I'm still here!

My family keeps on asking me why I haven't updated in awhile. Life is busy! So I'm getting caught up and will try to do better. My little penguins are doing great! It's hard to believe that we are close to ending our time together I love them so much! We had a great Valentine's Day with the kids. They keep me on my toes and we have so much fun together. It is amazing to think about how much they have learned. Although my house got off to a rough start. I love to have my nieces and nephew over to play in the yard. They are so much fun! The drama of my house flooding on the 3rd day of being in it was so hard to deal with. But the good side is that I have a fabulous downstairs now and it is much better than before.

This is the after. Ron did so much work on the basement. He is amazing. The rest of us helped as we could but we really just followed his directions.

Cassidy turned sweet 16 in March. She is such a fun girl and has so many good friends that she hangs out with. I'll have to post more about her party later.

Well, that brings me up to now. Cass decided to make my garden her project for her Young Women's medallion. We got started last weekend and it will be a long process to bring this overgrown nasty garden into a great place to plant yummy food. It already looks better.

I have a secret admirer!

I got to school on Valentine's Day to find the cutest hand written note. It said Dear Teacher
I love you. Will you be my Valentine? Love your secret admirer
Yes, everything was spelled correctly so there must have been some older brother help.

Yesterday this little boy in my class came up to me and said, "I have a secret!" I said "Oh...whats your secret?" He said "I'm your secret admirer! But don't tell!"
Today I overheard him telling another teacher that the only girl he likes is his teacher! And that's okay because she loves everyone!

Have I mentioned that I LOVE being a teacher?!?!

Oh Haden!

This post is all about my nephew Haden. He is such a crack up and lately he is even crazier than ever! He keeps us laughing ALL the time. The poor kiddo is stuck with all sisters but he holds his own. He is a mommas boy and LOVES his mommy. Here are some of the funny things he has been saying lately.

We are doing some work in my new house (long story). There were lots of banging and loud noises going on. Haden was standing in a closet that didn't have one side of the wall. As we were all standing there with out fingers in our ears because of the noise. Haden looks at me and says " You don't have to stand out there, come join me in the wussy room!

Karen went into Haden's room to find a huge mess. She yelled in her motherly get in here voice, HADEN. Haden said to his sisters. Great! Here comes the drama!

He found a love letter someone left in his desk at school. Haden and his friend went all over the neighborhood asking the little girls if they left the letter. We were teasing him about the letter. I told him to marry up! Find a rich girl with lots of money or find a smart girl that can help him through college. At that suggestion he looked at me and said Carrie, she can't even spell Valentine!

I love this boy! Our family wouldn't be complete without him!

Best quote of the day!

We have been working on learning our sight words. Those are the words most common in print. If Kindergarten kiddos can learn these words their reading levels just rocket up so fast. So the kids have 20 words on a list that they are learning. This is a conversation I had with C today.
C-Miss T my reading group won't believe me that this isn't the word we. They say it is and I say it's NOT! (she is almost in tears)
Me-Let me see what word your talking about. She points to the word "we". That is the word "we" C.
C-No it's not! You spell "we" Wii.
I love these moments!

Wow! I just can't keep up!

I don't know what has happened to my blogging lately! I promise we are still here and doing great, but I just can't find the time to blog. The kids are learning and growing up so much. Everyday I laugh at some of the amazing things they say! Do you ever wonder what your kiddos are telling me at school? Well, I've decided to start keeping track of some of the good ones. Don't worry, no names, no pictures!

A-Miss T. I'm just not playing with a full deck today.
Me-What does that mean A?
A- I don't know, it just what my mom says when my dad doesn't make sense!

J-Miss T there is a word on the list that I can't say.
Me-Come show me, that's the word "but".
J-Miss T I can't say that word
Me-What are you talking about I just told you what it is
J-Last time I said it to my brother I got grounded!

I was walking around the room while the kids were working. I noticed that K was copying the paper of the boy next to her. So I stopped to watch her work. That is when she said ...
K-I'm glad you are here to help me, but I really don't need you anymore so you can go.

We have been getting ready for 1st grade by giving the kid more and more freedom. They can now walk themselves out at the end of the day. When I overheard L say to another kiddo.
L-You know, soon we aren't even going to need Miss T anymore!

Costume Parade

This is my morning class at our Halloween party and costume parade. Aren't they so cute! My afternoon class was as well, I just have to find their pictures!

Pumpkins, Pumpkins EVERYWHERE!

We had a blast this year with our pumpkin unit! We measured, weighted, and decorated our pumpkins! Lots of fun!