love it

First and foremost I just have to say that I absolutely love working part-time. When my class left at 10:40, I was so relieved that for the first time, I didn't have to do the entire day over again with another group of kids. Yay! I loved being able to pick Baby Sneaker up around 12:30 and then go home and spend some time with her before her afternoon nap. I love that I have some time to get things done around the house while she sleeps and figure out what I am doing with the kiddos tomorrow. We are still getting new registrations, so I am pretty much planning to continue going over behavioral expectations for the next month--maybe by then I will have my "real" class. 

I thought the first day went very well. There are some really stinkin' cute kiddos in my group and I think they are a bright bunch. It's tough at the beginning because there is so much to explain and we don't just dive in to all of the work. It's hard to really get a good sense of the kids from one day, yet I think it will be a fun year. 

There definitely is not as much time as I thought there would be to get things done after they leave. Especially since I need to excuse myself and pump for about 20 minutes after the kiddos leave because I am still nursing. That eats up some time and I need to figure out something productive to do while I am in my tiny pumping room far away from my classroom. Since there is another teacher for the PM, there were still kids and families coming in around 11:50 and that is when I booked it out of there. I want to give the other teacher her space and I can't get much done anyway in the midst of another group's first day. I was hoping to stay until 12, but really my time is over at 11:50, so I left and headed home. 

I saw a few kiddos from last year's class and some of the kiddos from my first year who are now 2nd graders. I love seeing those faces that are now more grown up, but still excited to see their Kindergarten teacher! One little guy asked where my baby was. Haha! I guess they assumed she would be joining me at school this year!