Do you use physical punishment?

So as usual I'm working on a paper..and I want some opinions. Feel free to leave comments if you don't feel any of the answers apply to your situation.

Why I'm majoring in Early Childhood.

I got a lot of criticism when I changed my major from nursing to early childhood education. And I didn't lose any credits since all I had so far was pre-reqs anyway. I don't feel like I need to justify that decision to anyone, since it's my career. But for the sake of posterity, let's go through this argument.

1. The obvious - I love children. Seeing them learn is just amazing. And just this first semester of classes has been an amazing learning experience for me.
2. The pay - teaching isn't going to pay as well as nursing. But this isn't a field that people go into looking to make the big bucks. You do it for the kids, not for the money.
3. Job security - can I just ask everyone to take a look at the paper? Because I see waaay more help wanted ads for education than for RNs. Just sayin'.
4.  I'm putting a lot of time and effort into my education. Why would I sink that much time, effort, and money into something that I may or may not love doing?

All this being said, my first early childhood class is going great. I am learning so much. My views have changed in a huge way, and I am so confident in my choice now. (I'm also happy with my decision to do early childhood as opposed to elementary!)

Christmas is Coming!

And it's time to start thinking about how you're going to send out the kiddies' Christmas pictures! How about an adorable card from Shutterfly? I've ordered through them before and they're great!. They have a great selection of cards for 2010, ranging from traditional, to fun, with any number of pictures on the card. I can't wait to pick out my family's Christmas cards. I love this one:

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They have all kinds of cute photo gifts, like calendars and super cute baby invitations and announcements. Plus, they're so affordable, they always have specials going and coupons out!

The best special right now? Bloggers that do a write up of their products can get 50 photo cards for free! Sounds good right? Check it out here. All you have to do is fill out a form and post a quick blog!

Someone took their creative pills this morning

Not really sure what came over me, but I kinda got crazy creative today. My living room looks like the craft section of Walmart was picked up in a tornado and dumped on my house. But, I made two super cute tutus (which sadly, I can't keep for Claire because they were made for other people), as well as a new bow for her and a bow holder.

Clouds and Their Silver Linings

You know what I hate?

Being in a great mood, and then having it shot, beat with a stick, and then rolled down a steep hill.

I got 100% on my early childhood paper that I wrote about Teaching the OI Child and I am totally jazzed about it.

But do you think I got a chance to share that with my family? Of course not. Because the minute I walk in the door, I get hit by a wave of grouchiness that knocks me over backwards. Not to mention the fact that in said childhood class tonight, we had an exam over 5 whole chapters. Which accounts for 10% of the total grade for the class. Stress? What's that?

But, I did manage to get myself registered for the spring semester today, and I'm going to send myself to hell thoroughly and jump from 4 classes up to 5. I'm doing Childhood Psychology, Infant and Toddler Care, Child Development for the Early Childhood Educator, Early Childhood Activites (Do you see a theme here?), and Photographic Technology.