Introduction
Welcome to my blog! I am so excited to have you read all the crazy things that comes and goes through my Adult-Toddler brain. Ever wonder why I would named this blog the Adult-Toddler Brain? I truly believe that we have a little toddler inside of all of us!
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Blast from the Past
This is one of my favorite pictures of me, I would be the dancer in the front of the picture with the blue shorts and flower bows, the little girl standing next to me staring into the camera would be my wonderful bestfriend! What's great about this picture is that not much as changed. I can still match my clothes to a tee and still love to dance no matter who is watching!
Living in the Present
This is me now! Oh how I've have grown! This picture was taken on the journey of finding myself, a journey that I still find myself on.
Favorite Book:
The Giving Tree
By: Shel Silverstein
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This is my favorite book of all time. I was introduced to this book when I was in the first grade, and every since then, I have love this book. Ever children's book teaches a lesson of some short, and this book taught me relationships, and how strong relationships can last over time. I can't wait to share this book with children of my own someday.
"I Believe that Children are Our Future, Teach Well and Let them Lead the Way..."- Whitney Houston
So lets jump back into the time machine, and go back to (I won't say what year, don't want to state my age just yet) to the fourth grade, at T.A.Brown Elementary school in Austin, Texas, to the end of the school year talent show. On the stage there is a 10 year old little girl singing her heart out to the "Greatest Love of All" by Whitney Houston. Who is this girl, (wait for it, wait for it)...me! That's right I sang this song at my fourth grade talent show, not as good as Whitney (come on it's Whitney), but I sang with just as much heart and passion! I should have been a super star, I had skills...kind of!
My Passion: Early Childhood!!!
YES and MORE YES! So I didn't plan for this to happen. It really did just sort of happen. Here is the story.
I was in high school working at a supermarket, and my friend told me about a job at a daycare down the street from my high school. I was excited because the supermarket was about 20 minutes and the daycare was only 5 minutes away. By this time, I was already accepted to college and my major was going to be Mass Communications.
My first day at the Child Care center was unlike anything I had ever imagined. I had never taken care of a child for more than 2 hours at Sunday school, and suddenly my main job was to take care of children for at least 4 hours. I was placed in the infant classroom with ten crying babies on different schedules with two other teachers. I can still remember the pain in my right arm from holding the children. I don't know the exact moment I knew I wanted to know more about child development, but I remember when I was at college orientation and when the guy said, "Is there anybody who wants change their major?" I shot up and waved my hand, and almost broke my neck running to the registrar office.
The rest is history! I have been an assistant teacher, lead teacher, high school teacher and Supervisor of a childhood program. I am now working as a Director Mentor for a non-profit organization. My job is to work with Child Care homes and centers to help the program become a quality program and for the center to become accredited through our state's quality rating system, NAC and NAEYC.
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