Friday, November 11, 2011

Yes, I make children cry

Maybe that isn't the best title to describe myself. Oh, well... I made several children cry this week. Really it's not because I'm a meany, it's just because I'm a rule enforcer and the kids want things to go their way!!! Anyway, there is one child that is autistic that gives me the most challenge. I have no experience working with autistic people, therefore during a meltdown I seriously have no clue if what I'm doing is appropriate. I do not give in to the demands, I just hand out options but the child does not budge!!!! If anyone has experience with autistic children give me some advice. Please?!? :)

This whole week Bill has been training with Delta. I sit at home waiting until around midnight for him to come home. He has two more weeks of training and then he'll have a normal shift. We are so grateful that we both have jobs. Bill's brings us flight benefits, while mine gives us laughs.

I cannot believe how fast this year has gone by, seriously Thanksgiving is in a week and half! AND I get the whole week of Thanksgiving off!!! The perks of working in a school system. I'll spend part of it with my parents and the other half with my extended family in IN...actually while in IN I'll probably spend most of my time at the Olive Twist. It is an olive oil and balsamic vinegar tasting bar that my aunt opened a year ago. It is very tasty and because of this becomes very busy during the holiday season, thus needing my help. I don't mind, though, I stock up on olive oil when I visit. This is what the Olive Twist looks like:













Above is my aunt and uncle.















These canisters are full of olive oil and balsamic vinegar. We fill bottles from these! Also, customers are free to taste anything!

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Mad Skills

Yesterday we held a mini Olympics for the kids and at the end gave them a blow pop as a reward for participating! A kindergartener came up to me and the other adult and asked "did you give us the blow pops because our skills BLOW your mind?!?!" it was hilarious!! Of course we said yes!

This week has been crazy, we're competing for $2500 from Kroger by getting healthy through fitness and snacks. I taught the kids some line dances, we did a workout video, ate some apple mouths, banana caterpillars, and had the olympics. It's been crazy trying to keep the kids organized, but overall I think the week went really well!!! The kids really DO NOT like being active. Their idea of active involves a tv, a game, and a controller (wii, or PS) seriously guys, there is more to life than video games. Did you know that I really dislike video games? I think they are a time waster. Go outside and run around! Play a board game with your family. Dance your heart out to your favorite song! (I love to dance)...

This week was also Halloween, and of course I dressed up!! For school I went as an old lady, (by the way, this IS my hair!!!!!)



















And for Halloween night I was a zombie!!! Bill was in all black and put his Phantom mask on... I handed out candy while Bill scared people!!!



















I enjoy dressing up!!! It's fun to see the reactions I get from kids!!!! On to next week, let's see what I learn from the kids! :)