Thursday, September 18, 2008
I am still here...
just been extremely busy. Trying to gather thoughts as to what to post about. I have a few things to write about, but can't seem to get the flow of words yet. I'll try to post tonight because I'll be up late doing my lesson plans of I don't get them done by this afternoon at work. To my loyal visitors sorry I haven't been blogging. But, I will!
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Oh what a week
I know I said I would post on Wednesdays, but we had a very active week at work this week and I was dead tired.
So wow, Gustav is on his way. I actually picture this hurricane with a little cigar in his mouth and really dark hair waiting to crush his enemies.
Oh I think I may be too laid back for hurricanes. I am not worried (anymore that is) now that I know where everyone will be. I know my parents are going to be safe and my brothers will too.
We are heading to the in-laws tomorrow for our nights or charades and laughing at the kids. Grass is cut, shed is packed, and now I just need to finish getting the kids, Brady, and my clothed packed and the dishes washed.
I so don't look forward to rain and winds, but I love the fact that school is closed. I'll write more later my husband is home and I am sure he wants the computer.
Everyone stay safe!
So wow, Gustav is on his way. I actually picture this hurricane with a little cigar in his mouth and really dark hair waiting to crush his enemies.
Oh I think I may be too laid back for hurricanes. I am not worried (anymore that is) now that I know where everyone will be. I know my parents are going to be safe and my brothers will too.
We are heading to the in-laws tomorrow for our nights or charades and laughing at the kids. Grass is cut, shed is packed, and now I just need to finish getting the kids, Brady, and my clothed packed and the dishes washed.
I so don't look forward to rain and winds, but I love the fact that school is closed. I'll write more later my husband is home and I am sure he wants the computer.
Everyone stay safe!
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Trying to stay positive
Ok so I I haven't posted since last Tuesday. I think I need to pick a day and post. I just don;t have the time nor the energy to post each day. So I think I will post on Wednesdays. Well at least try to post on Wednesdays.
Well here is my post for this week.
As we all know I was asked to step down to a second grade position after 8 years of teaching 4th and 5th graders. I was not too keen on the idea, but decided to take the challenge. Well the more I thought about it over the summer the sicker I would get and guess what all the worries I had are happening. Oh my goodness... do seven year olds really not understand sitting down for at least 5 minutes without digging in their desk or tying their shoes. I swear I know my oldest son is not that wiggly and he's only going to be 5. Everyone says to talk to them like they are my kid. Nope can't do that because when I talk to my boys they understand concepts. Man, I really am having a hard time staying positive through this whole ordeal. I really feel someone has set me up for failure. Sure I have my class walking in a straight line down the hall and my lesson plans are considered to be super...but I really can't help but wonder if these kids are learning anything. I hate not being able to tell. They are constantly moving and it irritates me to pieces.
I really am trying to stay positive! But, the more people ask me how it's going the more I want to just sit and cry about it. I find myself saying lots of prayers throughout the day and lots of breathing exercises. Just pray that I can make it through the year without having to medicate myself ( I am just kidding).
On a lighter note, Kaleb is doing wonderful with school. Last night he had homework and even though the poor child has 2 pushy parents, he got through his homework without much fussing. Poor baby he just starts Pre-K and mom and dad are hovering over him to do his homework. Daddy got a little more impatient than mommy. Kaleb was a trooper though he had his moments but he wrote most of his answers by himself. We can't let him play before homework or we have trouble on our hands. Oh and if Logan is around we have to peel him off of us for us to help Kaleb. This ought to be fun when Brady is at work and I have to do homework with Kaleb. Yeap sounds fun to me.
If anyone plans to visit us anytime soon, please call well in advance. You can tell I started back to work because well I haven't been doing the housework like I should. The clothes is washed and some folded, but it sits on the fireplace ledge and the chaise lounge.
I am so looking forward to Friday. I think I may be making some new friends this school...their names Jose and Jack. Oh well I am exhausted and I have a LONG day tomorrow. At least I have most of my lesson planning done for next week. It is due Thursday.
Have a great rest of the week!
Well here is my post for this week.
As we all know I was asked to step down to a second grade position after 8 years of teaching 4th and 5th graders. I was not too keen on the idea, but decided to take the challenge. Well the more I thought about it over the summer the sicker I would get and guess what all the worries I had are happening. Oh my goodness... do seven year olds really not understand sitting down for at least 5 minutes without digging in their desk or tying their shoes. I swear I know my oldest son is not that wiggly and he's only going to be 5. Everyone says to talk to them like they are my kid. Nope can't do that because when I talk to my boys they understand concepts. Man, I really am having a hard time staying positive through this whole ordeal. I really feel someone has set me up for failure. Sure I have my class walking in a straight line down the hall and my lesson plans are considered to be super...but I really can't help but wonder if these kids are learning anything. I hate not being able to tell. They are constantly moving and it irritates me to pieces.
