So, now that we're 3 weeks into the school year I've got my first sickness. Dr. said I have strep. Isn't that just fabulous? I took the kids to get new pix done on Sat. & then came home & slept most of the rest of the day. I didn't even get out of bed Sunday & then I drove an hr to work this morning just to stay for 30 min (long enough to find a sub). Tomorrow I'm only working until lunch. I wouldn't even go except it's picture day & I kinda have to be in the class picture!
Caleb has his 2 month dr. appointment this Friday. I can't believe he's already 2 months old! It's insane how much he looks like Nash. Since I have 2 jewelry shows I'm doing on Sat. I'll have to post pictures on Sunday.
Travis & his dad & our brother in law worked all day Saturday & Sunday in our backyard. We got our grass planted in the whole backyard & up both sides of the house. Yay!! Now if we can just manage to find time to water it so it will actually grow, we'll be doing good!
Travis leaves to go Elk hunting on Sat. the 20th & won't come home until Oct. 2nd. That's going to be a fabulous challenge of my mothering abilities! Guess we'll see if we can survive or not! Should be interesting, not to mention a learning experience! I don't think my house could look any more like hurricane Ike has hit!! I'm just glad we have Samantha in Boys & Girls club to go to after school is over so I don't have to be home right at 4 (I'm not even supposed to leave work until 4)!
Anyway, we are surviving & I'm sorry I don't post as often! I promise I'll update things Sunday!
Monday, September 15, 2008
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Insane??
Ok - those of you that told me I was insane to teach full time & have my family at the same time, well, you weren't completely wrong!!
I have 27 students & it seems that many of them are working below grade level. That's frustrating. Especially since we're assessing all the kids right now to figure out where they are & what they need! Oh the craziness! I've had to turn into the Wicked Witch of the West at school as they apprently have forgotten how to follow directions & listen! That makes me crazy! Today they lost their entire afternoon recess & have a start on tomorrow morning's recess as well. I suppose after missing recess several times they might catch on that I'm serious!!
We will be blessing Caleb Sunday Sept. 7th. Sacrament starts at 1:00 & our church is just a few blocks south of our house. We'd love to have you & we're having lunch at our place after the blessing. So, let me know if you can make it! Sorry I didn't get paper invites out to everyone but as I'm sure you can guess I do well to sleep 5 hours a night!
Speaking of which, I'd better get busy!
I have 27 students & it seems that many of them are working below grade level. That's frustrating. Especially since we're assessing all the kids right now to figure out where they are & what they need! Oh the craziness! I've had to turn into the Wicked Witch of the West at school as they apprently have forgotten how to follow directions & listen! That makes me crazy! Today they lost their entire afternoon recess & have a start on tomorrow morning's recess as well. I suppose after missing recess several times they might catch on that I'm serious!!
We will be blessing Caleb Sunday Sept. 7th. Sacrament starts at 1:00 & our church is just a few blocks south of our house. We'd love to have you & we're having lunch at our place after the blessing. So, let me know if you can make it! Sorry I didn't get paper invites out to everyone but as I'm sure you can guess I do well to sleep 5 hours a night!
Speaking of which, I'd better get busy!
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Reunions, Lost Teeth & School
My brother came home to visit 2 weekends ago. He moved to Magna in July & came home to see his new nephew. My kids LOVE their Uncle Zack & were super excited to have him home for a day or two.
This last weekend we went down to Manti for the Bown family reunion. Caleb is a good little camper & even went on his first 4 wheeler ride. We've taken all our kids on the 4 wheeler since they were just tiny & they all love it (I love it b/c it knocks them out pretty quick!!)
Samantha & Nash caught fish with their dad & were quite proud of themselves.
It wouldn't have been a trip with the Bown's if we hadn't had at least a little bit of rain (downpour on Sat. night). We made flip flop photo albums (I'll take a pic of mine as soon as it's finished & post it). These are way fun & super easy. I think I might do some for Christmas presents.
