Make me a teacher

I have finally committed to becoming a teacher. My husband told me to just do what I love and not worry about the money. With that I turned in my resume' to the director of the Parent's Day Out (PDO) program that my son attends at a local church. I said that I was available if they ever needed a substitue and sure enough they did. I've been working with two-year-olds and pretty much on a regular basis. It really gives me a great glimpse into managing a classroom. I'm learning a lot of fundamental lessons that I'd have to waste a lot of time and money to get to if I decided to wait and go the traditional teacher education route. Don't get me wrong, I know I still need to obtain more education. I am just deciding which will be the best route for me. There is more than one way to skin a cat you know (who in the world came up with that anyway....ewwwwww). I met with a counselor for the College of Education at Louisiana State University (where I got my Poli Sci degree) and learned after a degree audit that it would take me approximately 3 more years of college going the traditional route. The counselor also told me I could do one of the many available alternative certification programs. These are full-time summer programs. At this time, neither of those are going to work for me. I need something in line with my life at the moment. The PDO program is a pretty sweet deal. My son goes Monday-Thursday from 9-2 with all school holidays off (including Summer) so I'm already on a regular teacher's schedule. I think I'd like to look into an online program. I just don't want to waste my time on fulfilling educational "requirements" that I do not feel are pertinent to my real-life educational needs. I need to know about learning styles, dealing with difficult children, age-appropriate activities, classroom management...that kind of thing. Not college algebra, geology or calculus. I put my time in already for those (as I feel) money-wasting collge courses

Life for now

It's been awhile since this has been updated. Isaac is growing up so fast and it's hard to keep up! He's been in his mother's day out program for a couple of months now and loves it. He goes 4 days a week. I'm now substituting there as well. I'll be full-time in the fall. He's learning so many words. He even said his first sentence a couple of weeks ago! "Where'd it go?" He asked while looking under the bed for the ball that rolled under. He LOVES books and brings them to you constantly to look through it with him. He's becoming super independent, especially since going to his "school" as I like to call it. He tells me "no no" when I try to rub his back when he's "playing" naptime. He tells the kitties "go go" when they are sitting in my lap as he's pushing them off of me. He's very jealous and possessive these days. This is one of the biggest hurdles we are dealing with right now. That and his temper tantrums. He actually injured himself the weekend before last when he through himself into the baseboard of the bed and tore the piece of skin between his top lip and gums. It was the first time I've seen so much blood from my poor little baby! Mike and I took him to the Lake After Hours and by then the bleeding had stopped and we were more shaken up than he was. We've been having all sorts of adventures. He loves to go on walks through the neighborhood and often goes over to our neighbors house and invites himself in. He loves to visit the neighborhood dogs too. He's quite the social butterfly! Oh and we got a new bird. His name is Charlie, an 8-month-old Goffin's Cockatoo. He's for our other bird, Gigi who has been screaming a lot lately. Since her roommate arrived, though, the screaming has stopped. I guess she was just lonely...especially with her "daddy" out of town all the time. Charlie is a sweetie but squawks all night because he wants to be on my shoulder. Isaac is torn between jealousy and fascination with him. He likes to let Charlie nibble his fingers but he also ripped a feather out when he was trying to shoe him off my shoulder telling him "go go". I'll have to keep them separated for a while I guess.



That's life for now.

Sneaux Day 2008

It actually SNOWED here in south Louisiana. It's hard to believe that snow fell and blanketed the ground five days ago and today it is 73 degrees outside. Here's a picture of my little man seeing snow for the first time. Someone also sent me a picture of LSU's Mike the Tiger enjoying the fluffy stuff (he IS part Siberian after all)



He also decided to help me put up Christmas lights. What a little helper!