Today I got a new calling--primary teacher. I was pretty worried when Dave told me that the bishop was going to give us callings. My greatest fear is being called as a nursery leader. Luckily, my greatest fear did not come to pass, and I am teaching a class full of 10-year-olds. I am excited but kind of scared because 13 ten-year-olds--mostly boys is a lot to handle. I just hope I can influence them for good. They are at an age where they ask a lot of thought-provoking questions, and I just hope I will know what to say. Dave is teaching the 15-16 year old Sunday School class.

Yesterday I worked at my cakes/catering job and made box lunches for the "Pet Fest" in Old Town Spring. It was kind of funny because I'm not much of an animal person, and there were some very extravagant pet things at this function. Dogs everywhere!!! I have gotten to the point where I don't mind being around animals, but I probably wouldn't own one myself. My poor future kids--between having a dietitian for a mom and not being able to get pets--I hope they will survive.

I don't intend on being an "insane-dietitian-mom," ie, how many vegetables have you had today? Let's count up your calories to make sure you are achieving the proper balance of nutrients and physical activity. No, my intention is to offer my kids a variety of nutritious foods and let them choose what and how much they eat. Small children have an innate ability to govern the amount of food they eat. It is only when parents force them to eat more, use food as rewards, clean their plate, and when eating becomes a social thing instead of a hunger thing that children lose the ability to eat only what they need.

I get to teach a cake decorating class for enrichment this week--I am looking forward to it. It will be a basic technique class this week, then a more advanced technique class next week. I think it will be really fun.

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