be the ruler of your own life

March 28th: family collage

this is an example collage i made to show my kindergartners what i wanted them to do in the art center, which is find pictures in magazines that represent your family.

my collage includes: playing games, taking pictures, going to the mountains, moving/being active, smiling, beach, love, food, coffee, and holidays. it was actually enjoyable to make.

blogging on a monday? this is a good start. however, my monday wasn't the best one, so maybe it is good i'm writing. on my way to school i realized that i forgot all my guided reading books - aka was unprepared for literacy. i rushed to the library when i got there and quickly got two books i thought could work (my teacher and i talk about the books beforehand, every week, so i was just going out on a limb). so right as literacy was starting today i realized our schedule was off because of the zoo trip and that the groups were switched. i luckily had a lower level book for my lower group and thankfully had a higher level book for the highest group in a stack of stuff i was going to return to the library this morning - thank goodness i didn't! God was looking out for me.

anyway...i know this sounds minor, but in the life of a student teacher, it was very stressful and unnerving. and i did these lessons on a whim without ever reading the book, which is a no-no in the student teaching world. i don't know if my CT realized...i hope not. i made sure to put those books i left on my bag so i will not forget them tomorrow.

anyway, my eyes are slowly closing and am finding it hard to stay awake. the thunderstorm kept me awake late last night. 3 more days until spring break. please go by fast.

March 29th: sweet dreams from spanky

savor every sip

well, i guess blogging on saturday is better than monday...every small step counts, ha. it's been another busy and hectic week and somehow blogging just never got fit in. i went to bed at 4 last night and woke up around 11. i got caribou on my way home and have been trying to be productive. i got most of my lesson plans written but also took many procrastination breaks. i am about to do yoga here shortly, since i accidentally slept through doing it yesterday evening thanks to a 2 hour nap. i also tidied up my room a tiny bit and cleaned the kitchen. so i guess today hasn't been bad, although i do feel kind of groggy and tired. hopefully that will pass and hopefully yoga won't be too bad. here are my pics from the week...

March 22nd: Rachel's Birthday!

this was the special post i wanted to come back to monday night, but never got around to. happy belated birthday rachy :)

March 23rd: 3D shapes

this is what i have been teaching in math to my kindergartners as of late

March 24th: new moon!

i bought it a few days after it came out. chris and i started watching it sunday and finished it this day. i don't think he liked it very much. shocker.

March 25th: zoo trip with my kindergartners :)

March 26th: random picture from PTs on a friday night.

March 27th: caribou and the new cups

these pictures are each side of caribou's new cups that have lots of sayings all over it. i love the new cups. good work, caribou.

time to do yoga, shower, and go watch basketball at chris' until we figure out what we are doing tonight. last night was ridiculous, maybe tonight will be the same. i can't wait for thursday to come because that is when my spring break starts.

happy saturday.

i'm bad at this

i am a bad blogger, i know. i am so busy though, and it just gets hard to keep up with. but don't worry, i have been taking pictures still!

i hope to really try my hardest to blog this week. it is something i need at the end of everyday i think. so here is what has been going on...(i'm always doing recaps, ha)

March 15th: a little tie dye

it brightened my day (well, night)...it's the little things

March 16th: cool ruler!

i took this picture to send to ivette as i was drawing boxes around the frog life cycle after school, so i'd thought i'd share this awesome type of ruler i want. it has a little raised part on it so you can easily move it around when drawing lines. i love it.

March 17th: out celebrating st. patty's day!

i knew this was the last chance i had to go out with my friends to celebrate the holiday while in college, so i decided to live a little. i played DD. and although i got like 5 hours of sleep that night, i think it was worth it - i had fun!

March 19th: sick

(i forgot a picture on the 18th - sorry. but 1 month from this day is mine and chris' 2 year anniversary!) this is taken literally at 11:59 on the 19th because i forgot until the last minute and caught it just in time, ha. but i was in bed while all my friends were out because i was sick. i lost my voice wednesday night and it didn't come fully back til yesterday. this night i just felt like crap. not fun.

March 20th: bar darts

i felt much better the next night, so i went to a beer pong tournament, and then went out. we played a little darts. i kicked everyone's butt, sorta ;)

March 21st: animal crackers

i took this because i had to identify the animals for this thing i'm doing for my students in centers this week (for the zoo) and i was sending pictures to chris to get his opinion on the animals. i ended up not using this cracker because i couldn't decide on a good animal.

alright, well that is what has been going on. today was pretty good, for a monday. i go to the zoo on thursday with my kindergartners - it will be a long day but i'm pretty excited. and my spring break starts next friday. i cannot wait. i'll try to blog again tonight with a special post.

second week in a row

this is the second week that i didn't post all week. i need to either get less busy, or step it up a little bit. i am really going to try to get organized this week and try to have some free time to myself. i got 4 and a half hours of sleep last night. i went home this weekend and had a fabulous time with my family and trying not to think of school, but i paid for it last night with my work and lack of sleep. oh well, i sacrificed. i did forget to take a picture one day last week, but here is where was left off...

