2 day 3's? 2 day 4's ....or maybe even 5 day 4's?

Ok so we are getting down to the nitty gritty. The end of the school year is approaching, rather rapidly if I do say so myself. This begins the new school year planning sessions. Who is leaving, who is taking on other jobs, where will I be next year? Well, as it stands right now, I am still teaching 2 day 3 yr olds. Now next year they are offering 2 day 4 yr olds, which I would like to teach. So that is where I may be next year. There is also a few positions open that one of my co workers is going to go for, which would leave a 5 day 4 yr old position open. Now my dilemma is this... I enjoy only working 2 days a week, I love it in fact, however, our house is not going to get added to any time soon, since my meager pay is trounced upon by the tuition cost. I do receive a 20 % discount at this time, but my pay doesn't bring us to even by any means. Now if I work 5 days a week, then that would bring me up to a 50% discount. That is quite a difference. Including my pay, we would actually make a little money. To be squirreled away for...what else? Our add on! Or a new car, who knows. So what to do what to do....So as my sister did, give me your votes. Do I keep my sanity and work only 2 days or do I go for it (this is my eventual goal) anyway and get the bigger pay and discount? Both kidlets will be in til 3 and I would mostly work only til 12:30 or 1:00 everyday. So I would definitely have some time to myself, though not as much as I had hoped.
So, give me your input dear friends....

The Report Went Well!
Kaleigh did her report last Wednesday and was great! She did have it memorized but chose to bring her paper up and read part of it....twice unfortunately. But she was a bit nervous and she definitely did better than most of her classmates who all stood there with the paper in front of their faces! She was sitting as you see in the photo and she did pretend to sew while she was talking. She did a good job at emphasizing key points too. Like the fact that she was the eighth child out of 17! Whew! Also the fact that a meeting with George Washington where he asked her to "sew something VERY important, so important it made me famous!" She made it sound very important! Of course the last part (which I wrote) helped her classmates guess who she was supposed to be, but they all knew anyway because the librarian's aid told Kaleigh to remember to bring in her "Betsy Ross book" to renew it. So everyone heard who she was doing!
Smart move lady! Anyway, she is glad that it is done, but still likes the costume a lot so we will hold on to parts of it for a while. The next speech project is school - wide and the students need to memorize either a Bible verse, a poem, or a fable. Kaleigh chose a fable. The boy and the nuts. Interesting....

Did She or Didn't She?

On March 7, 2007, Kaleigh will be doing an oral book report on...Well I am guessing you can guess by looking at the photo. If not, shame on you! She is going to talk about herself as this person and her classmates will need to guess who she is portraying. She is so cute in her outfit, don't you think? Now I know there is a lot of talk about how she didn't actually help design or even sew the first flag, but since the history books still say it is her, that is who she is going to do her report on. She was happy to have Grandma sew her a hat and a shawl, and Mom got a great deal on a dress from Goodwill. Ebay was helpful in that I was able to get the flag, with the 13 stars on it! Grandma even supplied some red, white and blue threads, a large needle (better for the kids to see at a distance) and a thimble! Kaleigh is very excited about her report and we hope that everyone appreciates all the time and effort she put into it! We are working on memorizing most of her speech.

I will let you know how it goes!