Seamus' first day at new daycare
Well, Seamus started his first day at the new daycare. We got in, and I took him to his classroom…he didn’t even stop by any of the tables. He went STRAIGHT to the computers, and sat down at one. The teacher there (he has a teacher where all of the preschool classes are with this one teacher until 7…she’s the pre-K teacher, I guess) asked another student to turn on Seamus’ computer (which is really just turning the monitor on), but nope, Seamus did it himself. He started playing, and I hung around for a while, but he was just playing on the computer, so I told him that I was going to leave. He said he wanted to close the door behind me, and he did. I went out to the front desk, and asked about the payment, which I paid, and then I saw him in the front door to the class (that classroom has 2 doors, and one is just all glass, so he could see me through it), and he wanted to give me a hug, so I did that. He was at the computer again, and after he gave me a hug, he went back to it. So much for having nerves…it felt almost anti-climactic.
Ciara had a good weekend. I spent a lot of time with her on Saturday, since Mike took Seamus bowling. The only time I wished I had left her at home was during grocery shopping. It’s not that she was bad, or trying to hand me things I didn’t want, but when your little toddler girls plops down in the dairy aisle and draws on your shopping list, well…it’s just time to go home.
We did go to McDonalds, and I got an iced coffee (oh my goodness, the iced coffee with caramel is SOOO good!), and she wanted to stir it with my straw, and I would let her, then she would start stabbing my mouth with the straw, and say ‘DRINK, MOMMY!’. Goodness! I think she was trying to help. I did get her the fruit/yogurt snack, and I thought she wouldn’t want the walnuts and I would get to have them…nope! She ate all the walnuts. Go figure.
On Saturday night, I was supposed to take Seamus to church with me…I signed up to hand out grocery bags to people…they are for the food drive. But…Seamus was acting pretty badly at home, so I told him that he wasn’t coming with me, and I took Ciara. It was past her bedtime, but she did wonderfully! She handed out bags…I tried to explain to her what they were for. I don’t know how much sunk in, but she did a really good job. I felt a little bad that I had to tell Seamus that he couldn’t participate when I had signed up so that he COULD do that…but he really wasn’t listening at all, and was misbehaving at home…and I didn’t want him to continue to do that when I needed him to do what he was supposed to.
Today, after I pick Seamus up, we will be heading to the first of 5 cooking classes. He and I are doing a parent-kid cooking class through the school district’s community ed department. We think he will really like that…he helps at home too. Both of them helped with dinner last night…just too bad that neither of them actually ATE any of it.
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