Now Accepting Applications for 2016-2017 Preschool – Grade 8 Schedule your private tour and learn why generations of families continue to choose STCS to help prepare their children for the high school of their choice! SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS · 2010 National Blue Ribbon School · 99% acceptance rate to Catholic High Schools · New 10,000 sq ft Early Childhood Center · National Junior Honor Society · ITBS scores above national and local averages · Chromebooks, Ipads and computer lab · Accelerated Reading Program · Competitive sports 5th – 8th · All school performances · PE, music, foreign language, library, art & computers · Vibrant Christ-centered community · Financial aid and scholarships available 602-840-0010 x200 5001 E. Thomas Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85018 WWW.STCS.US A 2010 National Blue Ribbon School, Saint Theresa Catholic School offers a rigorous curriculum designed to prepare students spiritually, academically and socially for the high school of their choice. Preschool through Grade 8 Accredited by Western Catholic Education Association (WCEA) Schedule your private tour today! Saint Theresa Catholic School Saint Theresa Catholic School Tino Ferrulli tinoferrulli@gmail.com 4725 North Scottsdale Road • Scottsdale, AZ 85251 As the class leader in aerodynamics, the 2017 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Cabriolet sets a new benchmark with an optimized exterior that effortlessly carves through the wind. With just a touch of a button, AIRCAP ® technology reduces turbulence to maintain an incredibly draft-free drive. Whether the top is up, down, or in transition, THERMOTRONIC intelligent climate control technology uses 12 sensors and 18 actuators to automatically ensure your cabin is always cozy. The new 2017 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Cabriolet arrives early this summer. Going topless. . . never looked so good. 2017 S-Class Cabriolet Page 40 April 2016 By Kindra Hall If you have children who nap, you know the trip home from preschool can be a perilous one. The kids are exhausted and all they want to do is pass out the first moment they are clicked in. Except. That’s the worst thing ever. Because if they doze off in the car for any length of time – even for a prolonged blink – the likelihood of them falling asleep again in their beds once you arrive home, is zero. A 20-second car nap is the number one killer of actual naps. Research says so. Car naps are a danger to the American family. You can literally hear the trail of destruction a car nap leaves behind; just listen closely at the door of your nap-aged neighbors. If you hear uncharacteristic wails and shouting from parents and children, respectively, then you know. Car Nap wins again. I have plenty of strategies for handling the car-nap situation. I ask incessant questions about their friends or activities or letters of the alphabet. I play, “Do you see that pink elephant? You don’t?! Look closer.” I convince my kids there is a sleep monster in the car that will bite if they fall asleep (they’ve grown too smart for that, even when I growl intermittently). I roll the window down – which my daughter hates – and let all surrounding businesses and bystanders at the intersection of Camelback Road and 44th Street be entertained by her screams. I am pleased that today, after months of testing, I can finally say the best way to prevent the dreaded Car Nap is…a trip to the bank. I am an independent contractor, which means my income comes in the mail, check by check. Soooo, I pick the kids up from preschool. We talk about the alphabet, etc. And just about the time the eyes start closing, Car naps – and how to avoid them I pull into the bank drive-thru and suddenly, miraculously, the kids are on their best behavior because they know what’s coming. As I awkwardly reach for the deposit drawer, the children ask with the voice of angels, for a lollipop; a pink one and whatever color Arn likes that week. The plan is pretty much foolproof and a productive bright spot in our day. Until, you don’t need to go to the bank. This past February, it was a slower month for me. My website was undergoing a redesign, so I wasn’t doing any outreach – which meant I received fewer speaking events (the majority of my work) and 50-percent fewer deposits. Truthfully, it made me uneasy. Of course, I didn’t voice this unease with anyone. I didn’t want to admit weakness and I certainly didn’t want sympathy. I was planning to just let it pass, unnoticed. Unnoticed until a particularly whiny preschool pick up. Both kids were exhausted; I was too tired to talk about the letters of the alphabet. All I wanted to do was get them home and put us all to bed. I was focused entirely on that goal when I heard Arn call from the seat behind me. “Mama, can we get a lollipop?” He pointed at the bank as I whizzed past it. “No Arn, I don’t need to go to the bank today,” I sighed. “Awwwwhhhh,” he whined the way only a 4-year-old boy can, “we never go to the bank anymore!” There it was. My deepest fear revealed from the backseat. “Go to sleep,” was all I could say. I now get my DumDums at Walgreens; though don’t try buying them in the drive-thru, they’re not the bank. GIRL NEXT DOOR Aunie (left) and Arn Hall and their “nap distractor,” Chewie.

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