A Job

So the week before Thanksgiving I got a random call from the school district. I had turned in an applications a few months earlier, but the position had been long since filled. I was suddenly being asked to interview for a position I had not even applied for! I did the interview on the belief that it wouldn't hurt, and now I have a job. A real job! I work with the preschool aged children and am the special education para educator. This has caused a few changes in the family and household routine, but all in all it is a very good thing. Three days into the new job I do miss my girls during the day, but they are in school so we are only apart about an hour more each day.

Today is a SNOW DAY! Day four of work is spent at home with my kids. The girls tried to go out and play in the snow but, according to them, "The snow is too cold!" :-)

The begining...

So this is the beginning of this blog. The purpose here is to document and commemorate some of the moments in our lives and to share them.

As I was loading Athena into the van one day she began complaining about how hot it was. She didn't want to get in the car or her car seat be cause of the heat (It really wasn't that hot, just warm). The conversation went basically like this:

"I want the cold back. It's too hot!"
"Where did the cold go?"
"I not know."
So I asked the next best question to try to understand what she wanted to happen. "Well, where would it come from?"

After a long pause she slowly responded, "Ultimately, the cold comes from the 'tarctic'."

I was shocked. It was not what I expected, and surprisingly accurate for a 3 year old. So my response was simply, "What!?"

In a very attitude filled, "duh, mom" voice she replied, "You know mom, the poles".

I laughed. I laughed and laughed.

And so in memory of those silly moments, this is "Ultimately Us".