Going out to dinner

Going out to dinner with a 3 year old; you would think it would be TERRIBLE!! But Sonia is pretty good at a restaurant. The only complaint that we have is that she wants to sit next to daddy and then next to mommy and then back next to daddy. Musical chairs anyone!!! Then she wants/needs to go to the bathroom. Since she is fully potty trained I usually don't disagree when she has to use the bathroom, BUT when she JUST went not even 10min before it gets really annoying.

What clean house?

OK all you working mommies; HOW DO YOU KEEP YOUR HOUSE CLEAN with a 3 year old running around and pregnant? I need advice because I leave my house at 8:30 am and return around 5:30ish pm and am DEAD Tired. At least my husband cooks so I do not need to do that but still. Sonia wants attention because she did not really see me all day and she definatly did not see Rich!!
Thanks

Not much to say today but:

Happy Easter to all those who celebrate it!

Patience is a vertue

Well, I am pregnant again. Now with a 3 year old running around. The first time being pregnant was well FUN in a sort of way. Now with a 3 year old running around I find my patience is NOT as good as is used to be. I don't know if it is just hormonal or what ; but poor Sonia and Rich sometimes because they get the brunt of my impatience. I find myself getting more aggrevated at Sonia and saying things that I really don't mean. I do appologize to her but I know that she does not understand why mommy is different I guess.
Please any suggestions would be helpful.
Thanks

You know you have made an impact on your children when after you put them to bed and do their routine; you leave the room and you hear them doing the routine all over again before they fall asleep.
Tonight after I sang to Sonia and laid down with her for a few mintues I left the room. My living room is right next to her room so I heard her singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star to her Elmo's and babies. It was so wonderful to hear her! I love it!!!!

I was tagged by Lori to do this fun book meme.So, here are the rules: Pick up the closest book. Open the book, turn to page 123, count down to the fifth sentence on that page, and then post the next three sentences.ok first I have to figure out which book closest to me has 123 pages... lol... most of the books near me are children's books and they have NO WHERE near 123 pages! I have a resource book for my class.

The Complete Resource Book An Early Childhood Curriculum.
Squirt-Bottle Painting Hang large sheets of butcher paper on the wall. PUt a drop cloth on the floor underneath. Give the children paint-filled squirt guns and let them create paintings.

Those Toddler Beds

well, since moving to our new apartment we transformed Sonia's crib into the toddler bed. We have been here for a few weeks now and she has taken to the bed very well. Last night around 2:30am; I heard a bang and then Sonia started crying alot! I went in and she was crying and she hit her head on the backboard of her bed you will see in the picture I attached. I comforted her for a few mintues and then put her back to bed. WELL, when she woke up this morning she did not have an egg on her head but a BLACK EYE. She must have hit her head on the metal side rails. So today I am going to babysrus or toysrus and looking for a mesh side rail for her bed!!!

Poor Sonia

Singing

When I am teaching my prekindergarteners they always like to sing songs and I love to sing even though my voice is not good; but children don't care.
I have been singing to Sonia every night before she goes to bed. I choose quiet soft songs so she can relax and fall asleep easier. Now that she is three I sing the songs and she is singing right along with me. It is so fastinating to hear her sing because I still think of her as my little girl! But she is growing up so quickly.

being a preschool/prekindergarten teacher and a mother of a preschool aged child is extremely challenging. The way that I teach my prekindergarten children is somewhat different as to how I deal with Sonia. Sometimes I know that I should be having her practice her name, use scissors and reading to her more; I just feel that when I look at her she is still little and my little girl. "Oh she will get there" I say to myself. But then I realize that I need to be more dilligent with her. I also feel that when she is playing and exploring the many of thousands of books she has she is doing OK for her age.

good morning

Hi all,

Spring is in the air in New England! Warm temperatures and RAIN!! Rain is a killer when you are a preschool teacher because children cannot go outside. When Sonia has been in all day long and cannot get outside she is miserable unless we do some fun things like painting on her easel, playing with her train set etc...

Rain does put a damper on things; do you all feel the same way?

I'm here

Hi, I just started this blog thing; I hope I can keep it up. I am usually on the computer and online but sometimes I might forget to blog.
Sunday is a day to do laundry and clean up and play with my daughter Sonia!