Trinity and Eli heard Maggie awake before I got in to pick her up. They kindly started getting her dressed for me! 
Our smiley, smiley girl...
...and full of giggles, too!
Mommy and Maggie
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Miss Maggie
Trinity and Eli heard Maggie awake before I got in to pick her up. They kindly started getting her dressed for me! Our smiley, smiley girl...
...and full of giggles, too!
Mommy and Maggie
More summer fun
The kids 'tricked' Papa and pushed him into the pool! They thought it was hilarious!
Daddy and his girls!
Danica stopped by to give the kids hugs and kisses before heading back to college! Trinity sure does miss her! Eli calls Aunt Shelly 'Danica'- must be his way of missing her, too!
Mimi and Maggie relaxing by the pool!
One of my very best friends, Belinda, came to visit for a weekend- the kids introduced her to Fancy Nancy books and she was hooked! (That's a fancy way of saying she liked them!)
Picture Overload!
Finally getting some pics uploaded for the month of August!! These are from the fair when Mom, Jessica, and the kids came out!
Yes, that's Mom riding with Eli and Zach!! What a grandma!
Trinity and Abbey before the bullet...the after picture (which I forgot to take because Jessica and I were laughing so hard) would have been a picture with terrified faces!
Teacher Tidbits
Most days in teaching, there are moments that make you giggle or laugh outloud...following are a couple of those moments- not from my room, but from a couple of my fellow teachers- both teach younger elementary.
In one classroom, the students were working on something and a little boy said outloud, "Last night my daddy came to lay with me and I told him, "If you fart in my bed, you are done laying with me...no farting in my bed!"
In another classroom students were working on writing. One little girl wrote: "We went to the lake. My dad lost his ring. MY MOM WAS MAD. We went to Wal-Mart and bought him a new one."
The moral of this post- remember that your kids are open books at school- they share a lot of information about parents- which usually have teachers laughing out loud!
In one classroom, the students were working on something and a little boy said outloud, "Last night my daddy came to lay with me and I told him, "If you fart in my bed, you are done laying with me...no farting in my bed!"
In another classroom students were working on writing. One little girl wrote: "We went to the lake. My dad lost his ring. MY MOM WAS MAD. We went to Wal-Mart and bought him a new one."
The moral of this post- remember that your kids are open books at school- they share a lot of information about parents- which usually have teachers laughing out loud!
Monday, August 22, 2011
Joys of Teaching
As a teacher, there are times when you shake your head and wonder if you're making a difference at all, times when your heartbreaks for students, times of joy when a student has worked hard and finally understands a concept, and times when you just laugh out loud- today held that kind of moment.
We were eating lunch (at the school I work at we eat lunch with our students) and I mentioned to one of my students that I put a coffee mug on her desk that someone had left in my box- it was her dad's. The rest of the conversation went like this:
Student: I like it when my parents find their coffee cups.
Me: You do, huh?
S: Yes, because they get crabby when they don't have their coffee.
M: (Smiling)
S: Not so much my dad- he's okay if he doesn't have his, but my mom- she HAS to have her cup of coffee or watch out!
M: (Laughing out loud!)
You find out so many things about parents from the mouths of their babes! What made this even funnier to me is that I know this family very well and the mom would probably be blushing if she had heard her daughter!!
Oh, the joys of teaching!
We were eating lunch (at the school I work at we eat lunch with our students) and I mentioned to one of my students that I put a coffee mug on her desk that someone had left in my box- it was her dad's. The rest of the conversation went like this:
Student: I like it when my parents find their coffee cups.
Me: You do, huh?
S: Yes, because they get crabby when they don't have their coffee.
M: (Smiling)
S: Not so much my dad- he's okay if he doesn't have his, but my mom- she HAS to have her cup of coffee or watch out!
M: (Laughing out loud!)
You find out so many things about parents from the mouths of their babes! What made this even funnier to me is that I know this family very well and the mom would probably be blushing if she had heard her daughter!!
Oh, the joys of teaching!
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Back to School
School started last Friday for us...normally, I absolutely love going back to school- I have always enjoyed school and the beginning of the year is just full of excitement and promise! Ever since having children, though, it's been a bittersweet time; I still enjoy the excitement of school, but leaving the kids is always tough on me- especially those first few days. Usually, I have to drop them off and then start thinking immediately about something else, or start praying for them- and myself- or I'll start crying! It's way harder on me than them- they love their babysitter and as soon as we get there, they're off and playing! We feel very blessed to have such a wonderful, loving babysitter!
A few people asked me how the first day of school was- it was exciting, fun, full of laughter, and absolutely exhausting! A good kind of exhausting! During one point during the day I looked around and came to an understanding of another way God blesses my life- I may drop off my three children in the morning, but He fills my heart each year with love for my students...when they enter my room, I consider them my 'kids'. They may not have been born from me, but I care for them the same- I want what is absolutely best for them- I want to hear their laughter, see them reach their goals, push them when I know they can go a little further, challange them, help them grow, and see a joyful light in their eyes! I pray God works through me to touch the lives of each student in my room- that in our classroom, His glory will reign! And, in that moment of realization, I smiled and thanked God for where He has placed me! Plus, the people I work with are absolutely amazing- some of my dearest friends!
So, school is off- fast, furious, and joyfully!
A few people asked me how the first day of school was- it was exciting, fun, full of laughter, and absolutely exhausting! A good kind of exhausting! During one point during the day I looked around and came to an understanding of another way God blesses my life- I may drop off my three children in the morning, but He fills my heart each year with love for my students...when they enter my room, I consider them my 'kids'. They may not have been born from me, but I care for them the same- I want what is absolutely best for them- I want to hear their laughter, see them reach their goals, push them when I know they can go a little further, challange them, help them grow, and see a joyful light in their eyes! I pray God works through me to touch the lives of each student in my room- that in our classroom, His glory will reign! And, in that moment of realization, I smiled and thanked God for where He has placed me! Plus, the people I work with are absolutely amazing- some of my dearest friends!
So, school is off- fast, furious, and joyfully!
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