decorating a school is not the same as decorating a house...

yet another day in paradise! some decorating has been going on around our school, and they seem to be trying to make it feel like a house. it doesn't need to feel like a house to be 'welcoming' but it's nice that someone is taking the initiative to do something, nonetheless.

yes, strangely we now have a fake dog who sits under a bench...

but what really caught my eye was when i walked downstairs after lunch and saw a lady in a dress and stockings holding a paintbrush in one hand and a jacket in the other. she was painting a bench by the kindergarten hall, but she was certainly no professional. (again, beggars can't be choosers). but then again....

yellow paint on the floor...maybe we should be a little choosier.

tonight i tried something new for dinner, and i will suggest that everyone try this-it is delicious! it's called no grain bread.

i ABSOLUTELY loved this! super healthy too.

now i need to get busy and try to make some tutoring material for my bilingual students!


julie

binder, if i didn't know better, i might think you stayed home on purpose!

well, today was the first day of summer school/camp. it was a pretty good, until i got to school and realized that i had left my binder sitting on the couch in my front room and brought the binder from my AVID training. hmm.

good thing i read through the lesson last night and had a good idea of what i was going to do!

when we left on thursday, we were under the impression that we would be getting about 38 students each (in 4th grade), but when all was said and done, today only 7 of my students showed up...either they forgot, or umm..i don't know. hopefully several show up tomorrow so that everyone can keep their summer jobs!

my favorite part of today was when the music man came to our room (not like the musical). he brought his clarinet and sang and played games about texas with the students-yea!

when we took the kids out to play for about 10 minutes, there were 2 benches. one bench had three of my coteachers on it, and the other had no one. which one do you think i went to? and as i was passing by, they were trying to make space on their bench. i said, "no, it's not that i don't like ya'all, but i need space." in other words, i really don't want to be crowded in hundred degree weather stuffed between you.

how fun would it be to be a food judge on chopped or iron chef? (yes, the boys made me watch food network with them tonight)


it's getting late and i have an early morning wake up call, so i'm out!
julie