Go, me!

Another new enrollment for my program today.
Makes me happy.
I want it to grow.
I work hard to try and make that happen.

Of course I can't control the economy. If everyone had a job, I think the demand for day care would probably be a little higher.

And they changed our school hours this year, so morning programs are generally larger than they were last year. My morning program is as big as my afternoon program on some days. We have a full morning. Crafts and games and all the stuff that we have in the afternoons.

Tomorrow morning (which is today) I have some little plastic cups of flubber for the kids who either do not attend in the afternoon or left early and missed out on it.

They have a blast when we make it, they get a little plastic cup and stuff it in quickly with their fingetips, which makes a tremendous farting noise. You'd think it was the funniest thing in the universe. It's endlessly hilarious, too. They all get the giggles.

One of my smaller ones didn't want to touch it. She saw me mixing it, and it IS slimy... and she has some texture issues, I think. So I didn't make a big deal of it. She had a great time laughing as the other kids made farting noises.

Anyway, little things like making sure my morning kids get the same quality programming that happens in the afternoon can't hurt..  might help.

One of the morning girls, Kerri*, LOVES to make crafts. It was on her card she made me for Christmas. "Thank you for all the crafts I love them and I love you."

Isn't that sweet? I know that if they ever need afternoon care, they won't consider taking her anywhere else. That's nice to know. :)

I've been catching up, or trying to, on all the filing. It's a ton of work to keep up with everything I need to do while I'm there, and the things that don't involve interaction with children sometimes get pushed aside and pushed aside and pushed aside. And then pushed aside. I'm not there for the paperwork and office shit. I'm there for the kids. So I sometimes have to play catch up.

All their files are current, their medical forms are filled out, and I know how to contact family in case of emergency. The rest is just stuff... and not as important. So it eventually gets done.

And I'll be doing more tomorrow. Er, today.

Having a lovely hormonal migraine. First hormonal one since early December. I'd prefer not to have the hormones OR the migraines, really. Slept a lot last night, slept again this afternoon, and will sleep like a brick as soon as I hit post on this.

Happy Thursday.