Happy Friday! *whew!* I’m so glad this week is finally over….it was an incredibly busy one for me. Aside from volunteering at Ashlyn’s school everyday, it was also parent/teacher conference week (which meant minimum days). I spent most of the week shuttling between school, appointments, playdates, and lots of errands.
Last year I was not as involved with Ashlyn’s school because I still had Summer at home. This year I signed on to be Ashlyn’s room-mom in class and help out during noon duty at school….which resulted in an offer for a permanent position at her school. I wasn’t really looking to get a job, but now I’m going to get paid for something I’d do for free. SWEET! Of course, the employment process for the school district was lengthier than what I’m usually used to (live scan fingerprinting, TB test/physical, and lots of paperwork). Everything should be finalized after my orientation next Monday. I’m so excited!
Noon duty isn’t as easy as it sounds. Supervising two lunch shifts (first - consisting of about 240 lower graders and second - about 160 upper graders) gets kinda noisy and chaotic. I also broke up a fight on the playground yesterday between two girls. 
I’m still not sure (nor confident) about what I can and can’t say to kids nowadays. I’ve been helping out with noon duty everyday for the last 3 weeks…and in the beginning, nobody really listened to me. I’d blow my whistle and they’d look my way, then continue about their business. Now when I blow my whistle, they’ll actually stop what they’re doing and wait for my instructions. I went from “Hey, Noon Duty….” to “MRS. Noon Lady…”. HAHAHA! I really enjoy it.
…and I get to spy on see Ashlyn at school everyday. 
*Muahahaha*
Here are a couple of pics from last weekend:
the kiddies at Samantha’s Pump it Up party
new BFFs - Bubble (my in-laws’ dog) and Cookie
The kiddies have a lot of birthday parties to attend this weekend. We’ll be going to Pump it Up again (third weekend in a row). They never seem to get sick of it, and I’m getting some exercise in the proccess. 
Have a great weekend!
Tags: birthday party, Cookie, kiddies, pictures, school, weekend, work
October 21st, 2007 at 10:04 am
Congrats on your new job! That’s awesome to get paid for something you had originally volunteered to do in the first place. I need to find something like that. LoL. ANd man cookie is teensy compared to the other dog!
October 21st, 2007 at 9:39 pm
sweeeet! i work as an EA at my kids’ school as well (i started last year when my daughter was in kindergarten). i love it. it’s on-call and all i do is sit in for teachers while they’re away for meetings. once in awhile, i’ll do lunch duty. just a few hours with all those kids is all i can handle, though.
and cookie!!! that last picture is adorable! 
June 3rd, 2008 at 4:05 pm
I was so shocked when I saw your pictures.
My dog looks exactly like yours! His name is Coco.