Preschool Portions

One of the funniest things about my job is that I am slowing learning Spanish. My vocabulary is extremely limited, and I definitely don't know how to spell anything. Most of what I learn is from two and a half year olds, so it also is not very grammatically correct. I also might not be pronouncing it right because children do not speak well. Yesterday I learned a very interesting word, or phrase I should say, for one such student. He was building a tower of Mega Blocks and dropped a couple on the ground shouting, "Puta madre!" One of the Spanish speaking teachers looks at him with a serious look on her face and said something very stern in Spanish. I'm used to the children shouting, "Su cayó!" meaning, "It fell!" I asked the teacher what he had said. Turns out a little two and half year old said, "Mother F$#%er!" The teacher asked him why he say that, he innocently answered, "Two blocks fell," with a cute little child look on his face.
Now, luckily, if I jam my finger in Mexico or South America I can proclaim my pain in their native tongue.

Check It

I know, I seem to have fallen behind on my adventure posting. I don't have too many, but here's what has happened in the past little bit.

February 17: A little boy in my class, Dylan, has had a crush on me since about September. On Valentine's Day I was teaching in the nursery, so I didn't see him. He got all the teachers in the preschool a fake rose. The next Friday I taught in the preschool and he had told his mom he wanted to give a rose to "the other teacher." She went out an bought another rose so he could give one to me. He had told me that he had a rose for me before his mom brought it in to him and when he came to hand it to me he wouldn't look me in the eye and then ran away after I had it. There is no bigger ego boost than getting a flower from a little three year old.

February 29: LEAP DAY!!

Now, these pictures are awful. They were taken with my phone and, as you can clearly see, by Hannah. You can't get the whole grandeur of the event, the pictures don't give our spectacle justice.

Here's what we did:

1. Put on firefighter helmets I so conveniently had in my car and went to Utah Lake.

2. Stripped down to just our swimsuits and BOOKED IT into the lake. ICE, ICE BABY! I'll admit, when my V hit the water my bladder just let go, it was so cold. We didn't go all the way in because the water was nastbot! We did NOT want that all over our arms.

This was taken after jumping in. Can you tell we were shaking?

Hannah made us take another one, she wanted a better quality. Can you see the pain in my eyes? My feet were quickly losing feeling.

These are our legs after getting out. Nastbot.

March 2: Two Years

March 2nd of this year marked the two year anniversary of when I found out I was pregnant.

I went out to eat with Dani and Trae at our beloved for Thanksgiving Point for the bomb fajita salad we always get.

I got Trae a couple shirts and the cutest Little People: superheroes!

He LOVED them, as this face clearly points out.

He's the cutest little boy I've ever seen. Fo sho.

March 13: First Day of Sandals

Wore sandals for the first day this year. SUMMER IS COMING!!!

Preschool Portions

So I've been teaching preschool for six months now. I love it every second of everyday.

Now, I am an AWFUL story teller, but I just have to jot a few of these wonders down!

One thing I love is that no two days are the same. One day there can be screaming and 5 poopy diapers to change, then the next day they are all angels and keep there poop in until they go home with mom.

In the beginning of January I had a day that was a nightmare at the time, but hilarious to look back on. There is a two and a half year old boy, Brian, who is a very large boy. He is the only one his age who is not potty trained and when he needs a change you can smell it from across the room. I was the lucky one to smell it first. I took him back to change his diaper and thought I was going to hurl. I don't think there is a child out there who has more smelly diapers. Ten minutes after I get back a little girl, Jocelyn, needed to pee. Now we are aware that she isn't fully potty trained, at this time we didn't know that. I take her, she pees, then I straddle her across my leg to hold her up to the sink to wash her hands. When I put her down there is a big wet spot on my leg. A big, wet, URINE spot. I wasn't directly peed on, but I wasn't not peed on. Then, at the end of the day, we were playing with a table that is four tubs filled with corn kernels. One of my favorite boy, Arturo, out of nowhere, leans forward into the tub and barfs. Luckily, I was standing right next to him so I picked him up and let him continue to throw up onto the table clothe we lay on the ground. Then, for some reason I am unaware of, he stops, looks at me, steps into it, and barfs on my shoe. Since I also had to get cleaned up I got the glorious job of taking him to the bathroom and scrubbing the nast out of the crevasses of his tiny shoes. When I finally got home I wanted to just crawl in bed forever. After I out my urine pants in the wash. But, the next day I was excited to go back.

Confessional

So I don't know what is wrong with my phone, but it refuses to send any texts. This is an extreme inconvenience at 1:00 am. And I'm not being sarcastic, 1:00 am is when I tend to have my irrational freak outs.

About once a week I have an irrational fear that someone is coming in my house. I get 100% scared to the bone that possibly someone is coming into my house and is going to attack me. I know it's because I watch too many crime scene shows. But I am terrified. I can't sleep. I can't get out of bed. But I, of course, need to pee. It is in no way funny.

