If you would have asked me 12 years ago, if I ever thought I’d be teaching preschool again, I would have laughed at you. Life has a funny way of making you change your mind about things doesn’t it? When Ryan, Josh and Cassidy were little, I enjoyed teaching preschool in my home. After five years of doing it, I thought I had moved on in a different direction with my kids and my life. Now things have come full circle and yesterday I completed my first day of teaching preschool yet again.
I am teaching at a preschool just over a mile from my house on MWF while the kids are at school. It came about so quickly and out of the blue that I still have to shake my head about it. I have spent the last week and a half in a whirlwind trying to get organized and ready. My sister Lucy in Indiana, shipped all my old preschool stuff that I gave her when I was through teaching, and my other sister Rachael had quite a bit of things she has collected over the years. Organizing all of that, plus getting new things together has kept me running.
This preschool is in a beautiful old building that has been recently remodeled. Most of the classrooms were painted a generic tan, and when I saw the classroom that was to be mine I knew that had to change. I didn’t want to wait on their time table to paint it for me so I volunteered my family to help. Saturday, Kelly, Josh, Cassidy and I spent over ten hours, painting, organizing and decorating this room. It is so cute, I need to take pictures.
I had to laugh that my first day was Halloween, the kids were crazy as to be expected, which means it can only get better right? I am amazed how things have fallen in to place and even more so, of how excited this endeavor has made me and how much fun I had yesterday. Who indeed would have thought?
3 comments:
you are the best ever.
That is so cool. Austin loved your preschool. I am sure the kids will love you!
I want to see pictures of your classroom and your new haircut!! I miss you!
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