Laura Vegas

before i share some random photos from this morning … let me remind you these are not my best work. lol! but they’re real life … real daycare life anyways.

miss adyson watching out the front window … she probably heard something and had to check it out. and just something i’m thinking about … i want to repaint my 2 green walls in the playroom to the original beige i had before. i was so desperate for color … i have so much oak in my house it’s crazy. but with all the black touches i’ve added, i’m ok with the beige now.

adyson and haley busy with their computer work. lol! i swear they do more work on their computers than i do … hard to imagine. of course they love to turn them on and hear barbie talking to them. but then they wander off and leave them. and every few minutes we’ll hear barbie still talking … "hello, are you there?" … "do you still want to play" (which ady will hear from the next room and yell "NO"). and i just noticed something blue on adyson’s ponytail. i didn’t think she had a barrette in her hair today … and then realized it’s the necklace hanging from her ponytail. lol!

miss haley. when she isn’t clinging to me and demanding to be held … she gets super busy playing. that girl can make the biggest mess. she just goes shelf by shelf … and pulls down whatever she can reach. she’s 11 months now … and really is the cutest little thing. she’s going to be walking soon … and i know i’m in for some trouble. oh yeah … and she screach’s like crazy. i know it’s her way of talking to me … but she likes to do it when everyone else is sleeping. lol!

i know … nice picture there kids! i’m not sure why … but they like to spend a lot of time by the front door. not trying to get out or anything. lol! sometimes i don’t mind … it’s much better for pictures (even though this one isn’t great). and just picture a 3 month old baby off to the side … because that’s where he was. he got his picture taken too … i just havn’t asked permission to share him yet.

here’s adyson … informing me very dramaticaly that the "other kids" have made a big mess! and those necklaces … those have been wildly popular with the kids this week. even the boys! i at least try and give them the blue one … that doesn’t make it quite so wierd, right?

adyson and james. and those necklaces again. and that "doug" keychain that always seems to be around. and tell me you just don’t love the orange look of my furniture?!?! i hate it so much. like i said … my house has way too much oak in it. so this is how most of my pictures turn out … with some orange glow to them. i’m done with the oak look … i’m all about the black furniture lately.

and this was from the other day. hate the "flash" look i got … i must not have bounced my external flash the right way. and the family room is absolutely terrible for photos … it has no natural light at all (even though it has windows on 2 walls … just not the right walls). and check out the red-eye … i’ve never had red-eyes in my photos. i don’t even know how to edit it out … never needed to. lol! adyson was totally vegged out. i would say she was watching tv … but she really doesn’t watch it much. at least not with me she doesn’t … belive me, i’ve tried. lol! and notice her important stuff she has … her blanket, her baby, her milk, her phone, and her microphone. lol!

and i know i said i wouldn’t gripe the rest of the week. but i figure by the time you got through reading all that and seeing all those photos … maybe you’re not remembering my promise … or even paying attention for that matter. i only have one comment. it’s pretty general i think. not about anything specific. and i have to remind you that i really do love all these kids here. and i know that i take the best care of them … and i do it with lots of love. and i’m great with kids … super funny and very easy-going. but it’s also a job … and no one loves their job all the time, right?

here’s the thing though … every day it goes through my head at some point that i’m really not cut out for this job. i just have a hard time having all these kids dropped off to me every day … and the parents go out and live life all day long … and then come pick them back up all refreshed and ready to spend the rest of the evening together. and yet i’m so drained and exhausted … that i’m too tired and stressed to live my life … or spend the evening with my own kids. i have no time to think … no time to get anything done … and no time to get out of this house and do anything. the life is literally sucked right out of me every day … usually by about noon. lol!

ok … my one comment is done! i’m sure i’ll bring it up again … but i just had to get that out for tonight. i do have some other funny photos to share … so i’ll do those in the next day or two. i also have a ton of emails to catch up on … so if i owe you one, it’s coming … i promise! looking forward to the weekend. soccer … and quite a bit of scrapping assignments that i have to find some time for!