I really am trying to stay positive! But, the more people ask me how it's going the more I want to just sit and cry about it. I find myself saying lots of prayers throughout the day and lots of breathing exercises. Just pray that I can make it through the year without having to medicate myself ( I am just kidding).
On a lighter note, Kaleb is doing wonderful with school. Last night he had homework and even though the poor child has 2 pushy parents, he got through his homework without much fussing. Poor baby he just starts Pre-K and mom and dad are hovering over him to do his homework. Daddy got a little more impatient than mommy. Kaleb was a trooper though he had his moments but he wrote most of his answers by himself. We can't let him play before homework or we have trouble on our hands. Oh and if Logan is around we have to peel him off of us for us to help Kaleb. This ought to be fun when Brady is at work and I have to do homework with Kaleb. Yeap sounds fun to me.
If anyone plans to visit us anytime soon, please call well in advance. You can tell I started back to work because well I haven't been doing the housework like I should. The clothes is washed and some folded, but it sits on the fireplace ledge and the chaise lounge.
I am so looking forward to Friday. I think I may be making some new friends this school...their names Jose and Jack. Oh well I am exhausted and I have a LONG day tomorrow. At least I have most of my lesson planning done for next week. It is due Thursday.
Have a great rest of the week!
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Don't know how to feel!
Tomorrow my oldest son begins a new chapter in his life. His chapter would be entitled School years section 1 Pre-K at Carencro Catholic. I am faced with many fears tonight as I type this. First one being will I be able to see this whole experience as a mommy and not a teacher. Last night I was already checking out the whole place in a teacher's perspective. But, it hit me I am a momma with a school aged kid now. What where did my childhood go. Where did my being a young person go? I have a kid that starts school tomorrow and in 14 more years will be graduating high school...AGHHHHH!
I am so happy that he gets to be in a setting with children again. The boy was starting to act like an adult and I hate it. I am sad that my baby is growing up so fast, but I am so excited that he gets to embark on his new chapter. I want him to learn so much. Just hope I am not to hard on him with school work. I know he will sit and do his homework then he can play. I know that when I get a phone call from his teacher saying he is misbehaving HIS DADDY will handle it because he is just like his daddy. I hope he doesn't get bored. I hope he makes new friends. I can't wait for him to have sleep overs and things.
As I write I am teary eyed ( I said I wasn't going to do that), but he is talking to his imaginary friend at the moment about how he has to be good as Catholic school. Wow, where did my baby go. Guess I better hold tight to the other bruiser.. I mean baby. I have pictures of staged 1st day of school. I can't be there to get pictures of him getting into class so we staged it. Isn't he a doll?
Friday, August 8, 2008
New day, new year, new age
Yes new day... Today is the day everyone was waiting for this year 08-08-08. That is everyone except me. This day means returning to work to teach a new grade level. As much as I say I am worried about this grade level... I think I have it down. I am super excited about my lesson planning and curriculum that I have my first full week of teaching Math and Language arts written. I am leary about looking at Social Studies, but I will get there.
So a new day will mean meeting new students to help in obtaining their education. I pray that I can stay positive and help my little students learn and be excited to learn.
A new year-- Yeap a new year of teaching. Wow 8 years down and starting my 9th. I would not have thought I would still be here. My son starts school on the 13th and wow let me tell you never in my life did I think I would have a kid going to school. I am thankful that God had blessed me with the chance to witness getting a kid to school and doing homework. This should be fun because our little guy thinks he knows it all. I am trying to introduce him to reading and umm I will drive myself nuts on this. I guess I'll leave it to the teacher. I just hope my little students have a different thought about wanting me to teach them.
Our baby boy is doing well at his new daycare. I just wish his dang eye teeth would finish sprouting out so that he can stop being cranky.
New age- Yeap today embarks on a new age for me. My 31st birthday is today and boy do I have the best gift- first day of school and my husband leaving to go for weekend to watch Saints practice and work. Yeap I so look forward to this day, for God has blessed me with another year. Hopefully this new age will be better than last year. WOw I am officially in the 30's age bracket. Oh well time to get the little one up and dressed. I'll post this evening, if I have time, on how my first day with 7 year olds turned out.
Have a blessed day everyone! Be safe and careful with the new school year!
So a new day will mean meeting new students to help in obtaining their education. I pray that I can stay positive and help my little students learn and be excited to learn.
