Nursery Day

As most of you know, Hettie and I volunteer our time in the nursery every other Sunday. We are going in today looking forward to seeing the little ones. Some of the past few times have been a little trying. We want to help out in areas that we signed up for and I am tired of getting other peoples problems dumped on us. Don't get me wrong, we signed up to help and we are doing it gladly. We signed in for the Nursery. Not children over 2. Our training and qualification was given to us for the little ones but nothing else. Some people insist on leaving their older children with us when we are the only ones there in the morning. This is not only unfair to us but the babies as well. We have ages separated for a reason. The older children play too rough for the newborns. The last thing we need is 5 newborns in a tiny room with baby toys and children too big and too old to coexist. We don't have the lesson plan for the older ones, so it becomes much more of a burden. It is really hard to say no. Especially with the other volunteers not showing up for their shift. Sorry I just had to vent. Time to shower.