Nursery: Pill-free Birth Control, Disastrous Headache and Adventure.

Nursery is my "calling" in my home ward. Basically, it's my mom's. And I love spending time with her. She doesn't have much help and that's where I come in. I love my mom. And I love those kids. Today, Katie and I had to tackle TEN children all by ourselves. It was insane. The kids in attendance were:

Fiona Tanner: Basically world's cutest toddler. She is so animated and full of personality. I also had the pleasure of taking her to the bathroom today as she went "all by herself."
Skyler: The boy with no last name. I've asked many times, but he doesn't know it yet. He's 2. I want all of my children to be like him. Really. He's adorable, sweet and very kind. Not to mention he listens. Which is a rare characteristic in 2 year old boys. Funny story with him to come.
Nicholas Rory: I am pretty sure that's his last name. He's sweet too. Wild and crazy and full of energy. He doesn't like to sing and dance during singing time like most of the other kids. But, he is still very cute.
Lilia: I forget her last name. But, she is adorable. She normally is perched on my mom's lap with a firm grip on my mom's bracelets in one hand and a plastic hot dog in the other. She is extremely smart for just turning 2. We love quizzing her and being amazed at what she knows.
Koryn Beasley: She is very sweet. She is very smart. She's such a cute girl! She likes things to be kept in order and doesn't have time for rowdyness. Well, sometimes. Like today. When for the last 30 seconds of class everyone was full of energy so we all screamed. Me and Korynincluded. Ha it was refreshing.
Mike (Michael) Kroshaw: My buddy. He normally cries upon being left. And we normally hang out. His dad came to class today saying he was saying my name this whole week. Which of course I loved. Cause I love him! He is very quiet and sweet. He loves playing with cars if you can get him off your lap. What an angel.
Julia: Jeez. I can't remember anyone's last name today! She is wild and can hold her own with the boys. She loves hiding in the play fridge and enjoys locking others in there even more. She is nice and learning to be potty trained. "Poppy" means potty. :)
Sloan: She isn't there often. She is very nice. Very quiet and is very rarely involved in any of the scuffles.
Kaelyn: She's new. Ha. As of today. She's a runner. The door opens and she's gone. She escaped today. Twice. Once for snack time. And once as Sister Tufts was leaving. We didn't notice the first time when Sister Tufts left. But, for snack time and our trip outside, we were prepared.
Cailie Tufts: Is Sister Tufts daughter. They come in together. She cries when her mom leaves the room but, I don't know if she is old enough to be in nursery. Today one of the kids bonked her on the head and she cried. Welcome to Nursery Cailie.

Sister Tufts said to me today: "We talked this morning and we are putting together another nursery class and SOON." Thank you. I will be sad to see some of my kids gone, but I won't be there when they split them up. It's still sad though.

Anyway, we took the advantage, Katie and I of being alone in Nursery. And snapped some pictures. I wish I had taken a picture of ALL ten of the kids. But it was NEAR impossible.

Here are some quick pictures of Katie:

Enjoying the day. Haha

Lila wouldn't smile for any of the pictures.

With my mom gone, I made her sit on Katie's lap. Since
she is very much a lap baby, I couldn't have her on mine. I
was up and down keeping "order" in the room.

She is an angel.

Katie helped a lot with the kids. Lillia left early. Because there was so much going on. And Katie and I couldn't always hold her. So, she got tired of us like 20 minutes before church was over. Haha

Oh funny story! Fiona today told me she had to go to the bathroom at which Skyler announced he did too. Suddenly the WHOLE class had to go to the bathroom. Katie looked at me and I volunteered to be bathroom monitor. I took Skyler and Fiona and said I would take 2 at a time. Assuming they were they only 2 that ACTUALLY had to go and once they were gone the rest would forget. (It proved true).

We walked hand in hand to the bathroom. And I took Fiona into the first stall, got her on the toilet and told her to go and to call me when she was done. I then took Skyler into the next stall and proceeded to get him undressed. His belt was stuck, so by the time Fiona finished I was still struggling with Skyler. (Fiona did actually go, and wiped by herself. As well as flushed to her amusement.)

I was able to get Skyler undressed. I lifted the seat. It was stained yellow and he announced "Ew. It's dirtyyy!" I laughed and said, "Yes, it is. But, it's all we've got!" He just laughed and smiled. So, since he's a boy and boys stand I looked from him to the toilet laughing and wondering what to do... He eventually touched my arm and said "help?" So, I just decided to pick him up and sit him on the toilet (I pulled the seat back down first). He aimed and went to the bathroom like an old pro. I didn't know boys learned sitting down. So, there ya go. Mother in training I guess. :)

Everyday is something new. Here are the rest of the pictures:

Fiona, Mike, Me and Corrine.

Aren't they Angels?

Fiona is always cracking me up!

Julia :)

The cutest boy EVER! Skyler.
Sloan is in the background.

Corrine. Covering her face with a ladel?

The most photogenic child alive. Fiona.

They came and dog piled me. So, we snapped a picture. Fiona, Me, Corrine and Julia.

A very blurry picture of Sloan.

Me and the cute Corrine.

Kaelin's rear, Fiona and me. I dunno how or when this was taken?

My buddy Mike.

 Haha Gosh. What a happy guy! ;)

I do love these kids.

And that is Nursery. Wild and crazy. But, you can't help but love every second of it.