How does she do it?

I am a fan of the show Jon and Kate Plus 8. I have watched it since it first started and am amazed at the organization and energy that these two parents have. This week I have gained a whole new level of respect for Kate.

It was my turn to teach preschool. I was alone with 6 three year olds for 2 hours. Gasp!
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I have a degree in education. I taught 3rd grade for 5 years before I was blessed with my 2 kids. I thought, 'Ha, 6 three-year olds, no big deal. Piece of cake.' Oh, how wrong I was! I think there is some mathematical equation out there that proves 6 three-year olds are greater than 25 eight-year-olds. I think it might be trigonometry. I'm not sure, I only had to get through algebra for my degree.

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I had preschool on Tuesday and Thursday this week. I was looking forward to it. We were going to be learning about the letter E. I planned and plotted and decided we would use Elmo as our theme on Tuesday. I thought I had too many activities planned. Wrong again! They ate through all my plans in less than an hour and I was left to keep them occupied and well behaved for the last hour of school. I was able to pull a few tricks out of my hat to keep them entertained, but it wore me out!
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I had to post the craft we did. I made Elmo heads and let the kids stuff them and glue a face on them. Don't they look just like Elmo? Isn't it funny how things look so much better in your head!

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I was pretty happy with our snack. I made the Elmo cupcakes and found the Elmo drink boxes at The Wal Mart. (gotta love Wal-Mart!)

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When this morning rolled around, I got out of bed with a slight tinge of panic. I knew had to do it all over again. This time I made sure I had double the amount of activities. I used the story The Shoemaker and the Elves as my theme for today. It went a lot better, I used up all the time, and I did a happy dance when I sent the last kids home with their mom. When my turn rolls around in 5 more weeks, hopefully I will be even more prepared.

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I can't even imagine what it would be like to do that EVERY SINGLE DAY! Way to go, Kate! No wonder you are so skinny.