Yikes!

I haven't written at all since school started. Let me say that I LOVE my kids! They are the cutest, sweetest kids ever! They are very well behaved. I really liked my kids last year, but they weren't very well behaved. This class is wonderful! If every year was like this I would teach until the day I die. That's all I have to say.

Classroom, Classroom, Pictures of my Classroom!

Make sure you sing that. Cause I did as I was writing it.
Please enjoy a select few pictures of my classroom.

A view of the front of the room.

A view of the back of the room.

I will post more later. They are loading super slowly and I cannot see my cursor.

Classroom

My classroom is slowly coming along. I don't have that much more to do in there, but I have been in there from 7:30 to 4:00 every day this week. I love being back! I love organizing my classroom and getting it ready. My kids are all in the computer program we use, and I was looking through and noticed that I can see their pictures. I looked through and I have such cute kids! Seeing all of them made me that much more excited to get started. I love 2nd grade!

Bat equals alarm clock

So Nate and I woke up this morning to a bat flying around our bedroom. Most disgusting thing ever. We got it removed and it will be tested for rabies. And we are supposed to call the doctor tomorrow to see if we need to get rabies shots. Yuck. Definitely not a fun way to wake up. I don't recommend it.

Here's our little uninvited guest being held by the scruff by an animal control specialist.

"It's okay, I was on my phone."

Okay, okay, she didn't say that it was okay, but she may as well have. I took a trip to Target today (as I do most days) and saw a lady trying to control her 3 or 4 year old son. She was losing. Anyway, a little later I was leaving the store and an older woman comes running out of the store. All of the sudden, that lady (with the kid) turned around rushing back into the store saying "Oops! I was on my phone! I didn't even notice!" Do you want to know what she didn't notice? Are you sure? HER CHILD! SHE LEFT HER CHILD IN THE STORE AND DIDN'T NOTICE BECAUSE SHE WAS ON HER PHONE!!! Oh. my. gosh.

In other news, I only have to wait 3 more days until I am back in my classroom!!! Yay! I just worked three days of registration at school and I saw a bunch of my oldies (miss them!!!) and lots of my newbies. I am super excited to really meet all these new kiddies! I even had a mom request me. That's another story. Heck, I've got time.
I was sitting at the end table for registration doing check out. This woman came up to check out, and her daughter would be new to **** (protect the id of our school) and she would be in 2nd grade. I told the woman that I am a 2nd grade teacher at ****. She said "Oh, will she be in your class?" And I said I didn't know, but I could ask. Then my mom (who's also the secretary) happened to be walking by and heard this. She told the woman that she could write a letter to request me. The woman got all excited and said "I've only talked to her for two minutes but I love her." Hopefully she isn't disappointed. And hopefully her little angel is really a little angel!

In dorky news: I got a new binder today that I LOVE! I will keep track of all my kids' assessment info. Yes ladies and gents, my goal this year is to become a super organized teacher. The binder is made of recycled something or other, and it has brown, turquoise, and lime green leaves on it. Good color combo. Okay, I'm done being a nerd. See ya in another life brotha! (okay, really done now.)

August 1st!

My birthday is in 15 days! The big 2-6. Yikes! That's all I have to say about that.

I am getting very excited for the school year. I was just thinking about my new kids, and thinking about what they would be like. I am very much looking forward to working with them. There are a few that I am a little iffy about, so I am trying to think which kid from last year they will be like. I think then I will have at least something to like about them. I don't know if that makes sense, but it does to me.

We've been watching the show Weeds. I really like it. It's funny. Yet it's about drug dealing. It's kind of disturbing too. But I still like it. Don't worry, I don't want to go into that business or anything. Teaching suits me just fine. I only have time for one addiction.

Going back to my birthday, I got a coupon from the thrift store. I get 25% off my entire purchase. So even though I have 1300 books in my classroom, I will go buy more. Because I cannot ignore 25% off! It'd be like throwing money away. AND, on my birthday is the Staples Teacher Appreciation Day. And the Home Depot Teacher's Appreciation Day. They must know me, because there is no greater gift than office supplies. And no, I'm not kidding. Last year my sister gave me the perfect gift. A 24 pack of colorful Sharpies and a few packs of decorative Post-It notes. Ahh, bliss.

In 24 days I go back to work. In 10 days I go to my classroom to make it a wonderful place for 23 7 year olds! Yay!

Getting ready

I am getting ready to make a new blog. I am tired of this one. I am going to move to wordpress. But don't worry. I'll leave my forwarding address.
Tonight I went to Office Depot and got tickets for my behavior incentive plan next year. But since I don't really believe in behavior incentives, I won't give the kids tickets for certain things. My plan is to surprise them with tickets sometimes when they do good things, and sometimes when they do nothing at all. And the rewards will be random things like "sit by a friend" and "be the first outside to recess". We'll see how it goes. I'm just excited to buy the tickets! 2 more weeks until I can get back into my classroom! I just found out that one of my 2nd grade colleagues most likely won't be coming back. I feel bad for her because it'll be hard to find another teaching job with the economy the way it is. Please pray for her. I am also scared about who will take her place. Please pray for someone that I get along with really well!
I cleaned our bedroom tonight. That's something that I haven't done in such a long time. It's so easy to close the door when people visit! But now, the living room is a mess. Why can't everything just be clean at the same time? This reminds me of being younger. My mom would make me clean my room and it got SO messy. I would stand in the doorway, close my eyes, and wish "Please be clean when I open my eyes!" Of course it would never happen. Where is Harry Potter when you need him?
I'm off. I will make a wordpress when I have a good username. Until then, I stay on blogspot. See ya!