E's long day...

For the first time in 2 months, I ventured into the subbing world again yesterday. I was going to my favorite school to sub, and working for a teacher that is ultra-organized. I wasn't worried about my day. However, I was worried about Jut and E's day.

Last Saturday, I left E alone with Jut for the first time in entirely too long. She spent an hour of the 2 that I was gone screaming for "Mom". By the time I got back, both of them were frazzled. However, I do need to give Jut credit...he somehow managed to clean up the majority of the downstairs with the little tyrant going strong.

So, yesterday I was concerned that E would display the same behavior and I was going to be gone for 7 or so hours. I wasn't sure that either could handle the grouchies for that long! To make matters worse, E was up screaming at 5:50 A.M. I gave her some Tylenol and fortunately she went right back to sleep, but it made me even more nervous about her behavior for the day.

I scooted out of the house at 7:25 and headed for my day. Shepard has the Maple Syrup Festival going on this weekend. So, it was busy at 7:40...traffic was already coming in. I thought to myself that this should have the kids hyped up pretty well...then I read the sub note and found that they didn't have school on Friday...and there was a track meet that day. If that was the situation for Central, it would have been futile to try and accomplish much educational for the day because the kids would have been already checked out. However, these kids surprised me. They were energetic but they kept it contained pretty well. I was impressed. I got to hit some garage sales over my lunch/prep and spend time outside. It was a good day for me.

I walked through the door at home and there was E playing with her toys...no nap for her today. She saw me and said "MOMMMY, MOMMY, MOMMY!" and came running at me. What a wonderful welcome home that was!!!! She was so excited to see me that she wouldn't get off of my lap for over a half hour. It was nice to be missed.

Jut had taught her a new conversation while I was gone as well.
J: Where's mom?
E: Shepard
J: Right, she's in Shepard. What is she doing?
E: Teach
J: Good. She's teaching. Who is she teaching?
E: Boys 'n girls

We've repeated that conversation about 100 times in the past 24 hours. She loves repeat conversations when she knows the 'correct' answers.

So, I asked Jut how the day went...and he rolled his eyes. I guess that after "Super Y" was over and the tv got turned off, she realized that I wasn't home. The next hour was ugly. She even managed to give herself a black eye during the tantrum by pulling down a curtain and got clunked with the rod, (which we now have to kiss to make it 'feel good'). After Jut managed to finally calm her down, they had a pretty pleasant day. They learned the "Shepard" conversation to distract her when she'd get all sad and say "Mom?".

The nicest part of the day was at about 7...I was chatting with Mom on the phone and E came up and crawled into my lap and promptly fell asleep. She's such a nice little bundle to cuddle! It must have been very stressful to have mom gone for the day. She's usually up until 8 or so...even on 'no nap' days. But, the cuddling on the couch was the perfect ending to our day!