Boo! Aaaahhhh!!

Boo!
This is what my son wanted when Dad helped him carve his pumpkin. Both of the kids carved their pumpkins today. My daughter's is a bit more...refined. I still have to take a picture of hers. She made hers look like a vampire. My son, he likes the gore - the gross - the ghoulish type look. I think he was successful. I just love their pumpkins. Tomorrow is trick-or-treating. I'll have pictures of that as well.

jocund

The kids are playing. They have been doing this the entire 4 day weekend. They have so much fun with each other. How did I get two such smart, fun-loving, playful, well-behaved children. Yes, I did say well-behaved. At ages 8 and 6 (nearly 9 and 7), my two kids actually play really well together. They even share neighborhood friends nicely.

My husband and I do really try to set boundaries and then be consistent. It sometimes is difficult, but I see students come and go in my classroom that have had little to no boundaries set and then consistency by the parents is just not there. Our kids do not get everything they want. We can't afford getting them everything (or nearly anything) they want. What they always get is our attention, our affection and our time. Isn't that what really counts? So, the way I figure things, our kids are awesome because we've taught them to be so.

I've been gone awhile

So I read my last post, and when I wrote that it was summer. It was around 80 degrees. I wasn't back to school yet and life seemed almost refreshing.

Today, although a Friday, is a vacation day. WEAC convention time. Teachers and kids get a four-day weekend. It is about 50 degrees outside. I have a box of tests and projects sitting to my right that are calling to me "correct me, correct me, give me a grade!" I hate it when they talk to me like that. Life is not so laid back and refreshing.

At least not like it was last weekend. What made last weekend so special? I was away at my scrapbooking weekend with my sister and friends. Oh, it was so much fun. So many wonderful, funny women. Such nice and grounded women...women that think much like me, have similar values, are smart and talented and caring. I needed them. I was spending time this summer with my friends either walking or riding my bike five times a week. Since school began, I have hardly seen my exercising buddies. I had to give up exercising at 6 am since I am getting ready for work at that time.

Then there is the scrapping. I hope to scan in pictures and show off some of the pages.




I actually completed 36 pages, but these are my favorites. I couldn't scan them, it seems that my scanner can only do 8.5 by 11 pages, not 12 by 12 pages, so I had to take pictures of my scrapped pictures. Seems a bit odd? Yes, but it was successful.