Need Some Foodie Friends....

We are going out with another couple from church tomorrow night. We suggest three restaurants, and they ask if they could go with another option...Applebees. GAG! GAG! GAG! I know that my tastes have become much more refined over the years, but I have just never been a big fan of their food. I don't think the food quality is good. For years I would rather not go out to eat as often, but go to a better quality restaurant less frequently.

I know it is supposed to be about the company, but couldn't some of my friends become foodies too?

Discussing Probability...

I am teaching my students about probability, and start explaining what the term "likely" meant. Once I was pretty confident that all the kids were getting it, I asked for them to give me some examples of things that were more likely to happen than not. Grant says, "That the police will come knock on our door soon."

WOW....it is so common that you are expecting it...AT TEN YEARS OLD.

Being Lazy

I've been lazy with the camera. I've had a few good picture ops, and have not taken them. I will get back on the saddle with that, really.

For St. Pattys day, HH got me two Krispy Kreme green donuts. Yummo! Since we are tee-totalers (non-drinkers), he got me my drink of choice (which so happened to be green)...Diet Mountain Dew, and he had a lemon-lime Gatorade. It was a great toast.

Comment that melted my heart today....Nyelah comes back from violin lessons, and she knew she had missed our read aloud time, and she says, "What did I miss from Petey?" This is one of my favorite read alouds to my students, but it does take a bit to "get into" the book. Most of the kids are really hooked into the story, and we are only on chapter five. She asked if she could borrow the book to read the chapter so she would be up to date for tomorrow. I have lots to learn as a teacher, but one thing I have never regretted is all the read-alouds I have shared with my students. What good is it to teach kids the strategies to make them better readers, if in the end they don't have a desire to READ?

Countdowns Begin

13 days until SPRING BREAK

18 days until standardized testing

This year is going to come to a wrap up much more quickly than I want. This is my second favorite class of all time. I'm going to try to enjoy every last minute I have with them.

We are going to hear Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy speak next month! This is the family that the movie The Blindside was based off of. I am so excited for this opportunity. I loved the movie, and Sandra Bullock was quoted as saying that Leigh Anne Tuohy was one of the most genuine loving people she had ever met.

Ok...time to get ready for work. Today is my early day coming home! Wooo Hooo!

John Caparulo

John Caparulo

We are going to get our comedy on in just a little bit! :)

Cheerleading Competition

The girls did such a great job! Sorry for the poor picture quality.

Baby Kate....Welcome Home

This was an amazing part of my day, going with HH to meet baby Kate. Adoption has long since been on my heart, so it was great seeing this come to pass for my cousins. They said when she was brought to their hotel room that her clothes had holes in them, and that her diaper was being held on with a bungee cord. I started to cry. They have not just adopted a child, but they have saved a child's life. This child will be loved beyond measure. Her parents couldn't be more proud.

HH's Lucky To Be....

I had to go all over the city to find these chocolate gold coins, but I was determined! They completely made the gift. HH was very happy. :)

Yeah It's Her Thing...

I invited our former student teacher back to our class yesterday. He is doing the rest of his student teaching assignment with another teacher now. We were talking about assimilation, and I knew that he could relate perfectly since he came from Quito to the states. He did a really good job explaining what was easy and what was difficult about adjusting to life in the US. He took questions from the students, and I was really proud of the questions my students asked (and how closely they stayed on topic). Then my student teacher asks....

"In Ecuador when you go to restaurants are the portions super big like they are here in the United States?"

I can tell she is really judgemental on what she sees on other people's plates/shopping carts, etc. The talk has not come yet, but words are a brewing. We all have different things we are fixated on, and this is certainly one of hers. I feel like the pot calling the kettle black here, but for me the fixation comes from I can't ever let myself get so close to dying again. I think I would have been dead by 35 had I not had the DS, and continued to put on 15-20 pounds per year.