Teeth

I don't know if it true or not but it does seem so in the case of our kids. J got his first 2 teeth at 9 months (the bottom 2 broke at the same time). S got her first tooth finally at 14 months, R got her first tooth at 7 months. R by far has the worst teeth. And she's the one who always brushes and flosses. We have to beg the others, just to brush their teeth. S's teeth are the strongest. It makes me ponder about the age of the first baby tooth and the strength of them and then the adult teeth that follow. Today R had a cleaning at the dentist and she again has a cavity. I feel so bad for her.

25 years ago

I was in my first wedding, and I was the maid of honor. Happy 25th Anniversary big brother and my sister-in-law. Doesn't seem like it's been that long ago we were driving in the fog, with heads stuck out the window to look at bridesmaid dresses. Hope you have a great day!

Relaxing

Enjoying being off and a few days of nothing to do. Well, nothing I have to do anyway. I could do lots but I am not motivated by anything right now. Enjoying the peace. P was off all weekend, a rare occurrence. He drove J to camp on Saturday, and when he got home we met his Dad for dinner for his birthday (which was in April). On Sunday P and I left the girls to clean their room (which they actually did!) and went to see Star Trek, it was pretty good for a trekie movie. Yesterday P hiked and I made hamburgers and strawberry shortcake for dinner. That's about all the excitement there's been around here.

School's out for the Summer!

Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!! The year went by so fast, it seems almost unreal. I will miss the children I had direct contact this past year, and I look forward to seeing them again in Aug. Come Aug. and for 2 years I will have all 3 of my kids at different schools, J a junior in high school, S in 7th grade at middle school, and R in 4th grade in elementary school) that should be fun and challenging for us.

I'm still awake

It must be the excitement of only 6.5 hours left to work in my current contract. But I am working a few days in June which is a workshop on co-teaching. And maybe I'll get some calls to sub during summer school. Tomorrow 4th thru 6 grade will have their award assemblies, and Kindergarten will have their celebration party, which is a little bigger than parties grades 1-3 will have. But first grade has a really fun theme, the kids are going to have so much fun. Unfortunately I don't know what 3rd grade plans are, and because the 2 students I work with are in Kindergarten I will miss S getting her Honor Roll ribbon for the year. I believe her teacher did really well in preparing S for Middle School. S should also get an Art award and possibly a PE one. I hate that I'm going to miss seeing it all for myself. P has to work too :( I think I'll write her a letter and tell her how proud I am of her. I am also proud of R who was on Honor Roll all year, and J almost getting there. He just struggles so with writing, he has from the beginning of his education so that's nothing new. He'll end up with all A's and B's for the year and a lonely C in Language Arts(baring he doesn't totally bomb is final tomorrow)

Yawn..Yawn

I have been so tired the last 2 days. This week at school has been Spirit week, yesterday day was pajama day, a friend suggested that because we are in pj's our brain gives us the signal that we're tired. I'm not sure I buy that since I was sound asleep by 8 PM last night, and I slept completely through the night. A little less than 11 hours of sleep. I would have hoped I had lots of energy all day today. Sadly no, I did not, I'm was so and am so tired, I wish I could crawl under the covers and go to sleep. S went to her 6th grade dance tonight, P is working late and J left with his uncle on a scout fishing trip right after school today. I'll have to be alert enough to go pick S up at 8 tonight. No fair.

I made it

Last night was S's over night field trip. J dropped us off at school at 5:15 PM and helped up unload and load the bus. We unloaded and walked into the zoo with our stuff to the picnic area for pizza. Then we did some walking around, it was starting to get dark, which was weird. Then we picked up our stuff and walked to the tents near the lions. It was way to much for me, I rode on the cart. I was having a terrible time breathing. They showed us more animals up close, then bed, well more like floor. I took J's mat but even with it, it was very uncomfortable. I'm not sure I slept. The girls woke up at 5:30, after everyone was dressed and we cleaned up camp. We walked back to the exit area to drop off our stuff before breakfast. We were given a tour of some other animals, took the safari ride (which in my opinion is not very long, which really seemed short when your feet hurt), we broke up into groups and my group wanted to play in the water, the kids played in both water areas and we saw the monkeys, before lunch, then thank goodness it was 1 PM, after we all ate, and time to pick up our things and head to the bus and back to Sunrise. It was pretty hot walking around, but not nearly as hot as the bus was on our trip back, it was bad. After we unloaded, I needed/wanted to check on my student and the things we use everyday. I'm glad I did because her voice box was not plugged in, her computer mouse was left in the computer lab )she sues one that has only 1 clicker part), she was only taken the bathroom once all day (she's toilet training), and her Mother's Day gifts we worked on in her classroom did not make it in to her backpack. Geez good thing the bus showed up back at school in time for to help her. I'm so tired and my feet hurt so much. I think I'll take a shower and go to bed very early.

Looking good!

My job at R's school is looking good for next year. What's even better is 2 of my supervisors were fighting for me! They told me today all the details from the conversation they had with the principal yesterday. Man did that make me feel so awesome to hear the compliments today!