Things I'm Loving This Thursday

SeptemberMom at My Voice, My View invites us to join Teresha at Marlie and Me in sharing what we are loving this Thursday.

I love that my boys' schools celebrate Thanksgiving with feasts and programs.

I love the turkeys made out of the boys' handprints.

I love that I can spend individual time with each one at their school.

I love that I can be silly with them and they think I'm fun.

Thunder Chief

Today was Joel's Thanksgiving Program at preschool. His class represented the Indians, while the other K4 class represented the Pilgrims. I think the Indians were cuter! What do you think?

Thunder Chief

Joel with his best friend, Wyatt

Mama with her little Indian Chief

These past few months have been bittersweet for me. I'm enjoying the stage that Joel is in right now. But my baby isn't a baby anymore. He still gives sweet kisses and hugs, but can get that little boy smell of playing hard and having fun.

I love you Thunder Chief!

Snow!

During Winter Break, I took the boys to visit my brother and his family in Greenville, SC. My 5 year old, Jonathan, exclaimed, "I haven't seen snow in 5 years!"

The boys enjoyed visiting with their cousins, Jesse, Donna, Abby, Greg and Michaela. My mom and I enjoyed the trip too.

Crazy Love!

My last post was November 22, 2009! But not only have I not blogged lately, but I haven't read anyone else's blog. Seems like I've missed some things.

My "dashboard" is filled with blogs that don't interested me anymore. There are too many so that the ones that are important to me get lost. I need to clean that up.

Our life is very busy lately. The boys are in school. I am teaching. My weekends are full of catching up on housework and laundry.

Jonathan is learning to read. He gets so excited about his "sight words" list. Joel has finished with the letter "p" on his journey through the alphabet. I'm teaching probability, ratios, radicals, quadratic formula...

Today, while showing one Algebra II class how to simplify and rationalize radical equations, I told the class how much I enjoyed algebra. How I enjoyed seeing a problem solved. How much I loved math. One student in the back of the class called it...

Crazy Love!

I just giggled, much to the pleasure of the class. They don't seem have the same affection for algebra as I do. I wonder why that is....

I love teaching....

just in case you wondered.

Friday completed my 6th day of teaching at Southland Christian School. And I survived. The kids did too.

For the weekly newsletter, the students interview a teacher and write an article that appears in the Eagle's Nest. Last week was Mrs. Branch's turn and since I was substituting for her, I was interviewed. You can read the article here. The students did an excellent job with what I gave them.

The sewing class made pink ribbons for all of us to wear on Tuesday in honor of Mrs. Branch. She is loved very much by all of the students. Mrs. Branch came through her surgery well. She came home on Friday and is in good spirits. She had a mastectomy and they took one lymph node. That central node was positive for cancer so they went back and took the remaining nodes. We'll know Tuesday if the cancer has spread.

Other than a few discipline incidents, I LOVE TEACHING! I love it when I hear an "Oh" of understanding coming from the Geometry class. I love it when I hear that the Algebra II class understands quadratic functions. Even grading papers has been enjoyable because I've been able to record good grades for everyone.

This week is Thanksgiving Break! I am going to enjoy it and play with my boys. They've adjusted well to our new schedule. They love Aunt Judy and going to her house. On Friday, I took them to school myself and they asked why Aunt Judy couldn't do it. I think Aunt Judy enjoyed sleeping in. And I enjoyed walking them into their classes.

Wordless Wednesday (Self-Portraits)

Jonathan

Joel

Teaching....

I begin my adventure as a substitute teacher on Friday, November 13. Last week, I brought home the textbooks for Geometry, Algebra II and Trigonometry. I still don't know enough to be nervous. I guess I'll have to wait to find out where the permanent teacher is on Thursday.

See, my experience is in tutoring a student one-on-one. I've actually been successful. These will be actual classrooms with multiple students in them. Geometry has 20 students. Trigonometry and one student. There are two Algebra II classes with 10-11 students each.

I'm excited though! My biggest concern is not seeing the "light" go on when I explain the subject matter. Anyone, have any suggestions?

If you are interested, I'll be at Southland Christian School. Click on the picture above to go to their website.