I have a few confessions to make. WARNING: If you are sick of hearing about the royal wedding, stop reading now.
Confession #1: I did not wake up in the middle of the night to watch the wedding.
Confession #2: I youtubed the wedding this evening while waiting Nate's bus to arrive at the bus stop.
Confession #3: I did watch the live procession from the Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace live while I exercised this morning.
Confession #4: While I watched Kate and William wave I kept thinking, "Thank you for being here today." (Think Julie Andrews and Anne Hathaway.)
Confession #5: I have seen Princess Diaries. And Princess Diaries II.
Confession #6: Listening to all the talking heads on the news (who all seem to have an 'in' with the royal family) I was again reminded of Princess Diaries and Princess Diaries II.
Confession #7: I now have an urge to watch Princess Diaries II again. Why not watch another fairy tale wedding?
On a different note, can I just say I felt sorry for Prince Harry? He had to ride in the kiddie carriage from the Abbey to the Palace. Seriously, he's my age and everyone else in the carriage was under the age of 10. Poor guy.
Friday, April 29, 2011
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Arctic Circle
It has been cold here lately. Like the North Pole. Don't believe me?The temperature tomorrow is forecasted to be 49 degrees Fahrenheit.
The temperature in Rovaniemi, Finland tomorrow is forecasted to be 46 degrees Fahrenheit. Rovaniemi is located 9 km (5.6 mi) from the Arctic Circle. Santa Claus lives there.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Training Surprise
We have a blessing and a curse in our nursery: a small, child-sized toilet and child-level sink in a child-sized bathroom located within our classroom. The blessing is that we don't have to spend the entire two hours hunting down parents when children say they need to go to the bathroom. The curse is that we don't have to hunt down the parents when the children say they need to go to the bathroom.
Since we teach the two-year-olds who are turning three, about half of the kids are in the process of being potty-trained right now. The other half wish they were being potty trained right now.
It usually begins around snack time. One child says, "I need to go to the bathroom." So we open the door, turn on the light, and the child goes about his or her business. (Lucky for us they're all very modest and don't want any help.) Then it is as if every child in the room just drank a gallon of water and is now standing next to Niagra Falls. A chorus of "I need to go to the bathroom!" erupts and a line quickly forms, often with the kids trying to barge in on whoever is currently using the facilities.
The problem arises when we have non-potty trained kids who decide in nursery that now is the time to begin their potty training. And since we as nursery leaders don't know who is and who isn't potty-trained, we all take them at their word.
Take today, for instance. A little girl told me that she needed to go potty. So I opened the door, turned on the light, and asked if she needed help. She said no and pointed to the door. So I let myself out. I checked on her periodically and after about 5 minutes she was finished. She'd put her tights and shoes back on. To my shock there was a wet diaper sitting on the floor. She grinned up at me.
One of the other leaders left in search of the dad so we could get her a new diaper. Meanwhile she strutted around the nursery, enjoying the feeling of being diaper-free. And, to her credit, she did actually go in the toilet, too.
Her dad was chagrined when he came to get her. "Don't take your diaper off any more!" he chided her as he picked her up and carried her off. I, for one, think it may be time to get her some training pants!
Since we teach the two-year-olds who are turning three, about half of the kids are in the process of being potty-trained right now. The other half wish they were being potty trained right now.
It usually begins around snack time. One child says, "I need to go to the bathroom." So we open the door, turn on the light, and the child goes about his or her business. (Lucky for us they're all very modest and don't want any help.) Then it is as if every child in the room just drank a gallon of water and is now standing next to Niagra Falls. A chorus of "I need to go to the bathroom!" erupts and a line quickly forms, often with the kids trying to barge in on whoever is currently using the facilities.
The problem arises when we have non-potty trained kids who decide in nursery that now is the time to begin their potty training. And since we as nursery leaders don't know who is and who isn't potty-trained, we all take them at their word.
Take today, for instance. A little girl told me that she needed to go potty. So I opened the door, turned on the light, and asked if she needed help. She said no and pointed to the door. So I let myself out. I checked on her periodically and after about 5 minutes she was finished. She'd put her tights and shoes back on. To my shock there was a wet diaper sitting on the floor. She grinned up at me.
One of the other leaders left in search of the dad so we could get her a new diaper. Meanwhile she strutted around the nursery, enjoying the feeling of being diaper-free. And, to her credit, she did actually go in the toilet, too.
Her dad was chagrined when he came to get her. "Don't take your diaper off any more!" he chided her as he picked her up and carried her off. I, for one, think it may be time to get her some training pants!
Friday, April 1, 2011
April Fool's
The weather was absolutely beautiful today. I gathered with the tourists around Temple Square and began snapping photos. This way, when it snows on Sunday, I'll remember the cruel joke nature played on us today.
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