We got home Sunday night about 9:30 pm (that's way early for us!) & I told Samantha I thought if she wiggled her tooth a little it would just pop right out. Of course she had trauma over this & told me no way. The next night as we were getting ready to leave, she says to me, "Mom! My tooth just fell out!" I knew that sucker was ready to come out! The toothfairy stopped by last night & left her a $1. She was pretty excited this morning & really likes showing off the new hole in her mouth!
I went down to West Haven today to meet with the other 3rd grade teachers. We finally have our occupancy permit so we can finally start putting our rooms together. I have one set of cupboards as you can see from the picture & just one 2 shelf bookshelf. I will need to be recruiting more bookshelves for my classroom b/c my class library is enormous & only getting bigger! We still don't have books in our school library, the part of the student desks that holds all their "stuff", our student textbooks, computers....pretty much a lot! All our work room has in it is a laminator that isn't hooked up & a big paper cutter!! I'm really hoping we have everything in place by the 25th, otherwise it could be an interesting start to the school year!
This last weekend we went down to Manti for the Bown family reunion. Caleb is a good little camper & even went on his first 4 wheeler ride. We've taken all our kids on the 4 wheeler since they were just tiny & they all love it (I love it b/c it knocks them out pretty quick!!)
Samantha & Nash caught fish with their dad & were quite proud of themselves.
It wouldn't have been a trip with the Bown's if we hadn't had at least a little bit of rain (downpour on Sat. night). We made flip flop photo albums (I'll take a pic of mine as soon as it's finished & post it). These are way fun & super easy. I think I might do some for Christmas presents.
We got home Sunday night about 9:30 pm (that's way early for us!) & I told Samantha I thought if she wiggled her tooth a little it would just pop right out. Of course she had trauma over this & told me no way. The next night as we were getting ready to leave, she says to me, "Mom! My tooth just fell out!" I knew that sucker was ready to come out! The toothfairy stopped by last night & left her a $1. She was pretty excited this morning & really likes showing off the new hole in her mouth!
I went down to West Haven today to meet with the other 3rd grade teachers. We finally have our occupancy permit so we can finally start putting our rooms together. I have one set of cupboards as you can see from the picture & just one 2 shelf bookshelf. I will need to be recruiting more bookshelves for my classroom b/c my class library is enormous & only getting bigger! We still don't have books in our school library, the part of the student desks that holds all their "stuff", our student textbooks, computers....pretty much a lot! All our work room has in it is a laminator that isn't hooked up & a big paper cutter!! I'm really hoping we have everything in place by the 25th, otherwise it could be an interesting start to the school year!
Saturday, August 2, 2008
1st bathtub experience
I put Caleb into the bathtub today for his first actual bath. I had him in the water all of 30 seconds when he pooped in the water! Nash sure got a kick out of it! Once I got the water changed he really liked his bath. It's much warmer than on the counter right next to the air vent with the air conditioning blowing out. I guess after 3 years you forget how quickly babies can change your plans!! I know I need to get quicker at changing his diaper or I'm going to get peed on one of these days!
Friday, August 1, 2008
2 Week Well Check
Caleb is 2 weeks old today! We took him to the dr. for his well check & he is now 8 lbs 6 oz. That means he gained 13 oz in 12 days (he had dropped to 7 lbs 9 oz the Monday after he was born). My pediatrician said that you normally want babies to gain 1/2 to 1 oz per day. Since he's gained 13 oz in 12 days, that means he's gained a little more than an oz a day. I knew he was a little piggie! That boy loves his lunch!! I took Samantha with me to the pediatrician & left Nash with my mom. I knew they were going to do his 2nd pku test & didn't want Nash to freak out when they stuck him. Samantha was really good help at the dr.'s office though. And, much to my amazement, Nash has been an awesome helper at home. He loves to give Caleb his bottle & at the first little whimper Nash is grabbing a binki or a bottle & running to the rescue. It's so much fun to watch. I think those 2 boys will be inseparable when Caleb gets a little bigger!
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