Well this week marked another new schedule for me. I am no longer a nanny for the wonderful Francis family. Their other nanny is back from maternity leave which leaves no room for me, and that is a-ok! I am now going to be working 5 days a week at the center. I am known as a "float" there and travel from room to room depending on where they need me. I do like this a lot, since I have already been there for 3 years, the change of pace is very nice (I was mainly an infant teacher prior). I do have to stick my head into the infant rooms every day though and get some smiles and giggles from the cute peanuts. My work schedule has been, for the past year and a half at least, all over the place. I am now making it around my number one priority - my family and, of course, good old school.
School is already stressful and I feel behind. There are so many chapters to read for my Pharmacology class and 3 assignments/quizzes per week for my Drugs, Alcohol & Tobacco class. My "easy" class is CPR re-certification and that will be ending Jan. 28th - so that's exciting and will leave me with a little more time to read and do homework.
Working out and taking care of the kids have been exhausting. I went to bed last night at 7:30PM and slept until about 7 this morning!! I was still tired the majority of the day. But don't worry, I'm not giving up on working out. I've went at least 3 times/week and I plan to stick with it. It seems easier to workout before work (~6am) instead of after, because that's when I do most of my homework and I'm not missing any family time.
The kids have definitely been challenging Matt and I this past week. It is a struggle to keep them on our routine and "standards" when we only have them half the time. We put so much work into teaching them manners and how to be respectful but it all seems to go down the drain by the time they come back to our house. Our current obstacle is transitioning Riley into taking showers. How we're going to do this, I'm not sure. He has so many irrational fears. He doesn't like the fan on in the bathroom. He doesn't like the water running from the faucet to fill up the tub. He doesn't like the shower head on. Matt tried just putting him in there, but with a relentless, blood-curdling scream, he gave in and had him bathe in the tub. This scream is nothing new. He does it on many occasions. He doesn't like to be put on your shoulders or even lifted in the air - which are the two mistakes most people make with him, but they are soon discovered when this scream is let out. Any ideas or suggestions on how to tackle this dilemma would be fantastic. The kids are just too big to be in the bathtub together and with their ages, they don't really need to be taking one together anyways. It just doesn't make sense to fill the bathtub up twice, every time we want to bathe the kids. Riley knows how to wash himself, we've been practicing that, so he can do it in the shower...the transition just needs to happen.
Needless to say -I'm definitely looking forward to my "Parents" magazine subscription to come any day now! I've been getting their e-mails since I subscribed and have already gained many helpful pointers. I have also been striving to make at least one new meal each week. This past week I made Turkey Lasagna and Chicken and Corn Chili both which are from the Parents.com website. Healthy and delicious!
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