School

Still hanging around???  Friday both kids had apple day in their classrooms.  They had so much fun and made lots of memories with their friends.  The got to peel/core apples to make applesauce.  Andrew got to make a caramel apple which he gave to his sister.  He said it was because he doesn't like green apples but either way he couldn't bite into it with no front teeth and I was going to have to cut it up for him.  He gladly gave it to her instead!  My class is having apple day on Wednesday the 26th because it is Johnny Appleseed's birthday.  I think I have everything ready to go to make it a fun day.  Thankfully it is our short day so we can have fun and go home early!  Most of my activities are learning activities with an art project thrown in there and of course apple tasting.  We are also going to make apple sauce although I will have to bring it home to finish cooking and we'll eat it on Thursday.  I wish I had pictures of the kids in their classrooms but I didn't have a camera or my phone with me that day.  It was kind of a rough day....ok a really rough day and it seemed like everything went wrong.  Grace's teacher took pictures, not sure about Andrew's.  I stopped by both classrooms during my lunch time so I didn't get to spend much time with them but I think they were happy that I did.  Grace thanked me for stopping by.  It was so very sweet! 

Oh, and I just have to brag on Grace for a second.  You know those peg games they have on the tables at Cracker Barrel?  David got one for Christmas a few years ago and the kids always want to play it.  David sat down with Grace on Saturday and told her how to play and she actually got down to 1 peg!!!  I couldn't believe it!  He said he couldn't believe it either and tried it again because he couldn't let his 5 year old show him up and he could only get down to 3 pegs!  Too funny!

Can't brag on Grace without bragging on Andrew! He had his first flag football game for this season and he got the first touchdown of the game!  It was so fun to watch him running all the way down the field with that football!  He also got an extra point later in the game.  He knows just how to get through all those boys without getting his flag pulled and he never puts his hand down to block his flag like a lot of the kids do!  He is doing so good this year in all his sports.  He is really figuring it out and getting more aggressive without being too aggressive!  He is so fun to watch!

Hope you all had a great weekend!  We enjoyed not having much to do.  I spent a lot of time on school work but I feel very prepared for this week and next!  Have a great week!  I'll try to take pics of my apple day festivities.  I can't use the students pictures so I'll try to get some without!

Look who.......

got Student of the Month for August!!!!!

I was so surprised that they both came into my classroom after school with their awards!  I knew about Andrew because his teacher had asked if he wanted to be the Shining Start that says the Pledge of Allegiance over the intercom and he was too nervous to do that so he got this instead!  I am one proud mommy

Oh, and a few extra prayers would be nice.  I'm applying for the permanent position for the classroom I'm in right now.  It's all political and everyone has to apply for it.  There's no guarantee that I will get it so I'm just going to apply and hope and pray for God's will.  I feel like it's time for me to be back in the classroom.  If it's not time, then I guess I'll just be a little lost again trying to figure out what I'm supposed to be doing.  I'll for sure be in the classroom for at least another month while they interview and make a decision.  I can't even get my application turned in until Monday so I'm a little nervous about that also.  I didn't know it had been posted so I didn't get my stuff in order and I'm leaving town tomorrow right after school to go to Women of Faith with a friend.   I won't have my letters of recommendation until Monday anyway so it's ok that I'm waiting.  Then I won't have to make sure they receive everything they need to consider me. 

Well, it's late and I will be really tired tomorrow if I don't go to bed very soon!  It's hard to be tired all day with first graders.  I don't like to be grouchy with them but I find myself not tolerating things as well when I'm tired!  Need to go finish the homework for next week also!  Have a great weekend!  I'm looking forward to some girl time and then Disneyland with the family on Sunday!

Checking in

Just checking in.  Went out of town over the weekend.  Most of you are friends on facebook so you already know the story.  For the rest of you, the shop that worked on our car last week didn't tighten the bolts in the brakes and one of the brakes came apart while we were driving and upon further inspection by someone else, the bolts on the other side weren't tightened either.  Basically if the brake pads or bolts would have fallen into the wrong place the wheel would have locked up and it would have been ugly.  The guy that fixed our car was very careless and it could have been deadly.  We know that God took care of us that night.  We were lucky to even have working brakes because of the way the wire was all twisted.  Another issue (thanks to Firestone) because the guy allowed the brake wire to get all twisted and kinked.  If it had gotten cut or caught on something it could have caused us to lose our brakes all together.  That was on the way there and the rest of the weekend wasn't much better.  Nothing bad happened the rest of the weekend but it just wasn't really fun.  We didn't feel like we made any memories.  Just a boring weekend in a not so great hotel.

School is going very well for the kids.  They love their teachers and are doing very well on all of their work.  My class is going well.  I feel like I'm finally getting a little organized.  My table is finally cleared off so I can get some assessments done.  I'm still not sure how long I will be there so I'm just trying to go a week at a time until I find out.  I want to be organized for the next teacher so I'm trying to get all the assessments done and keep track of everything so it is clear and easy to find and understand. 

This weekend is Andrew's last basketball game.  I have to get everything ready for the party that afternoon.  Speaking of party.....I need to order the cupcakes.  Supposed to do that 2 days in advance.  Guess tomorrow is the day!  Nothing like waiting until the last minute!