All by myself...

Today was my first day all on my own. I think I did really well. Now granted, it was way slower today then it is on my regular Thursdays. I am really getting confident in my capability to do the job. I had a really great trainer, Katie, who gave me great instruction and lots of notes to refer to if needed. I am working everyday this week excluding Wednesday(closed) and Saturday(boss is taking the day off, I get it off too). My kids will be going to a friend who babysits in her home tomorrow and Friday. They have never been to anyone but family when we have needed a sitter, so it should be interesting to see how they do. Fireball will be picking them up a little after 4 and I will see them during my lunch break, so hopefully that will help them throughout the day. I just hope they will behave(not really an issue with them, but there is always a first time for everything, huh?) and get along with the other children she may have tomorrow.
Unfortunately, Mr. Beans is one of the most picky eaters you will ever have the pleasure to meet. The sitter is going to make mac n cheese and apples for lunch, but, of course, my son does not like mac n cheese. I think he may be the only child in the USA who had never ate a noodle of any kind. He HATES the way pasta feels. Won't even touch it. SO, I will be sending some cheese slices with them for him to eat.
I think I may be having a small yard sale this Saturday to get rid of some clothes, shoes and purses that I don't want anymore. I also have some odds and ends I would really like to purge from our house, too. I hope to get this all organized on my day off. Tatertot turned 3(wow, has it been that long already?) on Sunday. We went to lunch with most of the family and then dad gave both of the kids $5 to spend on whatever they wanted. So it was off to Wal-Mart for us after lunch for a small shopping spree. Yes, my children are spoiled, but what can I do? Deny their grandparents to opportunity to spoil them? What's the fun in that?
I seem to have come down with either a nasty cold, a nasty case of allergies or a fabulous allergic reaction to the old files we have been moving all day today. Or, an even more fabulous combination of all three. Either way, tomorrow I will definitely be drugging myself with an antihistamine or two.
Things here at home are running more smoothly than I thought they would. Kids are to bed earlier, it has given me time to do more writing on here. Mr. Beans will be starting school next week and Tatertot has her first dance class on the same day. Should be a nice, busy time for all of us.
Well, I think I have rambled on enough for now. Off to bed I go.

On my own

I have taken a new job and am really liking it. I have been training for the last month with Katie. She is having her first child and will then be a SAHM. Today was the last day that I had Katie to go to if I have questions about anything job related without having to bother her at home. All next week I am on my own.
Since I will be needing a sitter for the two kids on Tuesday and Friday, we are making a trip to Jocee's house to meet her and all of her other daycare kids tomorrow. Mr. Beans and Tatertot have never met Jocee so they need to do that before they go to her house for the whole day. Since they have never been in any kind of daycare, I am a little nervous about this. I know they will do just find, thinking it's like a big playdate. But the mom in me can think about them getting scared and wanting me to come get them. I don't know that I will go to see them at lunch or not; I'm afraid they might want to leave with me when I return to work from lunch.
We are gearing up for the start of the school year. Mr. Beans starts school the first week of Sept. and I am a parent rep for this school year. We have cleaning of the preschool toys this Sunday and then next Sunday is our open house. Sonya, Jaimie and I are all parent reps this year and we are responsible for all the fundraising for the 2008-2009 school year. I am really excited for the coming year and all that we have planned!
We celebrated the kids' birthdays on Sunday with a big combined party. Think Transformers meet Disney Princesses. I saved a little dough by making and decorating their cakes myself. I love to do that kind of stuff. Eventually, I am hoping to do cakes for birthdays, weddings, graduations, etc.. I was signed up for the Wilton cake classes at our local True Value but the night of the first class was the same night as the Sheryll Crowe concert and that was something I wasn't going to miss with my girls!! Anyway, back to the party: It was a family party with the kids' closest friends too. They got SO much stuff!!! Everyone bought them toys and luckily, lots of clothes too. That will help with back to school clothes shopping and keeping that bill low. It took both of our cars to get everything home. That is what we have to do at Christmas. So, needless to say, this was like Christmas in August for them. They got so many things, our house look like a toy store exploded in it.
Well, I supposed that is all for now. I am really hoping to keep up with all of this now that summer is winding down and the kids are going to bed earlier now.
Thanks for stopping by.

Frick!!

Well, where to begin??? On Friday, Tatertot had rehearsal for the wedding she was the flower girl in. The rehearsal went pretty well, the music for the recessional (is that what it's called?) is the music after the wedding on Cinderella and she is in love with Cinderella, so when the music was played for the bride and groom to be to walk back down the aisle and everyone else followed she flipped her lid. She screamed, 'I want to hear Cinderella music!' The whole day of Saturday was nothing but one set back after another. Hair appts. moved from 11 to 11:30 then we didn't actually get hair started until after 12 noon( not bodding well for the fact that pics were to be @ 1:00 pm, they happened after the wedding) Tatertot did so well getting her hair done. But, unfortunately, they charged me $64 dollars to do her hair. All the girl did was put it in a ponytail and then curl her hair. I could have probably done it just as well but I wanted her to be part of the whole wedding day experience with the bride and her bridemaids. Well, not 5 minutes after we left the salon, her hair started to fall, the curls were coming undone. I called about it and the girl told me to bring her back and they will spray it some more. Well, I didn't want to take her over there have them fix it, put her back in the carseat, back to my aunt and uncle to get ready and then back into the car to ride over to the rose garden for the wedding. So I waited and got her dressed and into the car and headed over to the salon and it was CLOSED!!! Yeah, she didn't tell me what time they were closing, the all knew the wedding was @ 3, so one would think that they would give me a heads up about closing time. Well, needless to say, her hair didn't look as great as it did when it was first done. I am going tomorrow to DEMAND atleast 1/2 my money back. They charged me the same price for a 2 yr old that they charged the bride and 2 maids and they all have way more hair than my daughter.
Sunday:
We didn't do much of anything due to Tatertot having a high fever. 102.8 degrees and today Mr. Beans has one running too. I pray that this will all be over soon. Having 2 children with over 100 degree temperatures is not any fun.
I hope to keep this more updated than I have but it is now time to go to bed.