You know you've worked at too many daycares when...
- you know all the Wiggles songs off by heart (and the actions!)
- you know the title of the children's book that the kid sitting next to you on the train is reading
- you're surprised when other jobs don't have nap time after lunch
- you're saying "good girl/boy!" to teenagers
- all your pants have play doh, paint, glue, clay, sand, or all of the above deeply ingrained into the fabric
- you're reminding your friends to say please and thank you
- you can put any child puzzle together in 5 seconds or less with your eyes closed
- your back and knees are numb to pain due to having to squat into childrens chairs, pick up toys and children, sweep floors, pack up sand pits, wipe runny noses, tie up shoes, and clean tables that are all only a foot off the ground
- you have to resist the urge to wipe the nose of the person sniffling next to you
- you no longer refer to animals by their name, but by the sound they make
3 comments:
Hello Esther
I just wanted to say hello and to let you know I've been thinking about you and praying for you. I enjoyed looking at thepictures of you and your Mom during your adventures while she was with you in Australia. I really enjoyed the spider story and that was an awfully large daddy long legs. At least you did survive the bit and live to tell us about it.
I know what you mean about the day care I used to have the same trouble with the Sunday School kids I taught as at times especially in the winter they would all have runny noses at the same time it seemed.
Take care of your self and I guess you'll be home before you know it and you will have all your wonderful memories for a lifetime.
Love Linda
xxxx
hey you know you're in trouble when I started missing what was going on with Sesame Street when you kids went to school and lost interest in them.
I mean yah everything was streamlined through you guys .. you know brownies / guides etc.
Life is interesting ... helps you stay young ...
love ya
Mommy
Ha...welcome to the WORLD of child care!! Things that are oh so familiar to me! lol!
muah! xoxo!
Di
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