PACKING!

One place down. One to go.

It feels good.

Oh boy oh boy. Today was awesome! Last class store, heads up 7-up, poisonous frog, picnic outside, watching class video, lots of crying (the kids, not me...well not until the kids left at least), and waiving from the school's roof as the car riders and buses pulled away for the last day. So many things were said today that just made me smile. For instance, "why can't next friday be our last day?" and my personal favorite said through sobs, "I...just.....want...first...grade...to last....foooorreevver!" I guess that means I did alright. After I dropped my kids off at the end of the day one of them yelled my name and ran back down the hall after me, stopped about 5 feet from me, paused for a second, and threw his arms out, waiting for one last hug. It was very sweet. Little guy made me cry. I will miss them.

Now I just need to pack my classroom, pack my apartment, and I'm off back to home sweet home. Should be a fun last week here though...shopping with my girl, going to a cards game, visitors from St. Louis, and I'm finally going to get to see the museum here!

Let the packing begin!

Apartment: check.
Job: In progress...

Egh. So much to do in the next week, then following that so little. Is there a simpler way to even it all out? Hmmmm. Man, moving is stressful and expensive. Poop.

Two days of school left. Field day tomorrow, should be fun, games, snow cones, water, you know normal field day stuff. Luckily my kids have a super sweet teacher with a water-proof camera. I'll be sure to get all the shots.

Oh, daydreaming

During a review about mammals today:

Teacher: "yes all mammals do have hair, what else makes them special?"

Teacher calls on student quietly raising their hand.

Student: "I looove french fries"

Teacher: blinks a couple times and waits for student to correlate his thought to mammals.

Student: "you know, french fries, frrreeeiiiiberger? Ms. FRY-burger?" "I just love fries so much" "like from McDonalds..." student continues to ramble about fries.


Some days, you just gotta wonder if they're listening.

Only water and milk and food.

After picking up the class from art:

Child, with look of worry/panic says: "I think I have something like this stuck in between my teeth"

Child holds up pea-sized wad of orange paper (mind-you it is wet also) and opens mouth to point at lower teeth. Teacher sees considerable amount of paper jammed in between child's two front teeth.

Teacher: "Hmmm, did you put anything in your mouth?"

Child: Nods head surly, "nooo"

Teacher: "I wonder how anything would get in there then?"

Child: Kind of shrugs.

...blank stares....long pause...

Teacher: "Were you eating paper?"

Child's face turns pale with a look of worried confession she nods and shrieks: "what do i do!?"

Teacher: Go to the nurse.

(teacher has to turn back on rest of the class because of laughing)

Child comes back from nurse and teacher asks, "should I plan on you eating paper again anytime soon?"

Child very positively states: "The nurse said I only put water and milk and food in my mouth, and I'm stickin' to it!"


Tuesday, a solid lesson learned, I'd say. Who says kids don't learn anything useful in school?