Jury Duty....

Well, I got summoned for Jury Duty....If it was just a few weeks later I would be out of school and able to sit on a jury. I'm going to have to plead my case that I have a Kindergarten graduation to plan and other pressing obligations that come with teaching.

My son is watching "Go Gabba Gabba", It is probably one of the most annoying kids shows. He has had the flu for a few days know, poor guy. I sound like I'm griping...

There has been some neat things that have happened this weekend. My mom and I put together a puppet stand for the class. It is really nice with curtains and other neat shelving.

My mom has decided to try and come out to the new property with us. We have started leveling her piece of property for her. We will have to figure out the septic, water and electric still.

Ang

Anniversary

Well, our anniversary is coming up the end op April and we have been thinking how to spend the time without breaking the budget. I think we have planned a camping trip on our piece of land that we are building on however, it is raining, hailing and snowing like crazy the last few days so I don't know if that will be such a great choice.

I had a handful of preschoolers coming in to try to get into the school for next year. We have a lottery that we do for the Charter School. I am going to have 22 students next year. 19 of the students already get in because of a sibling then we will have 3 that will be on a lottery program. This will be interesting to see who will be piceked since their are 15 other students that want a slot.

I am excited for the summer. I feel pretty exhausted. I was planning on taking Friday off for our anniversary but I think that I will forgo that and plan a day that will be warmer and possible right after a paycheck will be nice also. It is expensive to build a home and our tax money hasn't arrived yet so we are having to be patient.

Easter already?

It seems crazy that Easter is tomorrow. Before we left California we usually had a big Easter party with Charlie's family now I am running through Smith's last minute to try and find eggs and dye. Life gets so busy. I am grateful that we are heading over to a friends tomorrow to celebrate after church gets over. I think that it will be nice to celebrate the meaning of Easter with friends. Hopefully it won't be lightening and raining like it was predicting on the new. I am hopeful though, I even bought some marshmallows to roast over the fire pit. We shall see...Ang

Rain

We have been getting tons of rain! I love hearing it on the roof of our trailer it reminds me of the time that me and my husband were newlyweds and listening to it as we held each other on the roof of an old single-wide that he owned in Prundale, California.

The students were in for recess today and guess who was the lucky one to have recess today. Yours truly, they were wound up and having some difficulties listening. I think that they really needed that recess time.

We were planning on taking a field trip to the park, however, with the weather like it is right now it probably will be canceled. Anyways, more later.

Grades....

There are things that I like and dislike about doing grades. First, I think grades are so subjective and because of that I think that they can be misconstrued. Second, I get the chance to really look over the students portfolio and find holes that I may have missed in their learning. So, I guess it is a love hate relationship that I will just have to get use to.

The charter school along with the district is having a pay reduction due to the economy. It is a real bummer being a first year teacher and having to see the pay being reduced even more. I am hoping with the extra work I am taking on with the special education that I will balance out or maybe have a little increase. We shall see???

Well, since I didn't get done with my lesson plans for the week I am getting up extra early and working on them. So, I am looking from my computer screen back to my pillow and then to my computer screen and thinking good-night and farewell till next time.

Little League

It was neat to see C.J. again tonight playing baseball. The wind was subtle and the grass was dry. A perfect moment to sit down watch C.J. and cuddle up with Caden on my lap. However, to top off that moment I got to see my husband and his father helping the team throw and bat. So, we had three generations playing ball together in a picture perfect moment. It was beautiful!

Back to School

Well, we are back to school after spring break. We had two teachers out today. One teacher went to Mexico on spring break and her and her husband got something while they were down there.

My mom being a travel agent gets these great deal and she has headed to Hawaii on a cruise ship that left out of San Deiego. It is a little lonely with out grandma around. This year has been so busy for both of us even though we live on the same property. We try to catch up on the weekends but we still seem to be passing bye.

C.J.'s first baseball game was today. It was just warm enough that it was very enjoyable to be out there on the field. I got back from exercising to release my husband so that he could get to his online class. I had a few minutes to watch him throw to the kids. It was neat to see him in his element. The year before last he was in Alaska and I was talking C.J. to baseball by myself. It wasn't the same. Then Caden our 3 year old felt left out so I started throwing the ball and he would light up every time it fell in his mitt. It is times like these that I live for. I love being a mom!!!