Christmas is but four days away and right now all I pretty much have in stock is socks and boxers. It was my weekend without the kids and what did I do? A whole lot of not much. Sure, yesterday I worked. Sort of. Decorating a tree for the rich and popular, which isn’t really [...]

All I can or want to do right now is watch episodes of Arrested Development on iTUnes. It has become something of an obsessive habit for me, and I find the ability to download the shows by a simple click of my keypad a lovely luxury of our times. Too bad the show only ran [...]

One of the super cool things about being a preschool teacher, and that isn’t necessarily a phrase we can use too often, is two weeks off for Christmas. Wahooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!
I am just smallest bit excited about this turn of events.

Like the fact that every person we have even shared the same air space with suddenly occupies a space on my “To Give To” list. I know there are no rules to this, but it seems like a nice thing to do and so then I do. But really I don’t, at least not always. [...]

I get completely wigged out by the holidays. There is drama, unnecessary hugging with people I would rather not, way too much family of origin contact and then all the pressure to produce The Best Christmas. Ever. This year I thought to take a different and new angle and attempt to bring some sort of [...]

Preschoolers simply should not be introduced to the holiday madness. It is just no good for the teachers. We are there to teach, not discuss the why’s and how’s of Santa and his cohorts. I feel as though Christmas is coming out of every orifice of my body and I haven’t even started any preparations [...]

You really must stop sleeping in your clothes. The line between your day wear and night wear is already pretty thin. But lately? Outta control. Somebody’s gonna find out and it’s a small town where you live, they’ll all know. The parents at the the preschool are going to find out and look at you [...]

Seriously. It’s so true. All these damn feelings and warmth. Shut up. Yes, I am standing up saying this for all of us who just want all this love and crap to shut the hell up. (And there are for more of us out there who deeply feel this way and just can’t face the [...]

Some days I wake up thinking the day will completely suck and that I am crap for being a mom. Occasionally I am proven wrong and it turns out I can do this job better than I do most things. That is all I’m going to say because if I utter anymore it will all [...]

Here’s the thing, it’s nearly impossible to not love an infant, a toddler or a preschooler. What’s not to love about a chubby being whose arms can barely connect over their heads? But as these children age and gather a bit of momentum some of that sweetness wears off until they morph into teens and [...]