When this happens I text Kevin, even though we're just friends now, and he knows how to calm me down and get me to sleep. But my phone isn't sending any texts and I don't know what to do. This is a completely unhealthy thing that happens to be far too often. But I had my solution for it and I never thought I wouldn't be able to use it. I'm sure I eventually won't be able to text Kevin at 1:00 in the morning, but I still can right now and I need it. As my make-shift solution I am blogging (computer screen light) and I'm playing Netflix on my iPad (tablet screen light + distraction).

It isn't working. This is definitely one of the worst nights I've had in while. And I've had some rough nights in my day.

I just need my phone to send a text.

Week 5

Finally I am caught up! No more three episodes in one day! I love this show, but it can get exhausting! An hour and a half is a long time.

They are in Puerto Rico. That's pretty cool. I love the destination episodes.

Nikki got the first one on one. I love her! She's so cute! It is POURING! It seems to rain in a lot of his dates. I love that they went and bought new clothes.

Baseball! This is going to be hilarious!

I don't like Lindzi. She always have her chin tucked in and is looking up. It is so annoying!

This game is going to be so intense. Winners get time with Ben, losers don't. All the girls are yelling and being so competitive! Blakeley is a monster! She was so good! I can't believe her team lost.

Everyone hates Courtney and Courtney hates everyone.

Elyse quit her job to go on the show. I hate that. She missed her best friend's wedding. I feel like she is dumb.

What is with the one shoulder dresses? I don't like them, but they seem to be all the rave!

I think Ben is sending her home. Bingo! I'm fine with her leaving. Didn't love her, didn't hate her. First one on one to not get a rose. I feel bad for her.

Courtney, stop talking!

This is making me not like Ben. I can't believe he went skinny dipping with her.

Emily needs to start talking about Courtney! She needs to just focus on her and Ben. I like Emily, and I want her to stay. Hopefully didn't just ruin things.

Lindzi definitely over does the self tanner. Her skin is blotchy and orange.

I'm sad Jennifer went home. I liked her. She was really cute and I thought here and Ben went well together.

Oh, Utah! The glory brought upon thee!

This week The Bachelor is in PARK CITY, UTAH! I'm stoked. This will be cool! They are at The Canyons. That is awesome.

Oh, Chris. I'm sick of you. He says the same things every episode.

Rachel gets the first one on one. I'm beginning to like her, this could be the deciding factor.

I feel bad for Kacie B. I feel she is really sincere and really likes him. I like her, she's adorable.

This date is awkward! No one is talking! It is intense small talk.

Courtney is so mean to the girls!

Talk Rachel! Just talk!

I hate horses. I am TERRIFIED of horses!

Courtney is just so mean! I hope he sees it soon. She caught the first fish! That is ridiculous!

I like Nikki. She is a cutie.

Samantha is obnoxious. Ben is basically tearing her apart. Nikki just barely had the same conversation with him, but it was so different! She was so gracious about being on dates, even though they are only group dates. Then Samantha comes over and says she is bugged she's been on a group date every week. She's lucky to get a date every week! I'm glad he sent her home.

I want him to marry Kacie B! They are so cute together!

Ugh, Courtney. She lied to Ben to get the rose! I do not like her.

I like Jennifer. She's cute. I'm glad they are on a date. I am a little sick of the "trust" one on one dates.

I'm starting to like Monica a little more. She's actually pretty cool. She was just CRAZY on the first night.

I feel bad for Emily. She had great intentions, but it blew up in her face! I want Ben to see who Courtney is around the other girls. I can't imagine he would want someone who was rude in a group setting. I hope he doesn't send Emily home over this.

Monica didn't get a rose. And she's way close to home! She handled it pretty well, I thought. I didn't think they were a good match though.

Week 3

I liked Emily on the one on one. I wasn't a huge fan of her on the first episode (the rap) but I really like her now. I like that she got genuinely terrified while climbing the bridge. I know I would have stopped dead in my tracks! I hope she stays around longer.

The group date was funny. That would have been crazy to do! Who wouldn't want to sky down a steep street of San Fran?! I know I would love that. I'm warming up to Rachel more, I'm happy with her getting the rose. She seems to really care about the other girls, and I always like that.

I can't believe Brittney went home! She didn't seem like the type who would just leave. Especially when she brought her grandma.

I loved the date with Lindzi. Most because I don't like Lindzi and you could tell she was filling in for Brittney. I LOVED that. She kept saying how special it was just for her, when really it wasn't planned just for her. HA!

I liked that Shawntel came to try to date Ben. I would have liked if he had kept her. Who cares if she is coming in two weeks late or that she was on a previous season? She has talked to Ben and has gotten to know him, she's probably had as much total time with Ben as any of the other girls. They were all just being emotional.

I respect that Ben didn't give out the last rose. If he didn't feel a strong enough of a connection it was brave of him to send 3 girls home.