Week in Review

I teach spelling... I misspelled multiple items this week, my kids corrected me. Hmmm.... We tried to make change in math. I am glad cash registers exist- otherwise we better all switch to a credit/debit card system. We can't count quarters and don't know what a nickel is worth. Uh Oh. I have never had to teach money before- google here I come for lesson plans! Maggie's ear is better I think. We'll find out Monday when she has her recheck. Mine on the other hand, sounds like a machine gun everytime I blow my nose. That is a new one to me. Bucky thinks he an ear infection now though. I swear they are contagious!! Good note- we have NOTHING to do this weekend! Yipee!!!

Kitty

Me: Maggie look at the birdie. Maggie: Kitty. Kitty. Me: No... birdie... tweet, tweet. Maggie: Kitty. This continues until I give up. So we go inside and play with the kitty. She knows his name- Moo. Sorry to anyone else that has a cat that Maggie meets, their name will be Moo also. Nestle, the cat at the babysitters is now Moo, so are her two dogs. I think we may have some confusion when it comes to learning animal sounds.

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I think I would rather teach 10 second days of school than 1 first day of school... I am pooped. Things I have learned already about 4th grade: 1- They are SO little! 2- My vocabulary needs to come down a level 3- I must repeat everything 10x more than the 10x I previously did 4- It is nice to be teaching kids not little adults 5- They wear me out! I have never tried to help so many people at the same time! Self-sufficiency will be a goal of our year. Tomorrow is Day 2 and I am cracking the books. I think it will make me feel better to be in "normal" mode. On a family note- Maggie had her 15 month checkup today. She has, yes, ANOTHER ear infection. We keep alternating ears. Hopefully like normal, a round of Augmentin will take care of it. I don't know how my child is supposed to be a swimmer with all these ear infections :) She is in the 50th% for weight and 90th% for height- hope she stays that way. Fingers crossed there is no reaction from the vaccines. Need to get some good pictures of her soon. She is growing sooo fast.

Excitement

I just can't get excited... I just can hide it. I am in control and I don't like it. I think I need a pep me up theme song to get excited about school for this year. Suggestions?

Isle of Palms 2009

Meme and Mr. B own a timeshare at Isle of Palms, SC. Loving her namesake, we were invited to join them for the week. We crammed our family, Meme and Mr. B, my sister Britt, and my parents into a 3 bedroom condo. Tight squeeze. It was great to be at the beach until we tried to play on the beach.

(Ignore me in this pic- I think Jenny, that is Jenny Craig called while we were on vacation)

Maggie HATED the sand! She doesn't like to get dirty- nothing on hands, arms, legs, and most of all feet! However I spent the greatest $5 on a pair of "water" shoes- problem solved. We never got her down on the sand without the shoes, but at least we didn't have to hold her the whole time.

Needless to say, we spent a lot of time at the pool.

Good for Everyone Products

Dana is doing another giveaway and this time it is for a $25 gift certificate for Ecostore USA. They asked her to do this giveaway because she is such an amazing blogger. They even sent her two products- a household cleaner and baby moisturizer. After testing both- Dana was thrilled with the results and raves about them. Check it out!