2/5/12 ~ 10am... Feb challenge

At 10am I usually have my first cup of coffee.

Why so late in the morning, you ask? Well, I run a preschool and the moment I get out of bed I am on the go... Here is my morning routine:

put the dogs out in their pen (because they sleep indoors), Turn heater on to take chill out of the house or else everyone complains when getting outta bed becuase our house is so cold (we sleep with it OFF), sweep up dust and dog dander from the night, wake Julian (which is a chore in itself), preparing his breakfast and lunch for the day, wiping preschool table (I wipe it the night before but I just need to know it is freshly clean before we use it), welcoming children and their parents, setting up morning play time, get Julian out the door ~ say our good-byes... everyone is gone; parents, Julian to school, Cynthia and Sean off to work. Time for snack, circle time, project... it's almost coffee time, lol... after all that, the children get to go outside, I clean up our 'MESS' and I finally have a chance to make my first cup of coffee :]

YAY!!

And enjoy it outside as I watch children play

*sigh*

**My photo of  '10am'

2/4/12 ~ Stranger... Feb challenge

Last year we were at a Fall carnival and this is one of the people that were giving hay rides, fabulous memories!! The hay ride is always the highlight to any harvest or fall festival! So If you are ever at one, be sure to take your children on a hay ride and give them beautiful memories.

**My photo of  'Stranger'

2/3/12 ~ Hands... Feb challenge.

Hands for day three was another challenge. I wasn't sure which one I wanted to use... so I posted two pictures '-]

I work with children and I love being around them in a structured fun setting.

My daughter, Cynthia, came to visit me at work one day on her day off (this was before I opened a home preschool). Our fun for that day was painting... She would always participate in whatever project we were doing in class when she would come to visit. As time progressed Cynthia decided to paint her hands... my little friends could not believe she (an adult) was painting her hands! they decided to help her and liberally use all the colors to make her hands, bright, fantastic, beautiful and fun to look at!! And what was so amazing, to them, about it... she LET them!!!

Another fun picture to me but not a good one of 'hands' are these two little friends walking hand in hand to a Christmas practice in the winter of 2010. Little hands are the most precious things in the world.

I love to see little hands working; making art, cutting paper, holding a new found treasure, mastering a spoon while eating, holding a crayon, writing their name, wiping a tear, grasping a digging stick, holding mommies face, clapping to a song, leading another friend... the list is endless!!

**My photo of 'Hands'

2/3/12 ~ Words... for day 2 of Feb :)

I'm not sure what the challenge is meaning by 'words' but when I turning around (after taking a picture out my front door) the first thing you see, is my information board for all my parents (clients) to behold. It holds my license certificate, emergency numbers, and a layout of our house, for fire safety. 

I consider this board full of 'words' to be very important. It is the base for my business and holds important information for my parents; also it is imperative for CA licencing or I'll be cited, lol. It is the first thing we see everyday and multiple times a day when you first walk into my house. 

 It isn't much of a photo or something you'd see in your house of family, friends, events, or other things to make your house feel homey... Just a plain black bulletin board and very vital in my home because of the home business I run out of it.

It also holds a small poster I found online of babies that are sick of some virus or other. The babies are asking to stay home if they are showing any signs of illness that is contagious. It's a great poster with wonderful 'words' to remind my parents NOT to bring their child when they are ill. ;)

*My photo of 'WORDS'

2/3/12 ~ Todays View... for day one of Feb challenge

This little view is right out my front door. We are in February, what is considered a winter month but today's weather is mostly Sunny at 53*... not much for a winter day but a beautiful crispy day.

A little something about this picture :) It is my front yard. We use to have three beautiful trees in our yard, but my husband had them all taken out :( I was very sad and still am because I absolutely LOVE trees. But it was necessary... the roots tore up our drive way and was beginning to damage our garage floor... not good. 

Our front side walk is covered in yellow paint because I did a painting project and cleaned up as much as I could, but this is what is left over... lol. I'm hoping in the future we can transform this front yard into a preschool play yard with fencing all around it... I would love to reclaim our back yard for our personal use, but for now it is used for my preschool. 

