In two places at once

A couple of weeks ago I was asked to be a guest speaker for a conference on multiage education. I was speaking on using the arts to engage children in their learning. I was so pumped as using the arts to teach the core subject areas are one of my passions - I would one day like to create a classroom where this is done with autistic and other special needs children (my other passion when it comes to teaching). I was asked about 2 months in advance so I thought that I would have lots of time to prepare - boy was I wrong. 

Kathryn is not a typical sleepy baby. She only likes to take about 2 - 30 minute naps a day, sometimes not even that much. So I originally thought that I would be able to prepare an hour and half presentation during her naps, I soon found out that this would not work with her sleeping schedule. I felt like I had to rush to get it all ready so it was not as well done I as would have liked, but I did get it done thanks to Jake watching her on most of his days off. I hated not hanging out with them but I also knew that it had to get done and that it was something that I am passionate about and believe more teachers should do so it was important to me. 

Then came the day of the presentation. Kat was super cuddly that morning and I did not want to leave but my mom came over and watched her for the day. For the whole day I was there thinking about her until it was my time to speak, even though I felt it was a disjointed presentation, I was loving it. I didn't realize how much I missed talking about all of these topics. But as soon as I was doe, I couldn't wait to get home and find out all of the things that Kathryn did - turns out she had a  2 1/2 hour nap - seriously!