Watching Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood at work

...Because a sweet boy threw up and I can't get a hold of his Mom or Dad.

But I can't leave him in the room either.

And I don't want him to play with toys and get them germy.

So what else do ya do?

(Except pray you're not being exposed to the flu right now!)

Training. Sigh.

I'm at a Region 10 training session. I'll be here for the next few days.

The last time I attended anything Region 10 was in 2005.

It's as boring as I remember.

You'd think they'd have found a way to jazz it up by now.

Like "Continuing Education Hours: The Musical".  Complete with a memorable soundtrack,  intermission, and an adult beverage.

Where's the suggestion box?

Caroline's Pre-K Year in Pics

Caroline's teacher, Mrs. Missy, takes tons of pics and shares them with her families every year.

This year I sent in a flash drive and she copied 214 pictures of Caroline and her friends onto it.  It's pretty amazing. 

I will NOT be uploading all 214. Don't worry ;)  But here are some of my faves....

 

 

 

 

Dallas Zoo

Today was our preschool field trip to the Dallas Zoo.  I had actually never been to the Dallas Zoo so this was a first for me.

I took a ton of pictures of the animals for some reason.  I'll spare you.  I assume you've seen zoo animals. ;)  Instead I'll tell the story of our day in pics of people.

At the beginning of the day.  Ready to go.  Wanting to pose with the sunscreen.

One of our first stops.  In the children's area of the zoo with her school friends, Milla and Brooke.

On a side note, the lady in the blue tank top is Caroline's teacher, Katy.  We love her. :)

The girls fed the birds.

The birds went straight to Milla.

Caroline was up for it.  She held the cup of worms up... and waited. 
But nothing.

Then the zoo worker helped her.  Success!

Then, as quick as the bird came, it was gone.

Jana made friends with the birds so the kids got to pet one.  Thanks, Jana!  Better you than me.  :)

Then we went to the petting zoo, and Caroline saw some goats.

She rode the pretend horse and played on the playground.

Caroline and Asher with the river otters.

Caroline, Asher, and Emerson climbing on the tortoise statue.  Emerson was obviously worried that he was going to fall off.

Caroline with the big Texas cats.  Cougars and something else.  An ocelot maybe.  Are ocelots in Texas?

So this is the halfway point of our day.  We broke for a picnic lunch.  I had to sort of "meet and greet" my students and parents who were there.  A bird pooped on me.  That was awesome... and it started the decline of our day.

It got hotter outside.  We were tired.  And we still had elephants, lions, giraffes, gorillas, zebras, etc to see. 

Caroline and the penguins.  (After I got this shot, a penguin swam right up to her and she got a good look at it. It was pretty cool.) 

Note: The smile is more forced than in previous pictures.

Looking at a monkey with Robyn and her boys. 

The giraffes.

I had to show this one animal pic to show that they were right there.  All of the animals were out today, and Caroline got to see most of them up close.  It was pretty great!

Then she saw a cheetah.

Sat on an elephant statue.

And saw a lion.

I think this face says it all.  We were done.  She was done. I was done.  Robyn's kids were done.  We were all over it. 

Tired.

Hot. 

Done.

We zoomed through the gorilla section and got outta there.

I met Robyn at 9:00, and we didn't get back to Plano until 2:00.  It was a fun day, but it was a loooong day. I think Caroline and I will both sleep really well tonight. ;)