August

Now that August is here, I can't help but to think that this is the month that I used to get ready for school. This is my second year to stay at home, and I do love it...but I still think about those teaching days. This is the month where I buy new things for the bulletin boards, get my classroom organized, see the teachers and talk about our summers, complain about how fast the summer was, find out the new kiddos in my classroom, get lessons prepared, rearrange the desks, and buy stickers, pencils, erasers, notebooks....etc. It was always fun starting a new, fresh year. New kids, new parents, new goals, new lessons-just a new start. But once that year began, I can remember quickly looking forward to fall break! The cycle would begin! So, now that I am staying home, August is just another hot month where we spend less time outside. So strange how things change. I do love being home with London, and I wouldn't trade it for anything. I will go back to teaching one of these years. I truly did love it and knew it was where God wanted me. But this is where He wants me now. I love to be able to watch her grow and to go through the many stages of her life. I am so fortunate and blessed to be able to do this. Right now, London loves taking care of her dolls. She loves to kiss them and feed them. It's so fun to see her taking care of something. The other day, after we ate lunch, she got down and rushed over to her doll and gave her the bottle. It was like she didn't want to leave out her little doll. It's so interesting to see this development. She is going to be a great mommy one of these days in the far, far, far, far distant future! These are the days that I am happy to not be teaching. Not to have to deal with nagging parents, rude kids, grades, TAKS, lunch duty, administration, and of course, those "fun" colleagues! Yeah, being with London is exactly where I want to be!