teaching and learning

some things:

it's really hard to believe/trust little kids. they're great liars when they want to be.

it's awesome to have lots of friends get married after you, because you can give them the wedding presents you didn't want. like 1 of your 8 new muffin tins.

i actually enjoy my morning drive to work. sure, it's in rush hour traffic from orem to sandy, but it's really not that bad. my favorite part is the para-sailers on the point of the mountain. i get dangerously distracted by them,  but it makes me want to learn how! and i'm being totally serious. this is coming from the girl who's set on bungee jumping in the near to distant future.

the way the week looks:

nothing too exciting about this week. devin's not been feeling too hot, and he's had class and an unhealthy amount of homework. i've been doing my best to come up with new ideas for dinners, putting together crafty things for the munchkins, and cleaning. always cleaning.

we're really hoping that we can make it to the temple tomorrow. it's been far too long since we went. that's unacceptable! i have a feeling that maybe that's why we've been so off lately. we used to go together as often as we could, but life got so busy. i really shouldn't make excuses, because there are none. we'll go this week no matter what, how's that?!

thursday, kyle has a football game, and i'm anxious to go support him. again, hopefully we can go. so far our weekend is looking pretty open, and i'm happy about that. i think we need some time to just recuperate from how crazy everything's been lately.

munchkins have been especially difficult lately. i feel like i have a pretty high tolerance for kids being kids. i'm not going to get mad at them for being 5 and 2. that's just what they are. but when they stop being kids and start being pills, we've got to make some changes. nannying has been a HUGE learning experience in the short month that i've been here. I feel like I've learned more than I ever could have just babysitting or being a big sister or aunt. for 7 hours out of the day, i am 100% responsible for these kids. making sure they are fed and clean and happy and educated and entertained. it's a big job.

sometimes, when people ask me what i do for work, i want to tell them that i'm a part time mom. because that's virtually what it is. and even as a part time job, it's full time work! i sure love them though. i find myself missing them on the weekends or my days off, and i bring them up in conversations all the time. i love going home and telling devin about what carter accomplished or the funny things aria says. i'm positive they're teaching me more than i'm teaching them. it's all in a very good way though.

I know everything will be totally different with my own kids. They'll be different kids! But it's still been an eye-opening experience.