the sunday post, 40th ed.

wow.  this is the 40th edition.
i'm feeling old.
okay, not really.  i'm feeling like time is flying by me faster than peter pan. 
i love peter pan.


i had a good week, but it was really crazy.  i stayed at school til 9.30pm twice.  Okay, wednesday i came home and ate dinner at home and was back 2 hours later.  then i left at 9.30pm and went to walmart to get some items for thursday.  then thursday i was there from 7.30-9.30pm.  well, i left for 2 hours for a meeting at another elementary school then went back for the faculty social for 45 minutes then locked myself in my classroom for 2.5 hours.  


and you know what?  i didn't even mind.


i loved friday.  i had a sub.  making sub plans takes forever.  only because i'm a perfectionist and made them really detailed so everything would go according to plan.  i benchmarked the whole day.  it was so cute and fun having all of the students read to me, one-on-one.  and then they would tell me about the story.  it was just so cute and fun.  they are hilarious.  HILARIOUS.  i love, love, loved it.


all went well.  i am getting a new student tomorrow!  i'm excited.

some pictures because i absolutely love looking at people's photography.  i wish i had a better camera--i would take more pictures.  but i don't, so i'm not.  i just admire the work of others.  and i work with kids instead. which i absolutely love.

so i show these, because i found these.

this is splendid.

and i want to go here someday.  after italy and spain. and i'll take a trip to london.

this is just so precious.  like how my one of my little boy students put his hand on my little girl student's back and lead her through the gate the other day. i just about died. i have had a few moments when some tears came to my eyes because i really just love them so much.

some of these kids have lives that little 2nd graders, or any child or anyone, should not have.  i pray for them.  i love them.  i want them to come to my classroom and know that it is a safe place where they feel loved and welcomed and have fun and get the attention they need.  it's hard.  as much as i want to sit and talk to the little boy who can't stop talking and doesn't get enough attention at home, i can't.  because i have to be a teacher.  and teach him when it is appropriate.  anyway, if you want my whole philosophy on teaching, let me know.  I LOVE IT.