Work Day 2

Well I tried to create a post last night, but the internet was not cooperating. I'm sure none of you have ever experienced that! My first day back went pretty well. I was a little worried about Allie. She was not a happy camper when we woke her up. She likes her beauty sleep! Once she and I got in the car she was in a great mood and we sang, "Twinkle, twinkle", A,B,C's", and the "Wheels on the Bus" for 15 min. It was a lot of fun, because she sang along. Once we got to Carmen's (in home day care provider) I was a little worried how she would act with the other kids because she had not seen them all summer. Once she saw two of her buddies she was all smiles and told everyone hi! It was the cutest thing I'd ever heard. She is quite the social bug. Not sure where she gets that from! She is always the last one to fall asleep b/c she wants to keep everyone up talking. She had a great day and was thrilled to see me when I picked her up. A great gift for a mom on her first day back to work.

There is a lot going on at school. Our school is being remodeled and this is the first week we were allowed back into our rooms. Usually we can get in and start putting our rooms together but not this year. What makes the situation even worse is they are still working on our school. The whole school is a mess and I get the pleasant smell of hot tar outside my window! The best part about yesterday was finding out that my refrigerator and my student's computer monitors were stolen! Lucky me. Oh well, luckily all can be replaced. I am currently trying to talk Jarod into replacing my refrigerator.

I am looking forward to Thursday and getting to hear Ron Clark speak. I'll try and post about it later in the week.

7 Days and Counting

Well, in 7 days I will no longer be a stay at home mom. Every night I go to bed and I think, "one less day with Allie". I have truly enjoyed being home with her all summer. She is at the age (almost 16 months) where she makes us belly laugh. Her personality is coming out and it keeps us on our toes. We are never sure what she has in store for us!

I watched a movie on TNT the other day about Ron Clark, a teacher played by Matthew Perry. I think it came out last fall, but I never had the opportunity to watch it. He was a teacher in Harlem, New York. After watching the movie, I realized why I was in teaching. I may not teach in Harlem, but I work with kids who struggle and do not have great opportunities in life. I hope that this school year I am able to make a difference in at least one of my student's life.

Although, I love being at home with Allie and I dread next Monday, I know that God wants me in the lives of the 6 year olds that will grace my presence on August 27th.

*Oh by the way, I get to hear Ron Clark speak at our districts General Assembly next week. Isn't that ironic?

Radio Flyer

The Park

We took Allie to the park today. It was extremely hot, but she had a good time anyway. We used her awesome Radio Flyer wagon for the first time. It's four wheel drive so we did some off roading. She enjoyed watching the planes fly over her and waved bye-bye to them.

Blog Number One

Paige recently learned that a number of our friends use this website to keep in touch and share what's going on in one another's life. We thought we'd give it a shot. Odds are the newness will wear off in a couple days (or at least when Paige goes back to work) and we'll never be heard from again, but we'll see. Above is a picture of Allie in the awesome Texas Bluebonnets. Unfortunately we waited a long time into Bluebonnet season to take the picture and the field was just about overgrown.