Check out my baby with his first REAL paycheck!
He was reluctant to take this job--I think he was afraid of going into the "family business" of daycare/teaching/tending to other people's rotten kids (his thoughts, not mine, necessarily--at least not all the time! lol) but I think he likes it. It's a gravy job for him really. He gets paid to play sports and keep a bunch of kids entertained--how difficult is that?
And his bosses (my bosses) just love him! They told me they are glad he's there that he has a great work ethic and interacts with the kids very well, etc. etc. I guess Jeff and I have done something right. Thank you, Lord for my son. Thank you for sending him first because if you'd given me either of these girls first, chances are, he wouldn't be here! LOL
Speaking of girls, some beautiful young girl celebrates becoming a teenager. I just don't know who it is....could it be....KAYTI????
Yes, it is! This Wednesday (at 10:08 p.m. to be exact) she will officially be a "teenager" though she has been acting like one for quite a while now!
She, too, has been working at the daycare this summer, though not "officially". She tags along when she feels like it and helps me in my classroom with whatever I need. She's helped me do bulletin boards, clean, fix lunch, read to kids, be an extra pair of hands and eyes at the playground, etc. etc. And I have paid her well out of my own paycheck. I enjoy having her around and I'm so blessed that she still wants to spend some time with her old mom!
She has decided NOT to have a big birthday party because she wants to save for an iPod. She's had a few cheap mp3 players and they always seem to tear up somehow. And I know it's not her--she's VERY careful and particular about her stuff. So she asked if we could take whatever we would spend on a party and just give it to her so she could save it towards her iPod. I thought that was a very mature decision. I am going to take her and let her get her toes done next week and either she and I will go out to lunch or we'll go out to dinner as a family. It's not something we do very often so it will be a real treat for all of us.
Speaking of mature decisions, my youngest made one as well. I was torn about whether or not she would do the dance team again this year. She really enjoyed it and I could tell a HUGE improvement in her dance. We enjoyed it also. It was a lot of fun and gave us and excuse to travel a little. And even though the expense is not that great since I am graciously given the opportunity to teach to help offset some of our dance expense, I discussed with her taking the year off. Take a year off to let mom & dad catch our breath from this financial mess we have dug ourselves into for such a long time. Take a year off to do some things as a family that we've been wanting to do but couldn't. Take a year off to focus on Dylan for a bit before he goes off to college in two years (we thought the first 16 flew by fast--I don't even want to blink for the next two!) I mean, for the love of Pete, she's only 11! She still has PLENTY of time to do this kind of stuff. But I wasn't sure what her reaction would be to all that so I left it up to her and to my surprise she "thought about it" for a few days and then she agreed. She's excited about going back to a regular class, even though she will definitely miss Hannah, and she's excited about maybe taking pre-pointe with Lauren. Sometimes your kids just blow your mind! You think they are rotten to the core and then they go and do something that just leaves you speechless--but in a good way!
She's been having so much fun at ASAP this summer, too. Don't ask me what ASAP stands for (besides "as soon as possible") but it's the name of our school-age program at the daycare. They go to the library, the movies, swimming and have all kinds of fun. She's also been to VBS at Northpark and Crosspoint as well as a few days at the Academy. They all did the same "boomerang australia theme". Baptist churches. Go figure.
Clearview always does something different for VBS but with me working I couldn't arrange transportation this year. Tina took her last year and I didn't want to ask her again and no one else volunteered so we missed it. That's okay as I am about vacation-bible-schooled OUT! It's always rough on me working for the Academy the week they have VBS because...well, let's just say it's unorganized and chaotic and leave it at that. I want my posts to glorify God as much as possible and not be a whine-fest so I won't say anything negative. But it's been a VERY challenging week. I will be so glad when next week, everything is back to normal. I have two new kids in my class that I just adore and I'm looking forward to getting to know them and them know me in my somewhat "normal" state.
That's about the extent of my excitement. I've been reading a lot since we have no idiot-box whatsoever anymore now that everything has gone digital. What was that about anyway? I have a difficult time believing that with all the problems our government is faced with, digital tv was a priority. Must have been about some money somewhere but I don't know what or where. I've heard the military had something to do with it but I don't know what that has to do with everyone else just watching their televisions. If someone could explain it to me, I'd love to hear about it. I guess. Well, I really don't care. TV is something I can definitely do without, I'm quickly discovering. And yes, I realize I've had a long time to get ready--I'm not asking for any "sympathy". Like I said, tv is not a priority, not for the Quick family. It really makes me sad to find out what a priority it is for some people. We like to watch what we like to watch when we're able to. But I'm certainly not going to plan my life around it nor am I going to run out and spend a bunch of money just because someone says I have to.
Anyway, I read, I plan out my curriculum for the Fall, we do puzzles (I'm becoming a sudoku whiz!), we swim, fish, etc. etc. Just a typical summer!
How is your summer going?
Blessings!
