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| Xander on Dana's scooter Xander loves to do everything that Dana does. Here he is riding her scooter after we got back from a bike ride.
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| TeachingMonday was my first day at my new job. I have been wanting to write a post about it but I have been to tired. I am loving my job. It is fun and the students are great. Many of them leave me thinking, this must be what Glen was like as a kid. One girl I had to ask four times to put her book away so that she could cook with her group.
I am getting the hang of prepping the room each day. I have the best assistant which makes it a lot easier. I am just not used to the physical energy that is needed to stand for 6 hours and supervise 24-27 kids.
I am to tired to think straight so I will try to update more on the weekend. As a mom I had lost all appreciation for the weekends, they seemed like every other day of the week. BUT this weekend will be something special, a break from work. (at least from one job.)
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| UnexpectedGlen and I are what some people may term as over sheltering parents. We did not allow Dana to watch TV until she was two. Once she did turn two we highly monitor what she watched on TV and even listened to on the radio.
Recently I have decided that once a month Dana and I would have Mommy Daughter night. We cuddle up on the couch with an appropriate girl movie and popcorn. The "appropriate" part is the hardest part of Mommy Daughter night. Glen and I try not to let her watch things that may cause her to be afraid and have bad dreams. So we have watched Mary Poppins, Cinderella, and My Friends Tigger and Pooh. I have wanted to show her shows like Little Mermaid, Snow White and other such princess movies since she loves to pretend she is a princess and loves to read these stories. However we feel that they have a few scary parts.
But yesterday when picked I picked her up from school she was telling me about the lion that ate bugs and the scary waterhogs. I asked her if this was something she watched on tv during rest time. She agreed that told me more about it. The more I listened I realized that she had watched Lion King.
The other day I discover that she had watched Toy Story. Neither of these movies or bad I would have preferred to watch them with her first or delayed it a little longer. I guess this will be the story of Dana's life from now on, since we plan to send her to public school. Exposed to things we were hoping she could be sheltered from for a few more years.
Bummer 
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| Where is my baby?Xander is 18 months old now. He has had his hair trimmed a few times but yesterday he was given his first official haircut. My friend Jen and I cut his hair and with each clump of hair that fell Xander would look at the floor and say "Oh Oh!" And each time it was with more concern in his voice.
When the hair cut was over, Xander wanted very little to do with me. And each time I looked at him I teared up because he no longer looked like the same little baby.
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