They've been inside working all week. They "shoot" the walls Monday...yes, they had to explain it to me...and then paint. The two men who are doing this have agreed to paint my wild colors for me! YIPPEE!! I was resigned to waiting until summer to get the colors I want. They'll do that next week also.
The roofing crew should be done by Wednesday...Jerry and company built the decks....
It is getting closer!
Saturday, January 31, 2009
A peek into my classroom
cupcakes, made in ice cream cones, for breakfast in honor of a student who learned all of his multiplication tables from 1X1 to 12X12!!Cody and his friend Dillon were in my classroom. Dillon is my teacher's aide but I think Cody smelled a party.
This is my reading class. They wore their PJs for our Read a thon.
If you wish to keep up with my classroom, email me and I'll invite you to be a view to that blog..it is by invitation only.
This is my reading class. They wore their PJs for our Read a thon.If you wish to keep up with my classroom, email me and I'll invite you to be a view to that blog..it is by invitation only.
Friday, January 30, 2009
It's finally FRIDAY!!
FINALLY an end to a month of five day school weeks. Ahhhh....I'm ready to get back to our four dayers.
I am blaming the five day weeks on the fact that I have a cold and it has officially gotten the better end of the tug of war rope. Ugh. For those of you who don't know, we have a four day school week here but due to four snow days in December, we had to make them up in January. We were not pleased with the decision to do them all at once, but...no one asked us to vote.
Today is Read A Thon in the 3rd and 4th grades. We take pledges, read all day, and collect money for our field trips. Yes, we have to raise our own. Any major city is 2 to 3 hours from school, so a trip is a TRIP!! Many kids don't have the opportunity to travel unless it is with the school. Today will be a fun day.
Oh, the house? They are inside doing the finishing work and the flooring. The roofers are to be back any day to finish up. It is getting closer. I'll let you know when we are finally going to move!!! The end of December passed, didn't it? Oh well.....
Barry shared this with me via email....I thought it spoke volumes.
"You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is about the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it." (Dr. Adrian Rogers 1931 to 2005)
I am blaming the five day weeks on the fact that I have a cold and it has officially gotten the better end of the tug of war rope. Ugh. For those of you who don't know, we have a four day school week here but due to four snow days in December, we had to make them up in January. We were not pleased with the decision to do them all at once, but...no one asked us to vote.
Today is Read A Thon in the 3rd and 4th grades. We take pledges, read all day, and collect money for our field trips. Yes, we have to raise our own. Any major city is 2 to 3 hours from school, so a trip is a TRIP!! Many kids don't have the opportunity to travel unless it is with the school. Today will be a fun day.
Oh, the house? They are inside doing the finishing work and the flooring. The roofers are to be back any day to finish up. It is getting closer. I'll let you know when we are finally going to move!!! The end of December passed, didn't it? Oh well.....
Barry shared this with me via email....I thought it spoke volumes.
"You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is about the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it." (Dr. Adrian Rogers 1931 to 2005)
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday, Jess! We celebrated at Texas Reds..her choice, with her favorite grandparents!
I can't believe she is 12 already!!
Friday, January 23, 2009
This is my husband....
(Hubba, hubba!!!)
Jess and I had an evening of laughter and fun doctoring up pictures. Here are a couple.Thursday, January 22, 2009
We have a new President
We watched the festivities unfold, at school on that historic day. 3rd graders had no clue why it was an important day in our country until I reminded them about our election study last October. It was hilarious watching them as they watched the events on the big screen. If the crowd was asked to stand, so did all of the 3rd and 4th graders. During the swearing in, all of the kids raised their right hand with the President and Vice President. They folded their hands in prayer, though they looked up often as the prayers went on and on, in monotone voice! They waved "Obama" signs at the big screen TV and judging from the view from the back of the room, they were THERE in Washington DC as far as they were concerned.
One student made me laugh as he summed up the day, "It is the day President Bush moves out of the desk an President Obama moves in." Sounds more like mice than men! Another student was disgruntled because our new President is black. Well...I did point out that his father is black and his mother is white. And as I've pointed out all year, we all bleed red.
One student made me laugh as he summed up the day, "It is the day President Bush moves out of the desk an President Obama moves in." Sounds more like mice than men! Another student was disgruntled because our new President is black. Well...I did point out that his father is black and his mother is white. And as I've pointed out all year, we all bleed red.
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