Today was definitely a little calmer than yesterday. I woke up and went to sheltering arms around 8:30 AM. I was allowed to pick which room I wanted to be in so I walked around a few classrooms and asked if they needed help, but ended up in the same room (#4) with the one and two year olds that I was in yesterday morning. When I first walked in, it smelt like they all had dirty diapers... so I was not too thrilled. However, once they all saw me they ran up and hugged my legs. Cynergy, one of the two year olds, came around 9:15 and was crying because she had to leave her mom, but when she saw me she immediately hugged me and stopped crying. It is the moments like this throughout the day at Sheltering Arms that touch you the most.
Before going through their morning learning session, we went outside for 10 minutes so they could play on the playground. They rode on the cars, slid down the slide, and ran around until it was time to go in. After going through their daily routine of the ABC's, numbers (in English, Spanish, and German), names, dances, etc., we got out the toys for them to play with. They ran around the room with those popping wheel things (almost like a lawn mower) and the big bouncy balls. They had so much fun! After we cleaned up, we started arts and crafts where they were given 6 popsicle sticks to make a little house with an orange rectangle as the door. This was very difficult because they all wanted to eat the glue. When the food arrived, we fed them their lunch and then put them down on the cots for nap time. I was pretty relieved it was time to go because after the constant playing it gets pretty tiring.
We went upstairs with Beth, the head of volunteers and communications, and helped her with an event they have tomorrow. We helped roll silverware and tie it with a bow, as well as putting a bow on mason jars for glasses. Once our time was up, we said goodbye and left to go home. I went to Lovett for a vestry meeting and then came home and did my blog.
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