Well finally summer is just around the corner and the pool is open! We just have to get the water all cleared and balanced and we will be open for business ;) This is my favorite time of the year! Summer is very relaxing, even when there are things to do, it's not the same as during the school year. Here are a few things that I love about this time of year...
I love that the sun is up sooner and goes down later.
I love that people are out in my neighborhood running, walking, and bike riding.
I love that you can wear a sundress or skirt and sandals.
I love grilling out and all the fresh fruits and vegetables that are coming in season...yummmmm!
I love working in the yard.
I love that it is warm when I leave the house at 6:45 am and is still warm when I go to bed at 10:00 pm.
I love that the pool is open :)
I love the anticipation that summer vacation from school is only a few school days away.
I love the flora and fauna blooming everywhere.
I love going to Lowes and dreaming up all the projects I'd like to do in the house and yard if I were handy and rich - haha!
I love riding with the windows down and the radio up.
I love opening the windows in the house to air everything out.
I love going to baseball games...T-ball up to the major leagues (Go Redlegs!!!)
Ok, there's a few things, I'm sure there are more! :) What are some of your favorite things about this time of the year?
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Saturday, May 14, 2011
End of the school year = bittersweet
The bitter...
There are 12 1/2 days of school left. I am in shock. Wasn't I just sitting around planning the first week of school yesterday? It has been a GREAT year... about the best a first year teacher could ever have. My students are fantastic, I have several very supportive and wonderful parents, KTIP went smoothly, and I feel very good about the progress and success of all my students. On Friday, June 3rd as we line the sidewalk and wave goodbye to the buses as they pull away I will cry. No doubt about it. I will miss the kids in my class BUNCHES. They needed me this year and I needed them. They love me to pieces and think I am the queen (this is one of my FAVORITE things about teaching kindergarten). And I love them and their hugs, smiles, the funny things they say and how even when I am tired or in a bad mood at least one of them will somehow make me smile.
The sweet...
However, I know they will go on to spectacular first grade classes and dazzle their teachers with their knowledge and how precious they are in general. As the days wind down it's easy to see that the kiddos are tired, I am tired, and summer break is just what the doctor ordered :)
I also realize that I will get a whole other group of students in August that also need me and will love me and whom I will love in return. They will also make me smile and improve my mood with a funny comment or hug. They will be a whole new group of little "sponges" that think my lessons are fun and that I hung the moon :)
So for now, I will enjoy the days I have left with my first ever class of kindergarteners (remind/beg them every day to come back to visit me!) and look forward to seeing how they continue to learn and grow.
There are 12 1/2 days of school left. I am in shock. Wasn't I just sitting around planning the first week of school yesterday? It has been a GREAT year... about the best a first year teacher could ever have. My students are fantastic, I have several very supportive and wonderful parents, KTIP went smoothly, and I feel very good about the progress and success of all my students. On Friday, June 3rd as we line the sidewalk and wave goodbye to the buses as they pull away I will cry. No doubt about it. I will miss the kids in my class BUNCHES. They needed me this year and I needed them. They love me to pieces and think I am the queen (this is one of my FAVORITE things about teaching kindergarten). And I love them and their hugs, smiles, the funny things they say and how even when I am tired or in a bad mood at least one of them will somehow make me smile.
The sweet...
However, I know they will go on to spectacular first grade classes and dazzle their teachers with their knowledge and how precious they are in general. As the days wind down it's easy to see that the kiddos are tired, I am tired, and summer break is just what the doctor ordered :)
I also realize that I will get a whole other group of students in August that also need me and will love me and whom I will love in return. They will also make me smile and improve my mood with a funny comment or hug. They will be a whole new group of little "sponges" that think my lessons are fun and that I hung the moon :)
So for now, I will enjoy the days I have left with my first ever class of kindergarteners (remind/beg them every day to come back to visit me!) and look forward to seeing how they continue to learn and grow.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Puppy Problems... :(
Ever since we were engaged Clark and I talked about wanting to get a dog eventually. Well we kept putting it off and putting it off and I wanted a dog SO bad. In February I finally convinced Clark to let us get one and I went and got a sweet pound puppy named Enes.
While I am still glad we got the dog it has been a HUGE adjustment and there are many times I still think to myself... What have I done?!?!
The most recent event that makes me question the decision to get a dog happened on Monday. On Monday night I cam home from working preschool registration. Enes was in the backyard where Clark left him after he came home to let him out and feed him before he had to go to some thing for work. I went out back to check on the dog and make sure he was ok. When I walked out the back door I saw the remains of the worst thing Enes has ever done... He had halfway dug up and chewed all the branches off of my lilac bush we planted last year after my grandfather passed away.
My best friend and her family sent it to me to keep and plant in the yard. Upon seeing the destroyed bush I went ballistic. I screamed at the dog and spanked him a couple of times then put him in his crate. I ran back outside (during this time it started to rain) and inspected the bush. The entire time all this is going on I am crying HYSTERICALLY. I texted Clark and told him what happened. He was sorry but at that point he really couldn't do much about it. I called my mom and talked to her as well (I'm a mama's girl and she ALWAYS makes me feel better!). Then (about 30 minutes later) I finally calmed down enough to run over to Dollar General to get some potting soil to fill in the hole where he dug up half the bush.
My best friend and her family sent it to me to keep and plant in the yard. Upon seeing the destroyed bush I went ballistic. I screamed at the dog and spanked him a couple of times then put him in his crate. I ran back outside (during this time it started to rain) and inspected the bush. The entire time all this is going on I am crying HYSTERICALLY. I texted Clark and told him what happened. He was sorry but at that point he really couldn't do much about it. I called my mom and talked to her as well (I'm a mama's girl and she ALWAYS makes me feel better!). Then (about 30 minutes later) I finally calmed down enough to run over to Dollar General to get some potting soil to fill in the hole where he dug up half the bush.
The remainder of the night Enes stayed in his crate and when Clark got home later he let him out. Now you may read this and think that I am evil and possibly crazy. To you it's just a plant. But I was papaw's girl and I miss him more than I could imagine. As silly as it seems that lilac bush is like having part papaw in my yard. I se it and immediately think of him. :) It was 1 year ago on April 17th that he passed away and I was so excited the lilac bush had actually lived through the winter and was blooming and beautiful! Since Monday Clark and I have both talked to several people that say the plant should be fine and lilacs are hard to kill. I hope that is true.
I am still very mad at the dog, but he's a puppy and no matter how mad you want to stay, it's hard with those puppy eyes staring you down and looking all pitiful. I'm not sure what the outcome of our dog situation will be. I hope that he grows up fast... the puppy years are terrible.
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