Monday, December 29, 2008

Holiday week!

We're now at that weird week between Christmas and New Years - where
everybody's still basking in the glow of family time and rest time...
not ready for Monday morning quite yet. But, it's another short week -
as New Years is on Thursday of this week. We're working on
re-establishing routines, yet celebrating the season... remembering the
toys we've always had, yet finding a few new things around the house
that we've never seen before. We're excited about setting new goals for
2009, yet beginning the New Year just the same as we begin a new week.
Very subtle changes. Very big excitement. I am sad that 2008 has come
to an end, and yet I'm excited to see what 2009 has in store for us!
God is so very good to us.

We are still looking for a preschooler to join us each day! If you know
of anybody that would love to play with us, please refer them to this
blog. Thanks! Merry New Year.

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Recent Pictures

Some days, I'm just better about having the camera handy. Today? Happened to be be one of those days!




















































Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Passions

Working with kids is a passion of mine. It's something I love and look forward to doing every day of my life! Everybody has a passion - if you don't know what yours is, perhaps you will find inspiration in the passions of my friends:

Savannah: Savannah is passionate about baby dolls and doctor's toys.... together. She loves to play doctor! She is always checking a "heart beep" and taking a temperature. She also is passionate about cutting and gluing. One day, she spent a whole hour at the art table just cutting pictures from a magazine and gluing them into a blank piece of paper.

Julia: Julia is also passionate about baby dolls. She loves to take them for walks and read them books. Especially now that she is developing phonic skills, she just loves to pretend to read. She also likes to have her babies on her lap while she writes up a "grocery list" with a pen and pad of paper. "Mom? What does broccoli start with?" I respond with "a 'B' honey" and she will then spell broccoli on her little pad, telling her baby doll "you make a B by first drawing a straight line down, then two bumps on this side, okay baby?"

Paityn: Paityn is passionate about jewelry, princess crowns, dressup clothes, and music. She's quite the dancer. Paityn is a "girly girl" ...and I mean that in the most loving way. She's cuddly and sweet - always offering kisses and hugs. She loves to dance and parade about with her fun beaded necklaces and dress up shoes!

Noah: Noah is passionate about eating. Hah! Okay, and care routines. He loves to demonstrate how to do things. Wiping tables, wiping faces, washing windows... cleaning floors those are all right up Noah's alley. He absolutely LOVES brushing his teeth. And, he loves anything related to trains, fish, balls, music, swinging, slides, and more. Come to think of it, Noah's a pretty passionate person. When I find something he's interested in, he's obsessed about it for weeks!

Rebecca: Rebecca is passionate about talking. yak yak yak yak she'll gab on and on for days on end. She talks about anything and everything there is to talk about. She makes a short story long. She sings and talks and discusses and conversates. She just loves to talk. Wonder where she gets that from?

And there you have it - our passions. Check back soon, these things change as quickly as the weather does around here!

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Sad news, and a new opening!

Unfortunately, I just found out that Savannah's last day will be December 19th. I'm having a hard time dealing with this, I've never been good at goodbyes. Fortunately, her family goes/works at our church - so we will still get to see Savannah on a regular basis. But, life here in the playroom just won't be the same without her!

Instead of focusing on the sad, imminent goodbye, we shall rejoice and celebrate that Savannah has grown and matured so much in the little-more-than-a-year that she has been here. She has grown to become an independant, creative, compassionate young preschooler.

On that note, I'm advertising an open spot. I'm looking for a 3-4 year old to care for, either full time or part time. I do have the space for a pair of siblings, if your preschooler has a baby brother/sister.

Please email me at maggietruitt (at) gmail *dot* com. I will be happy to e-mail the handbook, forms, and rates sheet to any serious inquiries!