Exciting News

[Random drawing of an Astronaut by Livvie, Age 4)

I can finally share my exciting news. No, I am not pregnant, despite the high hopes of both my daughters that twin baby girls will magically arrive on our doorstep!

No, I went for a job interview last week and... I got the job! I will be a Teacher's Aide (it's now called a 'School Learning Support Officer') at a local K-12 school for students with intellectual and physical disabilities. It will be casual/on-call to begin with, building to two regular, set days each week.

I am really excited... This is something I have always wanted to do - I often said to Nick that once the girls were older, I wanted to volunteer at a local school for deaf and blind children. Now it seems I have found the perfect {paid!} job, in my desired field, working with children, in school hours, close to home.

I had two telephone interviews, a face-to-face interview and a little tour of the school. It was amazing to see the students in their classes, all with very high support needs and all-but-one in a wheel chair, but all very, very inspiring.

My role will be to assist in classroom activities, school routines and the care and management of students with disabilities. I will help the teacher implement individual education programs and provide opportunities for students to develop personal, social, independent living and pre-vocational skills.

My first day is this Friday. I am happy and nervous and... hope I have what it takes! With the girls both at Pre-school now and me back at work, this is a new phase for our little family. So, this blog might be a little quiet for a bit, while we are settling in to a new routine, but...

I will definitely aim to finish my Quilt asap! I have come too far with it and believe me, I have now seen the irony of cutting up beautiful pieces of fabric into little pieces, only to have to sew them all back together again! [Next time, my squares will be BIG... I might just buy a bunch of fat quarters and sew them all together and avoid the cutting part entirely!]. But it has been fun and definitely very motivating to share a project like this.

I will also start updating our private family blog again, for those who are wanting to see the latest pics and news of the girls (ie. the girls' Grandmothers!).

They are both so funny right now, Elly scraping her knee and telling me she has 'Egg-ma' like her sister (that would be eczema). I now use my magnetic shopping list on the fridge to jot down all the funny things the girls say that I don't want to forget. It confuses my husband ('Where should I go to buy Egg-ma's?') but that's funny too! And there are just so many photos like this one, that I feel the need to share;

So funny!

It's going to a fun year...the last, before Livvie starts school.

I'll be back here soon, with my finished quilt...

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