Well I have a job now. It's only on Friday's for about 8 hours but it pays pretty well and I can take my sweet little one with me. Last Friday I was out at the house and had cut up a few pieces of cheese for Violet. Lounging on the couch watching her munch I asked "Could I have a piece of your cheese Violet?" She looked at me and said "Se peas" with a HUMUNGOUS grin her on her dimple cheeked face. I said please and she very graciously handed me a slice. Does that mean I'm doing this mom thing right?
We celebrated Australia Day last week and our trip down under is slowly but surely approaching. I still haven't started my quiet book for Violet, though I do have all the ideas for what I'd like in it, inside my head. I need to start finding the materials for it however. Maybe I'll put that on my list today. I can get squares of felt 4 for $1 at Hobby Lobby, and I have a few other things at home I can use...except a sewing machine to put it all together.
Yesterday was Violet's first day in Nursery all by herself. I had the sharing time lesson which was about returning to our Heavenly Father by following Jesus Christ. Ashlynn was the only one to show up along with FOUR of us teachers. That poor poor child. We watched a small clip of when Christ says "Follow Me" to the fishermen and they drop what they do to do as he says. I made "nets" out of embroidery hoops (cause I still have a few from when I was making dream catchers) and plastic grocery bags, and Violet helped me color and cut out (I cut) fish shapes to put in the "nets". We acted out the story with her and colored some pictures. She was so shy. I hope we can get more kids to come because it would be very uncomfortable for me to be in a room with FOUR teachers staring at me and asking me questions, making me act out stories and such.
Violet did well in Nursery. In fact she only became upset when I went to check on her close to the end of Primary. Then she dissolved into tears, ran to me arms wide open and wrapped her arms tightly around my leg. We made it all the way through sacrament meeting but by the time we got home I was done. So tired. Mentally exhausted from worrying about if she's being to loud, or annoying the people we're sitting next to, is she going to have a messy diaper that may cause disgusted looks from across the pews, and what if somehow she escapes our row and I have to chase her up to the front of the chapel again. It's hard work going to church with an almost 2 year old, but I feel so good each and every time we go. And I know I'm doing the right thing for Violet.
This week I do the official paperwork for my job, we finalize our taxes, I buy my EPA for our trip to Australia, start Violet's quiet book, lose another 5 lbs, take more photos of Violet, figure out why my camera won't allow me to upload videos onto my laptop, and finally, go to the Treehouse Museum with Violet!!
Busy week, I better get started.
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