...transportation... the list goes on... I was thinking to myself, I really do almost all of it. (As most moms and dads do). There was no other option for me to check, so I am "unspecified". That sounds so apathetic. "Unspecifed" sounds like some lazy bum who just sits around and does nothing. I wish I could do that at times... but that really is not how I spend my day!
Being a mom is the busiest job I have ever had. Yet it is by far the most rewarding. It melts my heart when I hear my kids say out of the blue, "Mom, I love you!" The hugs of little arms squeezing my neck, the kiss of a toddler on my check, the smiles, the giggles, nothing can beat that!
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Monday, August 28, 2006
This is for Jaena... After all, it is all your fault, you know...
Here goes the beginning of who knows what. I am officially joining the "club" of bloggers. I am a novice at this though, so please excuse the fact that I am so "green". What does one put in a blog? How much do I share? Hmmm...
Besides joining the world of bloggers, I have also recently joined another world. What other world, you ask? Well I am now a parent of a school aged child. I do the drop off and pick up everyday. I get up early, get myself and my girls ready and head out the door before we even used to wake up. No more sleeping in...
Now I take Emma to school and leave her there all day. It is scary leaving your child in the hands of others for the bulk of the day.
I used to be on the other end of that exchange. I was the "other" that took care of precious children... anywhere from 28 to 36 of them, depending on the year. Up until recently, my experiences with school were either as a student or a teacher, but never as a parent. It is bizarre to be on this side of it. I look in the classroom and I think "I used to do that". I see Emma's school work and I remember giving such assignments. I hear her comments and I remember what my kindergarten classes were like. In some ways, having her school makes me miss teaching. In other ways, I am thankful that I am not a teacher now. Who knows what the future will hold...
For now, I will just enjoy being a parent, dropping off my kindergartener, and enjoying the day at home with my preschooler...
Here goes the beginning of who knows what. I am officially joining the "club" of bloggers. I am a novice at this though, so please excuse the fact that I am so "green". What does one put in a blog? How much do I share? Hmmm...
Besides joining the world of bloggers, I have also recently joined another world. What other world, you ask? Well I am now a parent of a school aged child. I do the drop off and pick up everyday. I get up early, get myself and my girls ready and head out the door before we even used to wake up. No more sleeping in...
Now I take Emma to school and leave her there all day. It is scary leaving your child in the hands of others for the bulk of the day.
I used to be on the other end of that exchange. I was the "other" that took care of precious children... anywhere from 28 to 36 of them, depending on the year. Up until recently, my experiences with school were either as a student or a teacher, but never as a parent. It is bizarre to be on this side of it. I look in the classroom and I think "I used to do that". I see Emma's school work and I remember giving such assignments. I hear her comments and I remember what my kindergarten classes were like. In some ways, having her school makes me miss teaching. In other ways, I am thankful that I am not a teacher now. Who knows what the future will hold...
For now, I will just enjoy being a parent, dropping off my kindergartener, and enjoying the day at home with my preschooler...
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