Why Justin is NOT a teacher.

Yesterday my kiddos were bouncing off the walls. It is the week before Easter and all they can think about is the Easter bunny coming to their house and getting a nice 3 day weekend...oh wait that last part is me. Anyways, I texted Justin and this is how our conversation went:

me: my kids are wild!!!
justin: punch them.


So matter of fact, so down to the point. I laughed and told him that is why he is the engineer and I am the teacher.

P.S. What do yall think about blogs being private? I am contemplating making mine private (like email invite only) just because its kinda creepy to think about people out there reading this- not any of you, but you know what I mean) What are yalls thoughts on it?

Gaming Nerds...I'll admit it.

Yesterday Justin and I headed to Best Buy to look at TV's but ended up coming home with a new game for the Wii!! I really think Justin got it so I would leave him alone while he plays his PS3. : ) So far it worked cause last night I felt like the two biggest nerds. Justin was in the living room playing Battlefield 2 and I was in the bedroom playing...Super Mario Brothers!! Check out the new Mario Brother website! There is so much new to learn! : )

Why Ants Bite

Did you know that ants bite humans because we eat junk food? Ants ONLY eat junk food according to a certain kiddo in my class. Another classic....

Spread Philly!!

Tonight for dinner I switched up the menu a little because I found this website I'm obsessed with.

www.spreadphilly.com I am in love with cream cheese! So tonight I made a version of spaghetti but it was a good different taste! : )

Tonight was this.

Hatch

I am sooo happy to be back at work. I love my kids and my room (my SMARTboard) and teaching! I have had a great two days back now lets just keep up these great days! Today we read The Very Hungry Caterpillar and we talked about how he hatched from his egg and was very hungry (first two pages of the book, if you know the story) and one little boy raises his hand and goes

"That is just like a human...when they hatch they are really hungry, thats why they cry"

I loved it. Apparently we "hatch" Oh 1st graders....

Chicken & New Days...

Tonight I made chicken stuffed with cheese and asparagus. OMG it was good and super easy. All I did was get chicken tenderloins, butterfly them, stuff the inside with finely shredded cheese and 1 to 2 asparagus depending on size of chicken then close up the chicken. Place chicken on greased cooking sheet and sprinkle top with parmesean cheese. Cook at 400 degrees for about 17-20 minutes. They turned out great! I made stuffing to go with it. Neither Justin nor I are big stuffing fans but we had it in the cabinet and I am trying to use what we have! : )
Tomorrow is my first day back. I am sooooo excited and soooo ready! I made a bug powerpoint tonight to begin our unit on bugs and tomorrow I am going to get SMARTboard software installed on my computer then I'll be able to use all the wonderful resources out there!!! Well its 9:40pm and I want to make sure I am good to go tomorrow morning so I'm gonna hit the pillow!! I'll let you know how it goes!! Have a wonderful Monday yall!!!

My Room!!

I was so excited today! I went to the doctor and got released to go back to work Monday and then headed to school. My room was a diaster. I really wish I would have taken a picture when I got there, but those of you who are teachers know what your room looks like after a day or two of subs...mine has had 6.5 weeks of subs!! YIKES!! I spent the afternoon cleaning and reorganizing.

This is what my room looked like at the beginning of the year
but this week while Spring Break was happening a little fairy came in my room and mounted and set up MY SMART BOARD, plus since I just got back from my training I wanted to move around my desks a little so here is what it looks like now...