Mis. Monday

1. What I did...
So Friday night I woke up in the middle of the night and wrote a note in my phone so I would remember what I wanted to blog about.

2. Why is it that...

• You wake up early when you can sleep in and sleep late when you are supposed to get up?

• when I am laying in bed I can write the best blogs, emails, letters, etc. but when I get up to actually write my awesome thoughts- they are gone. so frustrating.

 3. Get In Your Bed Pip
Every night Pip is told "Get in your bed" and he runs happily into the laundry room, plops himself down in his bed and waits for his treat for being a good boy. Well the other night Justin and I kept telling him come on Pip get in your bed yet he would not emerge from anywhere. Normally, I keep all the doors to the other rooms closed so that he can't get into trouble- on this specific night the extra bedroom door was open. So I went in there to get Pip (mothers intuition that he was hiding in there). I said one more time, "Pppppiiiiiippppp....get in your bed" No response. Not even a jingle of his collar. I pull up the bed skirt to see Pip laying there IN his old dog bed. He hadn't come to get in his bed because he was "in his bed" the whole time. Justin and I couldnt help but laugh. He just lay there like DUH mom and dad, I AM in my bed. So Justin pulled out the old bed and put it in our room. Ever since Pip has slept in his "old" dog bed from when he was a puppy. He loves it. He hasn't even wanted to get in the bed with us. The other night we put him in  the bed with us and he jumped down and got in his puppy bed. So sweet.  


4. Lauren & Her Chocolate Factory
Last week I administered the TAKS test on Tuesday and Wednesday. On Thursday I had to be a sub in one of the second grade rooms. They had been talking about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (read the novel, watched the movie, comparing, connecting, etc.) So while the children were writing their story about their connection to Charlie & the Chocolate Factory- I wrote my own. It is as follows:

When I was a little girl I used to dream about scary places and monsters. I would wake up in a cold sweat scared to close my eyes again. I was worried I would go back to the terrible world of my nightmares. But I also loved to read and the world I would escape to when I read became the world I would call upon to save me from my nightmares.


A particular book and theme I loved was Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I was amazed by a place you could escape too that was completely made of my favorite thing- sugar. A fairy tale world where you could eat the grass, drink the chocolate river and have gummy bear trees. Where the streets were graham cracker and your job was to have fun and indulge in the ooey-gooeyness of sugar and candy.

So when I would awaken in fright the world I would call upon was the world of Willy Wonka. I would close my eyes and imagine I was in a car made of cheesecake where you could nibble on the seats and they would magically grow back. I would drive the car through the nightmarish figures and arrive in the world filled with lollipops and gum drops. I would tell myself the only thing I could see when I closed my eyes would be every type of candy invented and I could eat ALL of it and never feel sick or get full. The world of Willy Wonka saved me from my nightmares and instilled in me a forever love of candy.

5. "Chunky Daycare?"
The next two weeks I am AIM testing kiddos. Really me and three other ladies are testing the entire school. Oh the fun! : ) Anyways today they had some funny quotes. They were reading and it said, "They had gone to the same church, daycare and preschool." However, two kids said....
         "They had gone to the same chunky daycare and preschools." &
         "They had gone to the same church, daycare and preach school"
Love it! Couldn't help but laugh when they went back to class.

6. Wall Art = Bible Verse
Also today a little girl came in my room, sat down at the desk and began reading my wall. On my wall I have colorful banners that say, "whats up super kids?", our newspaper engagement, some art worship I did in college, a giant fork and spoon and a bible verse that is important to remember when you work with a lot of women (ya know...the gossip wheel). It is Ephesians 4: 29-32

29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. 32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.


So anyways- normally the kids come in my room and freak out over the giant fork and spoon- however, this little girl came in my room sat down and started reading this bible verse. I about melted. To hear a 7 year old reading the word of the Lord in my public education classroom I loved it. I just let her keep on reading till she was done. : ) Made my day.
7. Prayer Request
I also have a lot of stuff going on right now and ask you be in prayer for me. I might be able to share in a few weeks but possibly not. Just wanted to ask for your prayers. Also, my father is going through some stuff right now as well so if you could keep him on your prayer list as well that would be wonderful.

8. Random
Think this is as about Random as can be! : )