School Lunch

Lunch Cards:

Ronald Visits School

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Miss Gigglebelly

With her portrait of Me. I KNOW orange eyelashes will be the trend this season.

School Christmas Program

Flowers At School

I was STUNNED to receive flowers at work today. I assure you this has never happened before. Thank you, Nell, for brightening my day during a rough time of the year for me. You are a very special person.




See how they brighten up my space at work:

Halloween At School

Wish I was photographing a cute six month old in his Sweet Pea costume.

Playground Secrets

Hair Beads

Blimp

Weird thing to have fly over our school during recess. Caused quite the excitement.

Brandon

One of many reasons I love my job as reading teacher:

Crayons

Kinderkids

A kindergarten class I visited today.
Our intellectual:


I told her ONLY people with a license can do that:


Myra always finds me on the playground for a little hug:

Andres

My little English learning kindergartner. He doesn't say much but he makes me smile everyday.

School Hallway

School hallway which I slog up and down approximately eleventyjillion times a day:


School stairs which I huff up and down approximately 5 times a day:

No Air

How much learning do you think went on in this classroom today?

Back to School

Open House at School

Squeeee!!!!

One hour with the 4 kids that showed up, talking with a few parents who came to pick up report cards, a brief staff meeting and I'm DONE.

Freedom! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM!!!
(Sung in my Aretha voice)

Annnnddddd right after school....we headed up to Chicago (I'm an old pro now since I visited for the first time 2 weeks ago). This time I headed to Chi-town with co-workers RM, AT and AT's friend A to go to a concert.

What concert you may ask...not just any old concert but ...wait for it....






The GLEE concert!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, I'm a certified (certifiable?) GLEEK!! and proud of it!:


But before the concert I had a good laugh because AT and A spent about 3o minutes discussing the hairbands each of them would wear and if it went with what outfit and where they got said hairbands. I laughed because I'm so not the headband wearing type and even if I was I would wonder if they're age appropriate for me. AT and her friend are over 10 years younger than I. I'm a little embarrassed to admit:

they got RM and I to wear one too. League of Hairband Girls, gather round.

The concert was amazing and I don't use that word lightly. Those kids are so talented. I was jumping around, dancing in my seat, screaming, grabbing my friends. I felt just like a 15 year old again (so maybe the hairband was age appropriate afterall?) It was thrilling to see the characters I watch each week on TV live, singing and dancing in front of my very eyes. I just loved every song they sang.
"Don't Stop Believin" was the opening number:

(picture taken from a big screen)

The "Warblers" showed up:


"Puck" sang "Fatbottomed Girls" and made me want to get "Pucked":



"Kurt" was fabulous as only a gay show choir singer can be:

(picture taken from a big screen)

After the concert, we were very keyed up and AT wanted to go to the stage door to see if we could catch a glimpse of them leaving. Personally, I thought we'd just be waiting around forever and not see much. I'd heard of "groupies" but didn't realize this was something fans could actually do. Well, we waited around for a while and AT met a new friend. Finally, we were rewarded:


Lea Michele (Rachel Barry)


Chris Colfer (Kurt Hummel)


Harry Shrum (Mike Chang)


Ashley Fink (Ashley Zizes)

I was shocked and amazed that we saw so many actors from the show. Each and every one of them were very nice. We were able to talk to them a little and they gave many autographs. They were each more slender and beautiful in person. We were all totally, totally keyed up and thrilled.

I felt like a giddy teenager all night.
It was the BEST most GLEEFUL beginning of summer EVER!!!!

SQUEEEEE!!!!!!!!

Good Bye First Grade

Two hours tomorrow and then we're DONE with the 2010/2011 school year. For the first time in 13 years, I cried while giving my little goodbye speech. I was trying to tell them how I had enjoyed being their teacher and I was so proud of all the hard work we had done and they should be sure to visit me next year when they were big second graders. The tears just came. I was surprised that some of them cried a little too. These children were with me through the best and worst weeks of my life. Don't get me wrong, I'm very ready to see them go, but I'll never forget them.


Three injections tonight. I'm coming, babies, I'm coming.