Today went better than yesterday. Although the very thought that it might NOT have gone better than yesterday is terrifying.
Jamie once again was VERY unhappy to be going into the nursery. They told me afterwards that he was good, though, and when I managed to go by and peek through the one-way glass he looked like he was doing fine. He fell asleep on the way home and is napping. I expect him to wake up very hungry and thirsty in a while.
We did train bead bracelets for the younger kids. I wanted to give them choices in colors, the other women didn't - the youngest kids didn't get any, the middle got to trade around some, the 2-3rd graders got to pick. It went pretty well. One girl in the 2nd-3rd grade group picked all green train beads and all orange pony beads, and put 3 or 4 of the orange between each green - I was thinking that
cadhla would love it. We had one girl who was just determined to get artistic perfection, no matter how long it took - I felt for her, so didn't push as much as I might have.
I also took pics of all the kids for projects for tomorrow. This afternoon I get to see if I can get our *NEW* printer, bought last night, to do the photo paper printing. Wish me luck. I was going to go get prints at the drugstore, but Janelle at church had photo paper, so I will give this a try.
The oldest kids, 5th-6th graders, got a more interesting project - sachets. Fabric from the WELCA closet, lots of it, and ribbon from the crafts closet. For filling, at the suggestion of the lovely lady at the store [1] I used oatmeal for filler, plus it's nice if the sachet is used in the bath, and for herbs I had lavender, peppermint, and lemon balm. Lovely smelling stuff, and I have some left over, so I may make a few for myself. We used fancy paper-edging scissors and my heart embosser and made tags for them. I made a sample one first so they could see what I meant. I met them in the hall and explained things and that they got the more interesting project so I hoped they'd be able to do a good job with it, take turns with who was getting fabric cut or making tags or getting herbs, etc, interspersed with getting their pics taken. They did Janelle and I proud! Several of the kids were quick enough to make two, one was telling me he'd give one to his mother and the other to his grandmother.
We actually got to go to the Closing singalong with the kids. Then Maggie came back with me and Christina and her kids, and we did cleanup, got Jamie, and headed home. I am tired, but I am not going *WIBBLE* today. Whew.
[1] The Sunflower Shoppe, on Camp Bowie in Fort Worth. I'm glad I found them - my, they have LOTS of gluten-free stuff for when we next can get Brendan out here. Nice helpful girl gave me good advice. And my, the staff-to-customer ratio was high.