Playing Catch Up

It has been such a busy two weeks!

I started teaching full time at school,

which leaves me NO time at home

to do anything but cook, bathe kids,

and sleep. Literally.  But... I have good news....

Lesson planning is OVER for my first phase.

WHOO! I wrote a total of  70 lesson plans

for this phase. That is a lot in intern world.

I have two more weeks until spring break

and I am counting down! Don't get me wrong,

I love my students and my teacher, but they

wear me out! And I am ready to paint

my kitchen and get my hair done. I'm going

back blond, finally! Seriously I am counting

down for that one. I can't wait to see my hair

back the color it longs to be. It has slowly

turned light blond since I first dyed it brown

anyways. I don't think it likes it.

In other news... Kyler will be signed up for

t-ball by the end of the day! He is going

to play in Caledonia this year since we live

here now. Only makes sense.  I am kinda

sad because he can't play with Jayce or

Rylee this year, but he needs to make new

friends and we need to make new parent friends

if we are going to be here for a while. And since

Kyler will start school next year, he needs

to be around some kids that he will know!

I am excited about t-ball season this year. Last

year I was pregnant and was miserable towards

the end of it when all the games were in June.

This year it should be much more comfortable.

And we only have to go about 4 miles to get

to the field. YAY!

Harper got her tubes in Wednesday. And she is

wonderful! Prayers were surely answered that day

and afterward.  She did so good going to sleep

with the gas and then waking up.  She was a little

disoriented (who wouldn't be when you had just been

put to sleep with a balloon flying over your face and

a gas mask) when she first woke up, but she was

totally fine about 15 minutes later.  By the time we left

the hospital around 9 a.m., you couldn't even tell

she had anything done! She was fine the rest of the day

at home, as well.  Just the happiest little thing. Well,

she's not that little, either.  She weighs 21 pounds. ya.

And Kyler? He weighs 38 pounds. Big kids, I tell ya.

But they are healthy.

Speaking of Kyler... I picked him up from school the other

day and our conversation went something like this:

K "Momma, you know what?"

me- "what?"

K "You know who I want to be when I grow up?"

me- "who?"

K "Eric."

me- "who is Eric?"

K "you know, Eric... the prince!"

me- "prince of who?!"

K "the prince on Mermaid, and Lana is

going to be Ariel and we are gonna get married!"

me- "married?"

K "ya, me and Lana, gonna get married. Just 

like Eric and Ariel."

yea...  married. as a four year old. All that whole 

movie and the boys fight over who is going to

marry Lana. At least he's a ladies man! Lana

is a pretty girl! :)

Graduation is soon approaching..as is

my job applications.  I have them finished,

just putting some last minute touches on them

to get them right before I send them off.  Want

them to be perfect! Pray something comes up

and there is a good position open for me for

the fall! I have heard some places that have openings,

but i don't want to bank on anything just yet.  

I plan on doing some school work today

and grade some papers from yesterday.

Life of a teacher! :)

Here are some pictures from the last few days,

and Kyler and Harper's school pictures for the

Spring! They turned out SO good I thought!

 look what i can do now!

 step 1... getting there...

 step 2, watch me now!

 step 3... steppin' up.

 step 4! look at me!

Hump Week and VDay

Today was my first day of my fourth week of

my seven weeks of my first phase. ha.

Meaning I am over half way there for phase I!!!

WHOO!!!!!!!!!!

And it was Valentine's Day. We ordered

pizza and drinks for my class today at

school for a surprise. They were so good

today, and that just made it even better!  We

enjoyed pizza and drinks and cookies for our

afternoon snack today. Yummy.

I feel like I have so much to say and talk about,

but don't know where to begin!

Harper is getting tubes in her ears on

the 23rd. :/ I am nervous, but glad

that something is finally being done about

her ear infections.  She will be so much

happier at night and maybe will start

sleeping in her own bed. Fingers crossed.

Harper Layne.. she is so funny these days.

Being almost 8 months old (where has that

time gone?!) she is getting more and more

active! She almost has crawling down pat.

She can roll herself over onto her tummy

and sit herself up. Then she will roll back

over and start to rock back and forth on her knees.

She hasn't figured out how to move her hands

forward yet, but it is so close! She just

jibber jabbers all day long. "Da da da da da"

mostly. Of course D thinks she is really saying

da da, but she isn't. Ha. I guess I can humor him.

Still no teeth for little miss, but she will not 

eat baby food. period. will not. refuses.

spits at me. shakes her head no. oh yes, she knows

how to say "no" with her head. and she does it.

a lot. she will eat, however, any kind of table food

you give her. i'm talking biscuits, pancakes, cookies,

nutri- grain bars, mashed potatoes, dressing, sweet potatoes,

spaghetti noodles, bread.... anything that isn't baby food

this child will eat. :) makes dinner a lot easier around here.

Kyler Channing is such a big man these days. He is

getting so smart and so intelligent! I don't even want

to think about him turn 5 years old this year. 5 years old.

I mean, he was just a baby like 3 months ago.  Anyways..

he is so grown up.  Talks about Jesus and heaven

and making friends and what he is going to do

over the weekends and is always playing on the computer.

Always.  He says some things and it just blows my 

mind that he thinks the way he does. :) :)

In home news, I have new curtains and BJ and I made

for my kitchen. Can I just say, I LOVE THEM.

Pictures will come after I have my kitchen painted.

Which will be around Spring Break. I plan on painting

the kitchen and getting my curtains up and my pictures

to match everything. I can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!! WHOO!

I love my fabric and how they turned out.  Love.

The next few weeks are going to be pretty crazy.  

I have tons due for school and lesson plans

like crazy to make....Among other things going on.
Did I mention we have been to a birthday party every

weekend since Christmas? And last weekend we did

two parties! I am birthdayed out, to say the least.  I 

don't have any on my list for the next few weekends,

so maybe I can actually clean my house and go

through some things. Whew!

I'll leave you now with some recent pictures!