A new year-- Yeap a new year of teaching. Wow 8 years down and starting my 9th. I would not have thought I would still be here. My son starts school on the 13th and wow let me tell you never in my life did I think I would have a kid going to school. I am thankful that God had blessed me with the chance to witness getting a kid to school and doing homework. This should be fun because our little guy thinks he knows it all. I am trying to introduce him to reading and umm I will drive myself nuts on this. I guess I'll leave it to the teacher. I just hope my little students have a different thought about wanting me to teach them.
Our baby boy is doing well at his new daycare. I just wish his dang eye teeth would finish sprouting out so that he can stop being cranky.
New age- Yeap today embarks on a new age for me. My 31st birthday is today and boy do I have the best gift- first day of school and my husband leaving to go for weekend to watch Saints practice and work. Yeap I so look forward to this day, for God has blessed me with another year. Hopefully this new age will be better than last year. WOw I am officially in the 30's age bracket. Oh well time to get the little one up and dressed. I'll post this evening, if I have time, on how my first day with 7 year olds turned out.
Have a blessed day everyone! Be safe and careful with the new school year!
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Our family vacation 2008
Ok I promised I would write about our family vacation so here it goes. I will post more pictures when my guys aren't hogging the picture computer.
Well let's start with Friday, July 11th. I'm using names tonight because I am lazy.
On Friday we headed to Cocodrie, but first Brady had to cover the Manning Passing camp in Thibodeaux so we dropped him off at The Advertiser building so he could catch a ride with Kevin and the other guys. We were going to the Sports writers convention that night and our friend Kevin was winning a big award. Brady convinced his wife to surprise him and attend so I picked her up and the boys, she and I drove into Cocodrie. I dropped off the boys to my parents and Michelle and I headed to New Orleans to meet our men. Brady and I had a blast having an outing with other adults. We slept over at my parents' house that night.
Saturday- We headed to the Snow's camp. They are always so nice to let us borrow the camp if they are not there. We set up shop there and stayed there until Wednesday morning. Kaleb and Brady fished or should I say casted their lines that evening while Logan and I took a 3 hour nap in the nice comfy recliner.
Sunday we woke at 6:30 and went to 8 AM mass. After mass we went to Sunday morning breakfast at Maw Rene and Paw Flip's house. After we went back to the camp and casted out lines off the dock for a few hours. Not much... oh we went feed the seagulls but they weren't much into wanting to eat. Mom cooked fried shrimp and mac and cheese for supper. Logan and I also walked up and down Tou Lou Lou Lane chasing tou lou lous (for those of you wondering these are little crabs with one large claw, They look like roaches).
Monday since it poured all day we stayed inside and watched TV. Brady and Kaleb also played Nintendo.
Tuesday we decided to spend time in Houma. We headed for Southland mall to bring Kaleb to the arcade. We had a nice time. We played a 2 rounds of putt putt golf amongst the scurvy pirates. Then we played in the game room for a few hours. We visited with Logan's Nanny in JCPenney. After that we headed back to the camp but not before we searched all over Houma for hotel coupon books. We headed to Target to get replacements for what we used at the camp. Went back to the camp, washed clothes and packed for our trip to the beach.
Wednesday we headed to the Gulf shore. We were going to stay in Biloxi, but um well there is NOTHING in Biloxi. So we continued our drive to Gulf Shores. We took the scenic route into the Mississippi gulf shore and wish we hadn't. It was horrible. I wish I would not have seen Biloxi in that state. It made my heart hurt to see that there is not a thing for families to enjoy anymore. I want to remind everyone we had no reservations and just drove into Gulf shores hoping to find something in our budget. We found something and though it was not the best, it was a place to sleep. We stayed at`the Sleep Inn on the beach. Not the best room but hey it was`on the beach. Once we got settled into our hotel we decided to head to the beach. Logan, Brady and I loved it. Kaleb hated the sand, he hated the nasty water, and all he wanted was to swim in the pool. And so we did. WE played on the beach for a few hours and when Logan got cranky we knew we had to find supper. We went to the pool to play and get the sand off . Then we headed upstairs got dressed and headed to McDonalds for supper. Kaleb had more fun playing in the playland than on the beach.
Thursday was a full day on the beach... we only stopped for lunch at Subway and a drive into Perdido Keys, Florida. We had to get the kids to take a nap some kind of way. After our drive we headed back to the beach to make sand castles and tell the beach good bye. Kaleb and Brady played in the pool and Logan and I went to take a shower. Yes, shower because apparently Sleep Inns do not have bath tubs. SO I had to attempt shaving my legs sitting at the bottom of a shower on a towel with Logan trying to walk in the shower also. After Brady and Kaleb got their showers taken we got dressed and headed out for our final vacation dinner. We wanted to go to LuLu's but umm the wait looked like it would be toooooo long. So we headed into Foley to eat at Lambert's (home of the thrown rolls) but the line was wrapped around the building so we went a little further into Foley and ate the best pizza at the Mellow Mushroom. Oh gosh one slice and I was full. It was yummy.