March 8th: the 40 circles, squares, rectangles, and triangles i had to cut out for an activity for my kindergartners. i thought it looked cool all laying out together.

March 9th: the second time i've run outside since the weather has been nice and i ran about 2 miles in less than 16 min! P90X must be paying off.

March 10th: a typical lunch/snacks i may pack (yes, i pack my lunch everyday in a cute little lunch box. awesome, i know) - and this was jackson's 1st birthday!

March 12th: (i missed thursday's picture) this is little skyb the night i came home on friday. jennifer was practicing face painting in preparation for skylar's princess party.

March 13th: jackson's cake

chris actually drew the dopey on friday night. pretty good, huh? jack's party was on this day.

March 14th: skylar's princess party

i miss these two so much.

i was so thankful i got to spend time with my family this weekend. it was nice to get away and had been forever since i have seen anyone (a little over two months). now all i have to do is make it until my spring break, which starts april 1st at 4:00pm. i really miss home when i am away i have learned. graduation will be bittersweet. i will miss the college life (although this past semester hasn't really felt like it) and my friends and all the events and everything related. but i also miss my family and am excited/ready to get back to them and start a life of my own.

last friday was brutal in the kindergarten world, but today was much better, thank goodness. i have to do P90X tonight and maybe a few things for the week and then i will be in bed by like 10 hopefully. and i really want to try to catch up on tv this week...we'll see. indoor soccer starts tomorrow and i have 2 games. i'm excited!

might be back tonight with a picture, but hopefully tomorrow if not.

i've missed you

i've missed the blog. i have been taking pictures, but just never found a moment to sit and write. last week was just a crazy whirlwind. here's what has been going on the past week...

March 2nd: 2000th carolina basketball win! we beat miami.

and coincidentally, my last home carolina basketball game as an undergraduate. very sad moment. i will truly miss the games.

March 3rd: what is laying in my bed beside me every night

it is the reading curriculum for kindergarten. i just thought it was ironic i'm sleeping with teaching stuff.

March 4th: my candle from chris

i lit it because i was feeling in a mellow mood and it made my room smell good. and on this day skyb turned 4 years old!

March 5th: meg and i walking up to friday night franklin fun. don't worry about it.

March 6th: traditional saturday starbucks with meg

and the weather was gorgeous! i love iced starbucks drinks and sitting outside.

March 7th: 3 hours of doing work at starbucks

this was me obviously taking a break and being awesome with photobooth

whew. what a week. the weather is getting really pretty and i love it. i don't know how long it will stick around, but it is finally starting to feel like spring. i was up until 1:30 doing stuff for student teaching last night (even after spending all day at starbucks) and woke up at 6:30 to shower. needless to say i'm tired. and i am jealous everyone else is on spring break. it is hard to be alone and seeing everyone else having fun. but i got to buckle down and get some more student teaching stuff done tonight, plus my P90X workout.

i watched the oscars last night while mindlessly typing lesson plans. apparently i need to see the hurt locker. and i want to see inglorious bastards, the blindside, and precious. and i was glad UP won some stuff!

hopefully my week isn't too crazy. i think mondays are always the worst. and i get to go home on friday! first time in over 2 months. i'm excited. jackson's birthday is wednesday. 4 more days to go. might be back tonight after i find something to take a picture off...

weekend wrap up

February 27th: breakfast!

i made a delicious omelet for breakfast. it makes me hungry looking at it. i think i'll recreate one for breakfast tomorrow. and yes, i eat it with ketchup. i know, weird. but i'm getting pretty good at making these if i do say so myself.

February 28th: another starbucks sunday

this time mego and i did work the whole time while we were there. not as fun, but it was productiveness that i needed.

March 1st: march themed belly button ring

the most exciting thing that happened to me after school was that i changed my belly button ring to a festive green for st. pattys day/march. cool day, huh.

my weekend turned out pretty good. the heels won a basketball game saturday! against wake. that was pretty exciting. drank a bit and went out saturday night. saw a lot of people i haven't seen in a while and hung out with old friends, so that was really nice. sunday i did lesson plans all day and watched the hockey game. tough break for USA. i wish i would have watched more of the olympics.

i'm tired. it's 11:00. time for bed. i can't believe it's already march.