Silly Puppy..

Big Dog insists that any insect that is flying around must.be.hers and she must eat it right.now.

Silly puppy, you can't do that when it lands on the t.v. because mommy and daddy don't want to see the television come crashing down over something as silly as a moth. When you do this, it causes daddy to jump up and grab you and shout to mommy to swat it down. (Silly daddy doesn't realize that I hate anything that has wings...)

Of course, once I swatted it away from the t.v., she proceeded to jump and eat it mid-air.

Silly puppy.

In case you were wondering, Little Dog was oblivious to the shenanigans going on and proceeded to wag her tail hoping someone would remember to come back and cuddle with her.

The One Where She Whines...

**WARNING: Whining to follow!**

I am annoyed with...

• being an adult and having responsibilities.
• students who repeatedly refuse to follow directions.
• having an IEP meeting tomorrow.
• having to tell a parent that their child is not doing well, despite what they may think about their "angel".
• deadlines, observations, professional development, and meetings.

However, I am loving...

• kids who insist on giving me hugs (even though I may not want them at the time..)
• kids who apologize for not following directions and sincerely mean it.
• Wednesday night television- hello ANTM, Modern Family, and Cougar Town. I heart you.
• my supportive family.
• a puppy who always wants to cuddle.

Thanks for letting me whine.

Wow..

I heart days off.

Today I accomplished SO much and I actually feel rejuvenated. I had a wonderful weekend with my mom and her best friend (girls weekend!) up in Pittsburgh, so I was really thinking I wouldn't get much done today. Boy was I wrong!

I found something that actually motivates me to clean! Books on tape. I LOVE to read, but reading often means that I'm pretty lazy because I want to finish the book. Instead, if it's being read to me, I have to find something else to do because I can't just sit and have it read to me. I cleaned the bathroom, kitchen, folded 4 loads of laundry, swept and mopped.

I also think I'm going to start having a evening schedule for each night. I'm SUCH a routine-oriented person, so instead of having the routine of coming home and cooking dinner and vegging out, I'm going to come home, walk the dogs, cook dinner, and then tidy one room of the house. That way I'm not stuck doing it on my day off or the weekends.

How do you ladies keep up on the housework? It's never-ending.. I swear.

He Knows Me Sooooo Well...

I have been hearing noises in the vents this evening. Of course I forgot to ask hubby about it before he left. So I called him.

Me: There are noises coming from the vent.

Hubby: Is it the air?

Me: Um... no... the air is coming out but noises are, too. Like weird noises. Like an animal or something.

Hubby: Go upstairs. The dogs are there, they will take care of it if it's an animal or something.

Two reasons this is a pretty normal conversation: 1) Never put it past me to not notice the obvious (in this case: the air) and 2) I don't like anything involving critters of any kind.

I'm really glad he thought the dogs would take care of it...

Workshop

Actual 7 year old writing project, which included stickers of a broomstick, ghost, and pumpkin.

The pumkin haz a scard fas.

(The pumpkin has a scared face.)

The gost sayz boo to skayr pepul but not me.

(The ghost says boo to scare people but not me.)

A wich flis on her broom wif nitrus.

(A witch flies on her broom with nitrous.)

Mrs. L flis on her broom wif owt nitrus.

(Mrs. L flies on her broom without nitrous.

I, of course, had to ask what nitrous is. Apparently it's NOS, the stuff you put in cars to make them go really fast. Because doesn't every broomstick have NOS? Of course.

Another group of kids was "reading" together. One turns to the other and says.. "Dude! You stink!" the (stinky one) turns and says, "Don't you know.. you smelled it, you dealt it! That means YOU stink!" and a fit of laughter erupted.

No wonder I have issues dealing with "bathroom humor", I hear it all day long. Bathroom humor is the only humor first graders have.

I was also asked what a pimp hand is. And, in our science lesson we were using our observation skills to figure out what objects were in the mystery containers. I had to write, "two tiny balls" and "big balls" on the overhead. I also may have repeated a child when he said fart. I then said fart two times after that. It's a wonder I get anything done in my classroom. I feel like all I talked about today was tooting and balls of all shapes and sizes.

Me immature? Yup.

I may have also had a kid eat a marker AND crayon today. I love my job.

Making Words...

Working with little ones is always an adventure. If you're a long time reader, you know this is certainly the case in my classroom.

 

Today we were working with the letter Nn. When asked to come up with their own words that began with the nnnnnn sound, I had some pretty interesting ones. Here are the winners and their definitions.

• nobble- you know, a long book with chapters and lots of pages.
• neener- someone who is acting mean.
• nada- as in nada chance.
• nookie- what my mom and dad do.

Sounding out words is fun, too! We were sounding out the word t-i-p. As we sounded it out, one kid was a little behind and sounded it out ttttttt....iiiiiiiii......tttttttt. I almost peed myself.

Warm Apple Pie

Dearest Starbucks,

I simply adore your Caramel Apple Spice. As in, I cannot get enough. If you could please go ahead and have this ready for me every morning, I would appreciate it. Seriously. Any drink that tastes like warm apple pie deserves to be mine every.single.morning.

Thank you.