We headed back home Friday. While on the beach I practiced my photography skills. I really do want to work on that, I just need to buy a new battery for my camera.
We had a blast and are thinking about going back next year or the year after and taking friends with us. Even though we didn't do much but play in the sand and water it was a great family time.
Well let's start with Friday, July 11th. I'm using names tonight because I am lazy.
On Friday we headed to Cocodrie, but first Brady had to cover the Manning Passing camp in Thibodeaux so we dropped him off at The Advertiser building so he could catch a ride with Kevin and the other guys. We were going to the Sports writers convention that night and our friend Kevin was winning a big award. Brady convinced his wife to surprise him and attend so I picked her up and the boys, she and I drove into Cocodrie. I dropped off the boys to my parents and Michelle and I headed to New Orleans to meet our men. Brady and I had a blast having an outing with other adults. We slept over at my parents' house that night.
Saturday- We headed to the Snow's camp. They are always so nice to let us borrow the camp if they are not there. We set up shop there and stayed there until Wednesday morning. Kaleb and Brady fished or should I say casted their lines that evening while Logan and I took a 3 hour nap in the nice comfy recliner.
Sunday we woke at 6:30 and went to 8 AM mass. After mass we went to Sunday morning breakfast at Maw Rene and Paw Flip's house. After we went back to the camp and casted out lines off the dock for a few hours. Not much... oh we went feed the seagulls but they weren't much into wanting to eat. Mom cooked fried shrimp and mac and cheese for supper. Logan and I also walked up and down Tou Lou Lou Lane chasing tou lou lous (for those of you wondering these are little crabs with one large claw, They look like roaches).
Monday since it poured all day we stayed inside and watched TV. Brady and Kaleb also played Nintendo.
Tuesday we decided to spend time in Houma. We headed for Southland mall to bring Kaleb to the arcade. We had a nice time. We played a 2 rounds of putt putt golf amongst the scurvy pirates. Then we played in the game room for a few hours. We visited with Logan's Nanny in JCPenney. After that we headed back to the camp but not before we searched all over Houma for hotel coupon books. We headed to Target to get replacements for what we used at the camp. Went back to the camp, washed clothes and packed for our trip to the beach.
Wednesday we headed to the Gulf shore. We were going to stay in Biloxi, but um well there is NOTHING in Biloxi. So we continued our drive to Gulf Shores. We took the scenic route into the Mississippi gulf shore and wish we hadn't. It was horrible. I wish I would not have seen Biloxi in that state. It made my heart hurt to see that there is not a thing for families to enjoy anymore. I want to remind everyone we had no reservations and just drove into Gulf shores hoping to find something in our budget. We found something and though it was not the best, it was a place to sleep. We stayed at`the Sleep Inn on the beach. Not the best room but hey it was`on the beach. Once we got settled into our hotel we decided to head to the beach. Logan, Brady and I loved it. Kaleb hated the sand, he hated the nasty water, and all he wanted was to swim in the pool. And so we did. WE played on the beach for a few hours and when Logan got cranky we knew we had to find supper. We went to the pool to play and get the sand off . Then we headed upstairs got dressed and headed to McDonalds for supper. Kaleb had more fun playing in the playland than on the beach.
Thursday was a full day on the beach... we only stopped for lunch at Subway and a drive into Perdido Keys, Florida. We had to get the kids to take a nap some kind of way. After our drive we headed back to the beach to make sand castles and tell the beach good bye. Kaleb and Brady played in the pool and Logan and I went to take a shower. Yes, shower because apparently Sleep Inns do not have bath tubs. SO I had to attempt shaving my legs sitting at the bottom of a shower on a towel with Logan trying to walk in the shower also. After Brady and Kaleb got their showers taken we got dressed and headed out for our final vacation dinner. We wanted to go to LuLu's but umm the wait looked like it would be toooooo long. So we headed into Foley to eat at Lambert's (home of the thrown rolls) but the line was wrapped around the building so we went a little further into Foley and ate the best pizza at the Mellow Mushroom. Oh gosh one slice and I was full. It was yummy.
We headed back home Friday. While on the beach I practiced my photography skills. I really do want to work on that, I just need to buy a new battery for my camera.
We had a blast and are thinking about going back next year or the year after and taking friends with us. Even though we didn't do much but play in the sand and water it was a great family time.
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Yes we are still alive just been vacationing!
My guys and I on the beach!
Guy # 2 running from the waves!
My two little guys and I soaking in the sun!
My guys building sandcastles!
My little beach baby or should I say sand crab!I'm just going to post pictures right now, but I will post a full blog of our week long vacation soon.
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