Your Happy Home
Posted by Kim Murphy on 21 Aug 2009 | Posted in: Inspiration and Motivation, Life After School, Meet the Mailbox®
This is a photo of my cat, Newton. She is my baby. (She would like you folks to know that the camera adds ten pounds and the photo was taken at an unflattering angle.) For the years when teaching was my profession, I would leave school and come home to Newton. In other words, my home life was pretty mellow. (I was working on my goal of becoming a crazy cat lady.) However, many of you are with little ones all day and then come home to your own little ones. I’ve long thought that these are the people who should be up for sainthood. Do you have youngsters at home? Do you find it particularly challenging to be with youngsters during the day and the evening? Or perhaps you have a home filled with cats (or dogs). Send me a message and tell me about your home life.
Congratulations to Theresa F. from Glendale, Arizona. She is the winner of a copy of the K-1 Organize Now, May, book.
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This will be my second year teaching Kindergarten. I have four girls of my own at home. They are 15,7,5, and 2 years old. One of the most difficult things has been the balancing act of Mother-Wife-Teacher-Myself. I love each and every individual hat I wear on a daily basis however, it is not always easy to find time for all of them. I usually find the one that gets left out is Time for Myself. I always feel I am being selfish. I am learnng to recognize the importantance of doing this though, or else you will have less to give to the rest. I have vowed to take some time for myself this year. I know all the other parts of my life will benefit from this.
I have two young sons, 4 and 6, and work full time has a 4K teacher. I have found that it is difficult to change hats and go from teacher to Mom, but it also nice for the parents of my students to realize that I experience some of the very same issues that they face. I am working to take less and less home with me, just so I can spend my home time with my family.
Well, the only teacher in my family was my gramma. She was a piano teacher and worked from her home. So, this is my first experience with being a teacher /having a teacher in the family that works outside of the home. I would not envy my girls. I feel it must be really tough to be a teacher’s child. On the other hand, it is hard to be a teacher and a parent. I work with 26 kindergarteners. Then I come home to more children.I don’t always have the patience for my own like I do for my students. It is tough but a job I would not trade!
I am married to the most wonderful man on earth! We don’t have any children yet. We both work at the same church - he as the Director of Media, and I at the school - so we often drive to work together. It’s great to be able to go to work together and arrive home together in the evening.
I have two boys(9 & 16). When I come home my boys and my husband if he is home early know that I need 20-30 minutes of wind-down time. I teach preschool so by the end of the day my energy is zapped. I usually need to recharge by taking a power nap or just sitting with my feet up before I can cook, help the younger one with homework,etc. I love teaching young children they are full of energy. My GUYS are very energetic and keep me busy too!
I have three sons, the youngest just left for college last week. Yes, it was very hectic and busy working all day with kids and then coming home to my own, juggling before and after school care and activities, getting to all of their conferences and special school nights as well as my own, and dealing with homework and projects for them as well as for me. But, I wouldn’t trade it for the world and I am a little sad that it is all over. It really gave me more empathy for kids and parents, and it went by so fast. Cherish each day…they go so fast.
I have two boys ages 9 & 12. I was the one who took them to the babysitter and picked them up. (My babysitter lived across the street from the school where I teach.) Now that they’re both in school, they come to my classroom after school. I teach kindergarten so once my little ones left to go home, my own two came through the door. There have been days when I just tell them “Mom needs a few minutes please.” Now that they’re older, it is easier to ask them to give me some “time”. They walk around the building or go outside. There are days when we get home we all need some time to ourselves. When those days come, we just tell each other on our way home that we need 30 minutes. It is hard to go from teaching to your kids right away after school. But I know I only have 6 more years until my oldest goes to college. I’m not ready for that!
I have three boys of my own (19, 15, and 8). They keep me busy in a good way! I come home to a house full of life. It is NEVER quite. I have two large dogs (Mandy and Max). I am a Pre-K teacher and have been in early childhood education for over 17 years now. I love to teach and the children keep me young at heart. When my boys were little, they benefited because I would try out new ideas and learning games with them first, before rolling it out to my class. Since I always keep abreast of new education developments, my boys got the best toys and games I could find, which in turn goes to my Pre-K class to enjoy! My oldest boys are bigger now and onto new hobbies, but my 8 year old delights in giving me ideas to help young children learn. He tells me that I am his favorite teacher:-) We often go garage “sailing” together to find interesting teaching toys, games or manipulatives.
I have been teaching for over 30 years now, and my sons are 27 and 29 now. It was difficult to work all day and then come home and change hats to mom. I learned not to take work stuff home with me, because my sons needed time with me. You learn to balance things and not compromise being mom. When I would go to a bookstore with my sons, they would say ” Are you buying books for your kids at school or us kids at home?” My reply was usually ” Pick out a book for yourself”..they knew how to get to me.I ended up taking summers off, living on very little income, and planned activities for us to do. As often as possible, I would stop what I was doing at home to see their Lego buildings, pictures drawn, goofy antics, or just talk. It pays off later when they are teens and need someone to talk to. Now, I am a grandma and I still teach preschool. My granddaughters are 20 months and almost 5. Every Wednesday they come over for the evening, so Mom and Dad can have a couple hours for themselves. They call Wednesday “Granddaughter Day”. I am exhausted at the end of the workday, but my husband and I love to make time for them. It is a great reward to have them near. I might be tired the next day, but I wouldn’t give it up for anything. For all you young moms who are teachers too, hang in there and make time for some fun with your kids..it is what they will remember when they are grown up. Did you make your kids at home as high a priority as your kids at school? They just want your attention and love too.
Since, I am a homeschooler and also a chidcare worker, I am always with children. We have three children at home- aged 5, 3 and 2. We also have two beautiful dogs- Seminole, a 13 yr old german shep and Scotch, a 2 yr old scottish terrier. Our house is always loud, but very happy.
I come home to a 28 year old son,who has down syndrone and a husband. Our daughter is married and has our first grandson. Her and her husband along with the baby lives forty five minutes away. I try to see him as much as I can. Most of the time I’m doing home work. I really don;t have much “me” time. What time I’m not at work, I’m going to school.
I, myself have three children, I also have what people call my own zoo of animals, I have five dogs which three of those are puppies, which are on the inside. I also have two cats which the female had kittens ( five ) of them, and they are all on the inside. Which gives me twelve animals, so between the children and the animals i am constantly on the go and now myself and the children start back to school on monday so that calls for another busy day. so you said you were almost the cat lady, well i turned into the animal lady period because i love animals as much as i do children all of my animals feel like they are my children.