Project Black. Take One

Leyton and I had a quick, fun photo shoot in the backyard yesterday afternoon. I wanted to get some shots of his cute new mohawk that he's been begging for. I also needed some shots for Project Black. http://annacpics.blogspot.com/ Thanks Anna, for inspiring me to get out and take some more creative shots with my son.

And, I know we aren't supposed to use B&W's for Project Black, but I couldn't resist adding this one to this blog post.

It's time to potty train

I've been putting off potty training for as long as I think I can with Maddox. He's 23 months and according to some the right age to start. But, according to others, proably still a little too young. It's seems like if I remember right we also started pt'ing Leyton around this same age and he's was fully potty trained by 27 months.

Maddox has been regularly taking off his pants/diaper for about the last 6 weeks atleast. It's now gotten so bad that he immediately takes off his diaper right after he pees or poops. So, with him doing that, plus the fact that he'll pretty much pee everytime we sit him on the toilet, I've decided it's time.

Maddox will basically be naked anytime he's at home and I plan on taking him to the potty every 30 minutes. This is what we'll be doing for the next week or so until he gets the hang of things. Since I just decided today that we're 'officially' training, I still need to go out and buy some reward candy to help incentivise him to go on his own. Wish me luck, I really hope this doesn't last for months. I'd like to get him in undies by the time he goes to preschool at the end of August.

It's Official, I'm a preschool teacher!

Sorry that it's taken me so long to update on what's going on with the prospect of me becoming a preschool teacher. I had to keep it on the down low for a little while for fear that some of my co-workers might let it slip to my director that I was looking elsewhere for a job. I'll be officially telling my director this week about my new job.

I will be an assistant teacher in the 4 year old, 4 day program. I'll be able to move up to my own class next year to become a lead teacher. Because of my experience in the field I will be getting paid more than I initially thought I would. So, I won't be taking too much of a pay cut from my current job. It's a paycut, but a very tiny one.

At this time, I hope to still work at the daycare 2 days a week and a few weekend shifts that are required of all employees. My fear is that my director won't want to keep me on for only a couple of shifts per week. So, I guess I'll see what happens there. I just want to keep the possibility open to work there too (especially around Christmas when the extra $ would be great).

Thank you to everyone for you kind remarks to my other blog. I appreciate everyone's support.

Summertime Fun

Not much to post on, but I wanted to share some photos of some our summer time fun so far.

Maddox LOVES the water and to 'swim'. But, this kid has NO fear. On this recent trip to the Frisco Athletic Center he was begging to slide down the kiddy slide and 'swim' in the lazy river. He wanted nothing to do with being held by mom and dad. He'd rather try to do it on his own. This kids gives his mommy and daddy a heart attack every day. Yesterday while at the pool we stayed in the kiddy pool that was 1 ft deep. Maddox would walk on his hand down the slope until he couldn't go any farther without drinking water. He also decided he liked jumping off the side of the pool!! YIKES! NO FEAR!!!

Leyton loved the water slides too. As you can see by the smile on his face, he loved every minute of it! Fun times!

And the last is a picture of a dear friend of mine Jolynn and myself. JoLynn's husband got an excellent job offer he couldn't pass up and they are moving to Arizona. :( We are really going to miss their family, but can't wait to visit them for a 'spa weekend' really soon!

The last of Project Blue...Daycare Blues

My, oh my, I found a lot of blue to capture at my daycare. Everywhere you turn there is a blue toy, a blue chair, a wall, and loads of other stuff. Here's a few pics I captured.

This is from our 'Sports Wall'. Kids compete against each other to hit the lights up on the wall and see who gets the higher score.

This next one is a foam block. Yuck, look at all the teeth marks on the surrounding blocks. Kids obviously prefer these as chew toys than they do building castles with them. Thank goodness we sanitize nightly.

A chair...

A word...

Ropes...

Thanks for looking. As you can see, I had a hard time choosing just one.

Mmmm....Sonic

Yummmm.....My all time favorite fast food joint. I stop here almost daily, sometimes twice a day for a nice refreshing drink. You just can't beat a Sonic Diet Coke (easy on the ice). The Sonic Blast's are yummy too, but at my local Sonic you have to ask for 'extra candy' or they'll try to skimp on the candies.

If you don't have a Sonic in your area, I'm so sorry.

Project Blue. Take One

It's a 3? It's an M?? Nope, it's the W from the back of my work shirt.

When racking my brain to get the creative juices flowing, I just starting taking pictures of anything with blue in it. This particular picture came from the front seat of my car. I was on my way to work, with my shirt in the front seat. Ah...BLUE.

There is much more to come. I took my camera to work that day, a daycare full of colors. Stay tuned for the endless possibilities of blue stuff at a daycare.