♥We have been living here since July of 1999 :) SWEET!  

**My photo of 'view'  

February Challenge

Hey!! How has everyone been? My mind has been preoccupied with other issues that I haven't taken the time to blog or maybe I should say, my mind hasn't been able to function in blog mode... lol.

My friend, Kim, decided to take a February photo a day challenge [on her blog] that she asked us to join her... Now I have to admit, Ive tried to do a 30 day challenge sometime in the past to no avail. My greatest weakness is being consistent.. So we will see how this February challenge goes ;)

As a matter of fact I am already two days behind... but that is OK... I will take pics tomorrow and catch up. It's late now and I had dental work done and I'm not feeling to well... The numbness has worn off and I'm feeling major discomfort.

Hopefully this will get me back to posting on my much neglected blogs; 'Passionately Inspired', 'A Boy's Journey', and this one a 'Moments in Time'. We will see, I mean that is why it is called a challenge, right?

Blessings from ME :)

Eggnog~YUCK * pecan pie~EWWW!!

yummy eggnog

scrumptious pecan pie

 I have been married almost 25 years and in all those Christmas times, I have never enjoyed the taste of eggnog or pecan pie. Now you may think I'm crazy but I have to admit, I've never like the taste of eggnog or pecan pie. I'm pretty plain in my taste (which, by the way, drives my poor husband crazy) and have never learned the finer taste of eggnog *YUCK!!!!!* or pecan pie *EWWWWW!!!*
But for some odd reason this Christmas I couldn't get enough of either. So I have probably gain... Oh... at least 100 lbs with all the eggnog I've drank and all the pecan pie I could sneak away from the rest of the family ;)...
Cynthia, my daughter, decided she'd make a pecan pie (her first time, mind you) for her daddy (one of his favorites!). On her second try (we wont talk about her first one :]P *bla*) she did a stupendous job! It was so rich it just melted in your mouth! It has made my head buzz with all the sugar that was running threw my veins, lol!!! But I cannot make myself stop eating it!! OMGdness, why did I have to fall in love with the taste of pecan pie and the rich taste of eggnog, I may have drank most of the eggnog we bought; It was so yummy and creamy!! Where has my taste been all my life?! Did my taste buds finally decide to BUD!?! It's a horrible awaking!!
For one, I have never liked pie's and I can barely tolerate milk... as a matter of fact I don't drink milk! Ugh, now Iv done it or maybe I should say my taste buds have done it... Time to hit the gym, take out my, VERY DUSTY, Pilate's DVDs and watch my food intake. But now I have to fight demons I have never encountered before!! Pecan pie and eggnog demons; Jesus help me ;P Not only that being OLDER makes moderation harder when you haven't done it in a while!!!

So now, here it is friends... I'm going to fight a battle that I need to win... So as I take this last bite of this scrumptious pecan pie,( yes, I'm eating it now and have eaten most of it) I will head up stairs (if I can make it up the stairs) and see if I can find my workout mat and DVDs... Ugh....

Here's to you, BUDs!! How dare you decide to come alive and catch me off guard.... Mmmm the crust is the best part.... K... I'm done (eating the pie that is.....)

Ms.Ruby's Preschool

Merry Christmas from my lil friends!

Making Gingerbread Houses

Our finished product! #Beautiful!!

Gift exchanged ~ books :)

We had a Christmas party at preschool and we made gingerbread houses for fun. What a time we had doing those!! Messy, messy, messy but oh... so much fun!! The children were enthusiastic and very thorough about their houses. We also took the time to wrap our own gifts to our mommy's... I absolutely love watching lil hands work... and it was the cutes thing to watch!! We had a 'book' gift exchanged and the children really did love their new books... who says lil people need toys to be happy?! At this age they love books and love to be read too. We took time out to take pictures around the tree and that was a chore, lol.. But we survived.

Over all it was a good day and wonderful memories at ms.ruby's preschool.