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

i'm no genius, but sometimes i impress myself with little moments

sorry, i didn't post last night, because i was working on a schedule. my job? no, but i am one of those people who, if there is a problem, i will try to help fix it. i might add that i am also the kind of person that is not willing to put the fate of my schedule in the hands of another (unless they are scheduling geniuses)...

i'm in blue!!!

i was actually pretty proud of myself, because i don't see myself as being schedule-minded (this seems like so much more of a mathematical process), but i am a very determined, practical person.  i'm so glad that i can continue teaching the writing because we are in a great place, and i think they are actually getting it (kinda).

as i was leaving school last night, i saw this, as the construction workers were working on some stuff...it will be so nice when they are done! i suppose if you're 'scaffolding' instruction, you might want to make sure that it doesn't fall on the students.

i'm pretty certain THIS is NOT what they mean by scaffolding for elementary students

and tomorrow is spirit day!! that means jeans! heck yes. (to be said in napoleon dynamite voice, please).

i was thinking about doing a fun project and having the boys help me  it would involve finger paint...and paws...as cool as i think the result would be, i just don't know if i could deal with the mess afterward (even though it would be on the balcony, i just wouldn't want to have to wash or cut fur off later).but it would be so stinkin' cool!

no more scheduling conflict...not that we were scheduling for conflict to happen..who does that?


julie