Josie and Norah have just finished a stint of being sick with high temperatures and nasty coughs. After being more than 36 hours without a fever, I was looking forward to everyone getting back to their normal routines today.
Josie, having slept in the last five days, was having a difficult time waking up today. After I tried coaxing her several times to no avail, Eric took over (he really has a way with her that leaves me standing in awe). He walked into her room and cheerfully greeted her sleepy form with something to the effect of: "Congratulations on your first day back to school!" That got her up and excited as she let out a big "Yippee!!" and quickly went about the task of getting dressed for the day.
Norah, on the drive into town to go to her "school," was talking about how Josie goes to "Big School" and that Norah is a "big girl and goes to big school too." Who am I to argue? So I agreed and said that yes, preschool is big school, to which she yelled out, "School is FUN!"
Ahhh.... an apple to all the teachers who have impacted the lives of children and who make school something that our children joyfully look forward to. It is an admirable calling to be a teacher, and truly, I admire and appreciate you all. I can only hope and pray that my children continue to look as forward to school and learning as they do now.
1 comment:
AMEN!
(gma)
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