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Monday, May 11, 2009

Photos


Luke and some classmates at Field Day Friday
My birthday roses

We went to Cheesecake Factory for my birthday... many silly photos were taken!







Mia will not keep her eyes open when getting her photo taken!
Don't know what happened here, but had to add this photo to show that it wasn't all relaxing at dinner that night! I think she was trying to rip out my earring here.

Cinco de Mayo - Luke's class came and made pinatas in my room - he's paired up with Tabitha, his teacher's daughter

And here's the first tiny quail that hatched in Luke's classroom. We went Saturday night with Mrs. Gonder to our friend Mandy's ranch to release the 16 quail.


Friday, May 08, 2009

This week in review

I posted before the week started about my busy week, so thought I'd update on how it went. And I do have tons of photos to add, but it's not going to happen tonight. So enjoy just my words, and photos will come later this weekend.


School - had a pretty good week, and we're one week closer to the end! field day today - this year it was called kid karnival instead, and was one of the more enjoyable ones. i even went down the inflatable slide with the kids. the only downside was the 94 degrees and the fact that i was fighting off a fever and aches still

Birthday - had a good birthday! got some great gifts from the fam, and luke picked out most of my gifts, including several great pieces of jewelry. he shops with me so much, he knows what i love! also got a heart necklace from james avery. love it. was surprised with a dozen yellow roses delivered to school, and then we all went to austin wednesday night to eat at cheesecake factory. good times. thanks for all the cards, gifts, and messages! 

Kids - they are doing well. mia never ended up sick after having a fever sunday thankfully. luke seemed to enjoy his kid karnival day a lot today too!

Sick - last night was rough. i started to feel bad, then ended up with a fever and severe chills. marc wasn't around (in san antonio) to help with the kids, so i was thankful that they went to bed early for me! i went to bed with 3 covers and a heating pad, still shaking. then woke up an hour later sweating so badly and couldn't stop for an hour! today i was surprised to feel ok most of the day. it helped i was outside in fresh air and kept busy. tonight the fever is back, but not nearly as bad as last night. needs to just go away and not come back!

Rain - the skin care place i'd been going to had a one year anniversary open house tonight. i went with luke at 4 and got a great deal on 2 packages - well, it still cost a lot, but i got a whole package free so that is a good deal! they were doing door prizes all night. as i was paying, the lady next to me won a giant starbucks gift basket- coffee, mugs, chocolate espresso beans, truffles, a starbucks cd -and she asked if i wanted everything but the mugs because she doesn't like coffee! that made my day. about an hour later i got a call from Rain, and i had won the diamond hoop earrings they had as their "grand prize"! i couldn't believe it -they are gorgeous, and looked really great with my dirty trimmier t shirt, sunburned face, and pig tails from today. i loaded the kids up in their pjs just to go back and pick them up tonight. everyone was envious and it was quite a production when i got them. will be sure to post a photo. someone commented on my facebook just now that maybe i should go play the lotto with my luck today!

brenda - unfortunately, her swine flu days ended early. we were so disappointed she wasn't coming but in the end, i had a staff meeting until after 4:30, another meeting at school at 6:00, then was sick, so probably good they couldn't make it as i may not have even seen them!

tomorrow if the book warehouse sale, and looking forward to meeting up with friends there. my aide/friend michelle offered to keep the kids, and they scored a trip to the zoo out of this deal with her, so everyone comes out happy (well, except for maybe michelle , at the zoo with 4 kids!)

sorry so long - it's been a long, eventful week. if anyone is still reading this, check back this weekend for photos. 

Sunday, May 03, 2009

Gearing up for a busy week

It's not quite seven, and everyone has showered, lunches are packed, clothes set out for tomorrow... and it's a good thing I'm feeling prepared to start my week, because it's going to be a busy one!

Monday - regular day, decorate room for tomorrow, work out, relax. 
Tuesday - Cinco de Mayo! I have the classroom decorated  in red, white, and green, put out confetti and maracas, and we spend the day learning about the holiday (it is actually one of my TEKS I'm supposed to teach, so I'm not just having a fun day!) - video, books, math word problems based on the holiday for the morning. In the afternoon, I've invited Luke's class in to make pinatas with us, and eat chips and salsa. After school, we have a baby shower, then workout, then home.
Wednesday - birthday day for me! not sure what's going on, but we're headed to eat somewhere that night.
Thursday - Marc leaves for san antonio for 3 days for a clinic. Thanks  to the swine flu and their extra days off, as soon as school is out, brenda and the girls will be at my house to hang out and spend the night. 
Friday - kid karnival day at school, complete with bouncy things and water balloons. then out to eat with friends from school, then hopefully going to an open house at the skin care place i'd been going to. 
Saturday - every year in may go to waco to their scholastic warehouse, where everything is half off. usually some friends from school go along, and this year i think i've managed to spread the outing to about 10 people. if you love books, this is an awesome outing!!! the only problem is that it's hot (no air conditioning), but we can hope for a mild day saturday. Marc comes home - hopefully in time that i can leave the kids home and not take them along!
Sunday - mother's day! early church, probably out to lunch. 

it's a super busy week, but everything seems enjoyable!! hope everyone is doing well. oh, and any ohio readers... brenda and i plan to leave TX July 5 and be there 7-10 days, so hope everyone will be around. also hope we all survive this road trip! :)