Mean

It's just mean.

A pregnant woman should not catch a cold.

Let alone catch a cold three times in three months and not be able to take any drugs that will actually help with symptoms.

If you didn't know, I'm a nursery leader.

I take the children with runny noses out of nursery every Sunday to keep myself and the other children from catching their sickness that has already been put in the room because they were dropped off.

Maybe it's pointless of me to do so, but I'm trying to make a point...and that point is:

Parents of children who are in nursery PLEASE do not drop off your kids when they are ill.

And, with that I mean if they have ANY symptoms of being sick don't bring them in.

We already have to deal with the germs on all of the toys because of parents in previous wards who put their sick child in nursery.

We cannot clean those toys every week because...well, we have our own children's toys to clean at home, there's not enough time to do so before or after church, and there seems to be new toys dropped off in there every week.

I think cleaning the nursery toys should be added to the cleaning to do list every time the building gets cleaned...

Being a parent myself, I understand you have a calling and other kids to deal with...etc...but, honestly, I am very much tired of Porter getting sick, of Seth getting sick, but most especially (because I'm growing two babies) of ME getting sick.

When I'm sick, the house falls apart...almost literally.

Granted, it may not have been such a big deal if I wasn't pregnant, but Porter has also been sick a lot, and who likes it when their child is sick?

When Porter is sick, Seth and I keep him out of nursery.

PLEASE do the same thing.

...stepping off soapbox...

On to {Smaller} and {Adorable} Things

Sunday was the Primary Program.

I am so proud of the children!

They did such a wonderful job!

The Spirit was felt, they worked so hard to know their lines and all the words of the songs, and it was a success!

It was also my last Sunday as their Primary Chorister.

I cried.

I'm crying typing this.

I loved my calling.

I didn't always love the time commitment, but I loved those kids.

I'm going to miss their spirits...

...their cute eager faces...

...seeing them outside of Primary and hearing them say "that's my singing teacher!!" to those around them...

...but, most especially, I'm going to miss their voices.

Good news is, I'm not leaving town, yet.

I'll just be a few age groups and a couple doors down in Nursery.

I'm sure I'll love this calling just as much as I loved that one.

Maybe even more since I'll get to be with Seth...

...and Scott and Brianne...

...heck, with Brianne in there with me it'll be a party every week!

I'm beginning to wonder if the Primary Presidency knows how much fun we will have.

We might need to be reminded to watch the kids.

Primary Program

Our ward had the Primary Program today, and it went splendidly!

Every kid did amazing, and the Spirit was felt.

I'm so glad.

Mostly glad because it's over, but I'm proud of them all for doing such a great job.

Busy Week

This week could quite possibly have been my busiest week here, ever! Almost too busy...


I will be called to be Primary Chorister. I thought it was going to be this week, but no.


I was originally told that I would have a month to prepare, gather ideas, etc.


Last Sunday I was informed that I would have two weeks.


Good thing I had spent the previous Sunday searching online for ideas because I had a plan ready for this Sunday and got to work on it as soon as I could...Tuesday of this week.


I went out looking for certain things I needed for what I wanted to do. I don't own anything that could be used as something for Primary kids, so I did a lot of shopping.


I made my own stencils and cut out 10 different colored birds, worms, and flowers. I got sticks that I had Seth cut up so I could use them to glue to the back of the worms and flowers and put them in a flower pot. I painted the sticks for the flowers green.


I also made a poster board that said "Primary Children's Singing Hospital" and another one with a thermometer. The thermometer had levels of "performance readiness." I then printed off words: Emergency Room, Day Clinic, Immediate Release, song titles for the program, nonsense words for birthday song ideas


I also printed out flip charts for every song for the junior primary.


I went out and got a medical kit, a stuffed bee puppet, a white jacket, and more plastic ziploc bags to get organized.


I was late to the PAVA opening social because I went to Beaverton to laminate most of the said printed out things because the Kinkos in Cornelius didn't have a laminating machine big enough for my posters, and therefore I didn't get any food because all the pizza was gone. So, Seth and I left early and went to Red Robin.


Then I was late to a Ward BBQ because I was still working on the crafts to get ready for Sunday.


I didn't finish until 1 AM last night.

Oh, and did I mention I did all of this with Porter in tow? Yup, that's right! Seth had tests and things, so I didn't see him much, like usual, but I had to get it done, and didn't have the time to get a babysitter or the heart to throw him on someone else.

Here's how today went:

I started with Junior Primary which is HUGE...and LOUD...and hard to control. I gave those who were sitting reverently in their chairs during prelude "reverent birds" to wear as necklaces. Little did I know that giving them those would make them irreverent. I saw some chewing on them, trying to make them a visor, using them as weapons pecking their neighbor...I mean "reverent" bird didn't really fit them. It was more like "killer" birds.

I think I need to buy Lysol.

Anyway, then it was time for birthdays. I bought cute little birthday hats for the kids to wear that would make it so they felt special while we sang the birthday song.

Then I remembered lice...and I really think I need to buy Lysol if I want to keep this birthday hat thing.

That went well...well, as well as it would with a birthday boy turning eight and having eight people candles would...it took a while to calm down again.

Apparently the bee I bought to remind them to "bee reverent" didn't work. Maybe next week.

Then we started singing time.

I put on the coat, put the poster boards up with the hospital terms/locations underneath, picked a matching "worm" for my not-so-reverent anymore "bird" and we started singing! (It was supposed to be "the reverent bird gets the worm") A lot of songs went into the ER. This was fun for the kids because they got to be the siren for the ambulance as one of them was the driver who took it to the ER. The siren sound they made was European, so I guess it was an ambulance from Europe. But, with that many songs unknown, the presidency and I began to be worried.

And then it was time for Senior Primary.

And it was like a breath of fresh air!

I didn't have to use reverent birds because they were and are always so good! I used the flowers I'd made with the painted sticks to pick helpers. The backs of the flowers said things like: wearing pink, red hair, brought scriptures, etc.

The Senior Primary completely passed off four songs! It made all of us who were worried before calm down some.

Something I wasn't fully expectin...I ended up taking up the whole time!

And now I'm exhausted.

I mean, completely drained.

And, I'm not the only one...

...there's more to do for next week, too!