Happy Birthday Alli B!

Totally Rad 80s

We celebrated Scott's 40th birthday with a surprise 80's birthday party last weekend. Below are some pictures from the night. (Of course there were more, but we dare not mention those...)

40 days

Jesus endured 40 days of trial and tribulation in the wilderness.

I must endure 40 days of stress, Spring fever, testing, and last minute curriculum craming.

Spring Break was such a tease.

If Jesus did it, so can I.

Annoyed

I just became a "fan" of my cousin on Facebook. She deleted me and I can't add her as a friend, much less search for her. So I had to become a fan on her fan page to keep up with her. Before you know it, I'm going to see her on ESPN reporting a game. Then I'll say, "Oh yeah. Glad to see she's let her hair grow out. Looks good." Not to mention the rando texts I get from her. When I respond back, I get nothing in return. Facebook...blog...Skype...text...phone...All these ample opportunities to communicate and I'm limited to my responses from her. Kind of ironic.

Truly Tuesday

Setting: My classroom, 1:00 PM, Social Studies/Reading

Audience: My 21 students plus me

What: P.H. reading from the newspaper (mind you, he's a child that has difficulty making certain letter sounds)

P.H.: "In order to get back at the British, the colonists dumped shiploads of tea into the harbor."
S.D.: "OMG! Perry, do you realize what you just said?"
P.H.: "No.."

Catch: P.H. didn't say shipload. He said another word.

My thoughts: "Yes, you could have phrased it that way. So true."

Made me laugh. Happy Tuesday!

P.H. melts my heart

If you've spoken with me at all this past year, you've probably heard of my P.H. (I can't say his name) PH has really pressed some walls with me this year. He's so loud some days that Lisa has to come from her room to quiet him down. He constantly blurts out, yells my name more than any child I've ever met, and makes working in groups difficult.

However, lately he has been a completely different child since Christmas break. Well, not completely different but he is working harder than he used to.

The other day, we were working on a problem in our Math Morning Workbook. The question was What 1/4 of the birds came to the feeder? I asked PH What kind of bird came to the feeder? His response: A hungry bird. They were looking for some food! (but he has trouble pronouncing his "r"s). I just smiled.

And his new years resolutions? Goodbye 2009. It was a great year except I did not do well in math and spelling at all. Hello 2010, I am going to do great in math and spelling this year!

How can you not just melt?

Oh, He eventually got the answer...and yelled it out during review time.

Belly Flop In the Snow

Turn the sound up. It'll make you laugh.

I'm such a retard.